Hans Källner

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Hans Källner (born October 9, 1898 in Kattowitz ; † April 18, 1945 near Sokolnitz ) was a German officer , most recently lieutenant general in World War II .

Life

Källner became effective on June 6, 1915 during the First World War as a volunteer in the Jäger Regiment on horseback no. 11 a. On October 13, 1915, he was first transferred to the Cavalry Replacement Regiment of the II Army Corps and 14 days later to the motorized replacement squadron of the Jäger Regiment on Horse No. 11. There followed on 28 April 1916 was promoted to corporal and on 2 December 1916, the transfer to the reserve Dragoon Rifle Regiment. 13. After being there in April sergeant in 1917 and in September sergeant had become, followed on 16. October 1917 promotion to lieutenant in the reserve . As such, Källner came to the 2nd Masurian Infantry Regiment No. 147 on April 29, 1918 and from June 4, 1918 served as an intelligence officer with the headquarters of the 2nd Battalion. At the same time he was commanded from August 12 to 25, 1918 to attend a course at the Heeresgasschule in Berlin. He then experienced the end of the war with his regiment on the western front . After the march back home and demobilization there , Källner was released from military service on January 6, 1919.

He then joined on 13 February 1919 to May 1, 1920 a volunteer corps of which is composed of the staff of the former Dragoon Regiment "von Bredow" (1st Silesian) no. 4 recruited. After this activity he tried to be accepted into the police service and was on October 21, 1920 as a lieutenant in the Lublinitz police force . It was used in Opole and Gleiwitz until 1926. From 1926 to 1935 he was an instructor at the police school in Potsdam-Eiche .

On August 15, 1935, Källner was accepted into the army of the Wehrmacht and served in the 18th Cavalry Regiment . As commander of the reconnaissance department of the 11th Infantry Division , he took part in the Polish and western campaigns at the beginning of World War II . At the beginning of the Russian campaign he became the commander of the 73rd Rifle Regiment . From April 15, 1943, Källner was in the Führerreserve and from May 3rd to 29th, 1943 he was sent to Berlin for a division leader course. He was then commissioned on August 18, 1943 to lead the 19th Panzer Division and on November 1, 1943 he was appointed its commander while being promoted to major general . As lieutenant general (since June 1, 1944), Källner was commissioned to lead the XXIV Panzer Corps shortly before the end of the war . In this position he fell on April 18, 1945 near Brno .

Awards

literature

  • Dermot Bradley: Die Generale des Heeres 1921–1945 Volume 6 Hochbaum-Klutmann , Biblio Verlag, Bissendorf 2002, ISBN 3-7648-2582-0 , pp. 332–333.
  • Walther-Peer Fellgiebel : The bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 - Holders of the highest award of the Second World War of all parts of the Wehrmacht . Dörfler Verlag, Eggolsheim 2004, ISBN 3-7909-0284-5 , p. 45, 78 .
  • Bruno Winzer: Soldier in three armies . Autobiographical report. Verlag der Nation, Berlin 1968, p. 277 ff .
  • Werner Buxa: 11th Infantry Division Nebel Verlag

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 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. 427.
personal data
SURNAME Källner, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German officer, most recently lieutenant general in World War II
DATE OF BIRTH October 9, 1898
PLACE OF BIRTH Katowice
DATE OF DEATH April 18, 1945
Place of death Sokolnitz