Gerd Röhrs

Gerd Christian Röhrs (born May 1, 1930 in Hamburg ; † December 9, 2017 ) was a German officer ( major general ).

Life

After the end of the war in 1945, Röhrs initially worked in agriculture and joined the Bundeswehr as a tank grenadier in 1956 . In 1959 he was promoted to lieutenant. In 1961 he completed a course at the Hammelburg Infantry School . From 1964 to 1966 he completed the 7th general staff course (H) at the command academy of the Bundeswehr (FüAkBw) in Hamburg.

With the rank of brigadier general , Gerd Röhrs was commander of Panzergrenadierbrigade 35 in Hammelburg from 1979 to 1982 and from 1982 to 1985, as the successor to Karl-Eberhard Grumer, commander of the Army Officer School (OSH) in Hanover. From 1985 to 1987 he was the successor of Hans-Kurt Nolzen in the rank of major general and deputy to the commanding general of the I. Corps in Münster.

Röhrs was an engineer (grad.) , Married and had three children.

See also

• List of generals in the army of the Bundeswehr

Individual evidence

1. ^ Gerd Röhrs obituary notice. (No longer available online.) In: Kreiszeitung Wochenblatt. December 23, 2017, formerly in the original ; accessed on January 5, 2018 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
2. ↑ Europäische Wehrkunde, Wehrwissenschaftliche Rundschau, Volume 34 , Verlag Europäische Wehrkunde 1985, p. 298
3. ↑ Hammelburg fighters out and about in Bamberg.
4. ^ Detlef Bald , Wilhelm Nolte, Hans-Heinrich Steyreiff: General staff training between society and the military. The annual work archive . Edited by the command academy of the Bundeswehr and the Clausewitz Society , Mittler, Herford u. a. 1991, ISBN 3-8132-0375-1 , p. 127.