Hans Braumüller (Major General)

Hans Braumüller (born March 3, 1883 in Hanover , † March 4, 1956 in Langelsheim ) was a German officer , most recently major general in World War II .

Life

origin

He was the son of the later Prussian Lieutenant General Heinrich Wilhelm Braumüller (1844-1913) and his wife Anna Karoline, née Willkamm (born January 26, 1848 in Berlin-Schöneberg).

Military career

On March 6, 1902, Braumüller joined the 1st Kurhessian Field Artillery Regiment No. 11 of the Prussian Army in Kassel as a flag junior . On November 22, 1902 he was made ensign there and promoted to second lieutenant on August 18, 1903 with a patent from August 19, 1902 . On February 20, 1909, he was transferred to the field artillery regiment "von Scharnhorst" (1st Hannoversches) No. 10 , where Braumüller was appointed regimental adjutant the following year and promoted to first lieutenant on August 18, 1911 . In 1914 he came to the 3rd (mounted) battery.

With the outbreak of World War I , the riding division of his regiment was subordinated to the 9th Cavalry Division . With this large association , Braumüller took part in the advance into neutral Belgium , fought in the battle of Mons and later in France. After the Battle of Ypres , his division moved to the Eastern Front , where Braumüller was promoted to captain on November 8, 1914 . In 1915/16 he was company commander in the Baden Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 240 and then until January 1918 department leader in the Landwehr Field Artillery Regiment No. 15. Then Braumüller was in the same position in the Landwehr Field Artillery Regiment No. 9 until In July 1918 he finally returned to the field artillery regiment "von Scharnhorst" (1st Hannoversches) No. 10 as leader of the 2nd division. For his achievements during the war, Braumüller was awarded both classes of the Iron Cross , the Knight's Cross II. Class of the Order of the Zähringer Lion with Swords and Oak Leaves and the Austrian Military Merit Cross III. Class awarded with war decoration.

After the war, returned Braumüller with the remains of his association first in the garrison to Hanover back. After demobilization , he joined a free formation and was accepted into the provisional Reichswehr on October 1, 1919 . Initially he was employed in the Reichswehr Artillery Regiment 10 and, with the formation of the Reichswehr, came to the IV (mounted) division of the 6th (Prussian) Artillery Regiment in Verden as battery chief . From April 1, 1925 to September 30, 1928, Braumüller was a teacher at the Infantry School in Munich, later in Dresden, and in the meantime became a major on May 1, 1925 . He then returned to the riding department in Verden, where he initially worked for the staff. Promoted to lieutenant colonel on February 1, 1930 , Braumüller was appointed commander of his department on February 1, 1931. In this position he was promoted to colonel on February 1, 1933 , before he was retired from service on March 31, 1933.

Braumüller was hired as an electrical officer on May 1, 1933 and he subsequently acted as head of the IX's psychological testing center . Army corps in Kassel. During the Second World War he was reactivated with the rank of major general on June 1, 1941, until he was finally retired from active service on March 31, 1944.

literature

• Dermot Bradley (ed.), Karl-Friedrich Hildebrand, Markus Rövekamp: 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 2: v. Blanckensee-v. Czettritz and Neuhauß. Biblio Publishing House. Osnabrück 1993. ISBN 3-7648-2424-7 . Pp. 221-222.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldatisches Führertum . Volume 10, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1942], DNB 986919810 , pp. 86f., No. 3093.
2. ↑ Reichswehr Ministry (Ed.): Ranking list of the German Reichsheeres. ES Mittler & Sohn . Berlin 1924. p. 139.