Hans-Joachim Baurmeister

Hans-Joachim Baurmeister (born October 28, 1898 in Glogau ; † February 22, 1950 prisoner of war camp 5110/48 Woikowo near Iwanowo ) was a German major general .

Grave plaque in Cherntsy

Life

After the outbreak of the First World War, Baurmeister joined the 1st Lower Silesian Field Artillery Regiment "von Podbielski" No. 5 of the Prussian Army on August 10, 1914 . A month later he was transferred to the Reserve Field Artillery Regiment No. 50, where he was promoted to lieutenant on January 20, 1915 without a patent . As a battery officer, he was seriously wounded during the trench warfare in Flanders in mid-October 1916. After a stay in hospital, he returned to his regiment on the Western Front in mid-March 1917 . In July 1917 he was transferred to Field Artillery Regiment No. 282. For his services, Baurmeister received both classes of the Iron Cross and the Wound Badge in black.

After the end of the war he briefly returned to his main regiment, which was being demobilized , and was then taken over into the provisional Reichswehr. In the course of the army reduction, he resigned from military service on December 31, 1920.

With seniority from September 1, 1918, Baurmeister was employed on January 1, 1924 as a lieutenant and battery officer in the 3rd (Prussian) artillery regiment of the Reichswehr . From October 1, 1931, he completed his assistant command training with the staff of the 5th Division in Stuttgart . Baurmeister was promoted to captain on August 1, 1933 , and from October 1, 1933 he was at the disposal of the Chief of Army Command. This was followed by various deployments of troops and an activity as a tactics teacher at the Potsdam War School from May 1934. During the Second World War he took part in the campaign in the west in the spring of 1940 and was promoted to colonel on June 14, 1941 . In the summer of 1941, Baurmeister was used in the war against the Soviet Union in the attack on Central Russia. On January 12, 1942, he was appointed course director at Artillery School I. From April 1, 1943, he was employed as artillery commander 130 and in this capacity he was awarded the German Cross in Gold on October 21, 1943 . From February 16 to March 31, 1944 he was briefly in the Führerreserve and then acted as commander of Grenadier Regiment 1. On May 10, 1944 he became a master builder with the leadership of the 1st Infantry Division and from June 19 to assigned to command the 371st Infantry Division on July 13, 1944 . He then completed the division leader training course and was commissioned on August 18, 1944 with the command of the 290th Infantry Division . With his promotion to major general on November 9, 1944, he was named division commander. As Higher Artillery Commander 315 (HArko 315), Baurmeister was taken prisoner by the Soviets at the end of the war and died in 1950. He was buried in the general cemetery of POW camp 5110 in Cherntsy.

literature

• Dermot Bradley , Karl-Friedrich Hildebrand, Markus Rövekamp: The Generals of the Army 1921-1945. The military careers of the generals, as well as the doctors, veterinarians, data officers, judges and ministerial officials with the rank of general. Volume 1: Abberger – Bitthorn. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1993, ISBN 3-7648-2423-9 , pp. 236-237.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Cherntsy German Soldiers Cementary, Ivanovo area. ( Memento of the original from March 19, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.