Hans-Heydan von Frankenberg and Ludwigsdorf

Hans-Heydan von Frankenberg and Ludwigsdorf (born September 6, 1869 in Jauer , Province of Silesia , † June 20, 1946 in Neustadt in Holstein ) was a German major general .

Life

Hans-Heydan came from the original noble family von Frankenberg . He joined the field artillery regiment "von Scharnhorst" (1st Hannoversches) No. 10 of the Prussian Army on March 24, 1890 after his education in the cadet corps as a second lieutenant . There he was from 1894 adjutant of the III. Department and after his promotion to Prime Lieutenant (from June 15, 1898) from October 1, 1899 then regimental adjutant. After becoming captain on June 16, 1901 , Frankenberg acted as battery chief from June 19, 1901 . From January 27, 1911, he then carried out the same function with the 1st Guard Field Artillery Regiment in Berlin , where he changed to the regimental staff on April 21, 1911. On October 1, 1912, he transferred to the staff of the 3rd Guards Field Artillery Regiment, which was also stationed in Berlin , and was promoted to major on June 2, 1913 . In January 1914 Ludwigsdorf returned to the 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment, where he was commander of the 2nd Division from January 27, 1914.

When the First World War broke out, Frankenberg and his regiment moved into France via neutral Belgium and participated in the battles near Namur , St. Quentin and the Marne . After the withdrawal, the regiment went into trench warfare. In April he moved to the Eastern Front and fought with his batteries in the Battle of Gorlice-Tarnów and from there through southern Poland. On June 4, 1915, Ludwigsdorf was entrusted with the leadership of the 6th Guards Field Artillery Regiment , as its commander he acted from October 30, 1915. With this he then entered the trench warfare in the Artois on the western front . The Battle of the Somme followed in 1916 , at Arras in early 1917, and in Flanders in the autumn .

During the Great Battle in France , the regiment commanded by Frankenberg was able to distinguish itself several times, so that the commander of the 4th Guards Division Major General Bernhard Finck von Finckenstein submitted it to be awarded the order Pour le Mérite . However, he received the highest Prussian bravery award only after another submission on July 5, 1918. Frankenberg had been appointed Guard Artillery Commander No. 4 a day earlier. He was therefore responsible for all of the artillery under the division.

After the end of the war he led his troops back home and resigned there on January 10, 1919 in the 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment. After he had submitted his resignation, he was on 31 March 1920, while awarding the character as a colonel retired from military service.

On August 27, 1939, the so-called Tannenberg Day, Frankenberg and Ludwigsdorf received the character of major general.

literature

• Hanns Möller: History of the knights of the order pour le mérite in the world war. Volume I: A-L. Bernard & Graefe Verlag, Berlin 1935, pp. 326–327.
• Dermot Bradley (ed.), Karl Friedrich Hildebrand: The Generals of the German Air Force 1935-1945. Part II, Volume 1: Abernetty – v. Gyldenfeldt. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1990, ISBN 3-7648-1701-1 , pp. 56-57.