Hans Schittnig

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Hans Schittnig (born July 26, 1894 in Gütersloh ; † November 8, 1956 in Munich ) was a German officer , most recently in the rank of lieutenant general .

Military career

On April 7, 1913, Schittnig joined the Metz Infantry Regiment No. 98 of the Prussian Army as a flag boy . On December 18, 1913 he was appointed ensign there and in the spring of 1914 he attended the war school in Hanover . At the beginning of the First World War on August 2, 1914, he was transferred as a lieutenant to the 1st Battalion of the Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 130, which was newly formed from parts of his previous regiment Meuse and Moselle and the battleand the trench warfare around Verdun involved. He was then transferred to Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 73 in the same position. During the Battle of the Aisne , Schittnig was taken prisoner on April 16, 1917 , from which he was released on March 11, 1920 after the end of the war . For his achievements during the war, he was awarded both classes of the Iron Cross and the Wound Badge in silver.

After his release, Schittnig was accepted into the Reichswehr . Promoted to first lieutenant on July 15, 1920 with a patent from March 22, 1918 , he was employed in the Reichswehr Infantry Regiment 110 on November 29 of the same year. After various uses, he was appointed captain as a company commander on April 1, 1926 . After the National Socialists came to power , he was promoted to major on July 1, 1934 while serving in the staff of the 6th Division. In October 1934, he moved to the staff of VI. Army Corps . In October 1935 he became commander of the First Battalion of Infantry Regiment 60 and a year later in derselbigen position in the Infantry Regiment 79. At the beginning of 1937 he Lieutenant Colonel and on 12 October 1937 for one year Division Chief in the Army Feldzeugmeisterei.

After the outbreak of World War II , he was promoted to colonel on October 1, 1939 and took over the leadership of the 512 Infantry Regiment on July 5, 1940. On January 7, 1942, Schittnig joined the Führerreserve for four months and took over on May 8, 1942 command of the 65th Infantry Regiment of the 22nd Infantry Division . His troops found Störfang during the LIV attack . Army Corps to the Sevastopol Fortress use. Relocated to the Fuehrer's reserve on August 20, 1942, he was promoted to major general on April 1, 1943 after serving in Feldzeug Verwaltungsabteilung III . Between October 1, 1944 and February 27, 1945 he took over the leadership of the East Prussian 1st Infantry Division in the 4th Army and was promoted to Lieutenant General on New Year's 1945. After the division had been pushed back north of Schirwindt across the border to Königsberg from October 1944 , the 1st Division defended in the Schloßberg area until mid-January .

From the beginning of May 1945 to June 1947, Schittnig was in captivity.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Jürgen Kraus : Handbook of the associations and troops of the German army 1914-1918. Part VI: Infantry. Volume 2: Reserve and Landwehr Regiments. Publishing house Militaria. Vienna 2012. ISBN 978-3-902526-52-6 . P. 134.
  2. ↑ Reichswehr Ministry (Ed.): Ranking list of the German Reichsheeres. ES Mittler & Sohn . Berlin 1924. p. 169.
personal data
SURNAME Schittnig, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lieutenant general
DATE OF BIRTH July 26, 1894
PLACE OF BIRTH Gutersloh
DATE OF DEATH November 8, 1956
Place of death Munich