Hans-Joachim von Horn

Hans-Joachim von Horn (born October 23, 1896 in Königsberg ; † January 10, 1994 in Wiesbaden ) was a German lieutenant general in the Wehrmacht and the Bundeswehr .

Life

As the son of a major general , Horn attended humanistic grammar schools in Königsberg and Berlin. He then studied law and economics at the University of Lausanne and the Albertus University of Königsberg . He acquired language skills in Russian, English and French. With the outbreak of the First World War , he joined the 1st Leib-Hussar Regiment No. 1 of the Prussian Army on August 1, 1914 as a flagjunker . There he was promoted to lieutenant on March 22, 1915 with a patent from October 23, 1913 , and from June 5, 1916 served as an orderly officer at the regiment's headquarters. On January 14, 1917, he became a teacher at the Recruit Depot of the Leib-Hussar Brigade . Meanwhile a military interpreter, Horn rose to regimental adjutant on April 19, 1917.

Reichswehr

After the end of the war, Horn acted as the leader of the 1st Squadron of his regiment from January 10, 1920. On April 1, 1920, he moved to the 5th Cavalry Regiment as a squadron officer . From January to October 1921 he was an orderly officer in the regiment's staff and was then assigned to the staff of the 1st Division for three years of training as a pilot's assistant . In this position, promoted to first lieutenant on November 1, 1923 , Horn was appointed regimental adjutant on his return. This was followed from October 1, 1925, a service in the training squadron of the regiment in Stolp . On March 1, 1927, he was transferred to the 4th Squadron and seven months later to the Reichswehr Ministry . There, Horn was appointed Rittmeister on November 1, 1928, and 1st adjutant to the Chief of the Troops Office in the Reichswehr Ministry. From March 10, 1933 to August 8, 1934, Horn returned to service as a squadron chief in the 16th Cavalry Regiment . He then worked as a consultant in the personnel office of the Reichswehr Ministry and became a major in this capacity on December 1, 1934 .

Wehrmacht

From July 1, 1935 adviser in the Central Department of the General Staff of the Army, Horn changed to the General Staff of the XII as first General Staff Officer after one year . Army Corps . As a lieutenant colonel he was an officer from November 5 to 15, 1937. b. V. of the Commander-in-Chief of the Army. He was then commanded as a military attaché to the German embassy in Paris and was also responsible for the embassy in Lisbon in his capacity . Shortly after the attack on Poland began , he took over the post of Chief of the General Staff at the XII. Army Corps and became a colonel on February 1, 1940 . Shortly before the start of the German-Soviet War , on June 1, 1940, he moved to the X Army Corps . With this corps he fought in Army Group North on the Daugava , the Ilmensee and on the Waldai heights . In mid-July 1942, he was the leader Reserve of the Army High Command added. From September 21, 1942 he served at the School for Rapid Troops in Krampnitz . Assigned to the 7th Panzer Division as a brigade commander in October 1942, he took over the deputy command of the 7th Panzer Grenadier Regiment until October 22, 1942. Then he transferred to the Reserve of the Army Group in order to be assigned to serve as a division leader. On January 6, 1943 Horn was appointed deputy commander in the Don Army Area and one month later with the command of the 198th Infantry Division . With the promotion to major general on April 1, 1943, he was given command of the large association , which he commanded until May 31, 1944. In the meantime, Horn was promoted to Lieutenant General on October 1, 1943 and was awarded the German Cross in Gold on December 1, 1943 . After another month in the Führerreserve, he was appointed military attaché at the German Embassy in Bern on July 1, 1944 . Two days after the Wehrmacht surrendered , he was taken prisoner by the English , from which he was released on September 17, 1947.

armed forces

Horn became a soldier in the army on May 15, 1956 and took part in the course for future Bundeswehr officers in Sonthofen until June 1, 1956 . Subsequently appointed as a major general to the commander in military district II (Lower Saxony - Bremen), he was from November 1, 1957 commander of the territorial army . In this capacity, he was appointed lieutenant general on December 1, 1958. Adopted on September 30, 1961 at the age of 65, he was granted a 33-year retirement.

His son married Hans von der Groeben's eldest daughter .

literature

• Dermot Bradley (Ed.): Germany's Generals and Admirals 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 6: Hochbaum – Klutmann. Biblio Verlag, Bissendorf 2002, ISBN 3-7648-2582-0 , pp. 139-140.

Web links

• Hans-Joachim von Horn in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely accessible)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ see Munzinger archive
2. ↑ Klaus D. Patzwall , Veit Scherzer : The German Cross 1941-1945. History and owner. Volume II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt 2001, ISBN 3-931533-45-X , p. 198.