Hanns Laengenfelder

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Hanns Laengenfelder (born February 8, 1903 in Nuremberg ; † July 18, 1982 there ) was a German major general in World War II .

Life

Laengenfelder joined the 21st (Bavarian) Infantry Regiment of the Reichswehr on April 1, 1923 as a flag junior . There he was promoted to captain until April 1, 1935 . From September 1935 to the summer of 1937, Laengenfelder attended the War Academy . On October 1, 1937, he was appointed chief of the 12th Company of the 86th Infantry Regiment. After that, after the beginning of the Second World War, Laengenfelder acted as transport commander of Munich from November 1, 1939 . He was then from July 1, 1940 to the end of December of the same year, First General Staff Officer in the Wehrmacht Traffic Directorate in Paris . Here Laengenfelder was promoted to major on August 1, 1940 . From January 1 to the end of November 1941 he held the position of second general staff officer in the divisional staff of the 31st Infantry Division . The division moved as part of the Eastern campaign via Brest-Litovsk to Roslavl - Smolensk and Kaluga .

On December 1, 1941, Laengenfelder was appointed commander of the 1st Battalion in Infantry Regiment 106 and promoted to lieutenant colonel on November 1, 1942 . One month later, on December 1, 1942, he was appointed commander of the 106th Grenadier Regiment, which was renamed the 106th Infantry Regiment. The regiment stood among other things in the fighting on the Donets and Dnepr . For his leadership performance, Laengenfelder received the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on October 31, 1943 and was promoted to colonel on November 1, 1943 .

His regiment gave up Laengenfelder at the beginning of January 1944 and transferred to the Führerreserve on January 7, 1944 . After attending a division training course in Hirschberg , which took place from September 8 to October 7, 1944, Laengenfelder was appointed commander of the 15th Infantry Division on October 17, 1944 . At that time the division was in Hungary and withdrew towards Prague during the last months of the war . On January 1, 1945, Laengenfelder was promoted to major general. On April 30, 1945 he received the oak leaves for the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.

On May 10, 1945, Laengenfelder was taken prisoner by the Soviets , from which he was released in October 1955.

literature

  • Dermot Bradley (Ed.): The Generals of the Army 1921-1945. The military careers of the generals, as well as the doctors, veterinarians, intendants, judges and ministerial officials with the rank of general. Volume 7: Knabe – Luz. Biblio-Verlag, 2004, ISBN 3-7648-2902-8 , pp. 350-351.
  • Wolfgang Keilig : The Generals of the Army 1939–1945. Podzun-Pallas Verlag, 1983, ISBN 3-7909-0202-0 , p. 195.
  • Erwin Lenfeld, Franz Thomas: The oak leaves 1940-1945. Weilburg-Verlag, 1983, ISBN 3-900100-07-1 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Lenfeld / Thomas p. 898.
  2. ↑ a b Veit Scherzer : Knight's Cross bearer 1939–1945. The holders of the Iron Cross of the Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and armed forces allied with Germany according to the documents of the Federal Archives. 2nd Edition. Scherzers Militaer-Verlag, Ranis / Jena 2007, ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2 , p. 489.
  3. ^ Samuel W. Mitcham: German Order of Battle: 1st-290th Infantry divisions in World War II . Stackpole Books, 2007, ISBN 978-0-8117-3416-5 , pp. 56 ( google.de [accessed on April 23, 2019]).
  4. ^ A b Samuel W. Mitcham: German Order of Battle: 1st-290th Infantry divisions in World War II . Stackpole Books, 2007, ISBN 978-0-8117-3416-5 , pp. 57 ( google.de [accessed on April 23, 2019]).
personal data
SURNAME Laengenfelder, Hanns
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German major general in World War II
DATE OF BIRTH February 8, 1903
PLACE OF BIRTH Nuremberg
DATE OF DEATH July 18, 1982
Place of death Nuremberg