Hans von Feldmann
Hans von Feldmann (born November 7, 1868 in Berlin , † July 10, 1940 in Hanover ) was a German lieutenant general and politician .
Life
Feldmann was the son of the Prussian Major General Adolf von Feldmann (1828-1894) and Jenny Lührsen (1841-1917). His maternal grandparents were the well-known Hamburg lawyer and senior official of the Hamburg mortgage administration, Dr. Gustav Lührsen (1805–1868) and his wife Charlotte Jauch (1811–1872). His uncle was the Imperial German Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Johannes Lührsen (1838–1903), his brother was the head of the operations department in the Turkish Supreme Army Command in World War I and later Otto von Feldmann (1873–1945), a member of the Reichstag .
After attending school, Feldmann joined the 1st Hanover Infantry Regiment No. 74 of the Prussian Army on March 22, 1887 as a secondary lieutenant . After graduating from the War Academy and further deploying the troops, he was transferred to the War Ministry in April 1907 . Feldmann rose there in 1913 to head the Feldzeugmeisterei. At the same time, he took part in the First World War as a front-line officer and was most recently a colonel and commander of the 43rd Infantry Brigade .
After the November Revolution, Feldmann was accepted into the Reichswehr . In mid-1919 he worked as a liaison officer for the Supreme Army Command in the Reich government in Weimar . In 1919/20 he was chief of the military command of the military command in the Reichswehr Ministry . After his appointment as major general , he was chief of the army administration ( quartermaster general ) from 1920 to 1922 . In 1922 he left the Reichswehr with character as Lieutenant General .
Public offices
Feldmann served from October 1, 1920 to April 7, 1922 as State Secretary in the Reichswehr Ministry . This was seen as a move by the Reichswehr so that the staff members could “keep to themselves”. Feldmann was the successor to the "civilian" and Social Democrat Christian Stock , who was initially appointed in March 1920, but was already pushed out of office in September . After Feldmann resigned due to differences with the Chief of Army Command, Hans von Seeckt , no successor was appointed. In 1928 the state secretary's position was canceled at the suggestion of the Ministry of Defense after the threat of being occupied by a Social Democrat again.
Awards
- Red Eagle Order IV class with crown
- Order of the Crown III. class
- Prussian service award cross
- Bavarian Order of Military Merit IV class with crown
- Knight's Cross 1st Class of the Order of Henry the Lion
- Knight's Cross 2nd class of the Duke of Saxony-Ernestine House Order
- Knight's Cross of the Order of the Württemberg Crown
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, data officers, judges and ministerial officials with the rank of general. Volume 3: Dahlmann – Fitzlaff. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1994, ISBN 3-7648-2443-3 , pp. 439-440.
Web links
- Hans von Feldmann in the online version of the Reich Chancellery Files Edition . Weimar Republic
Individual evidence
- ^ Albert Grzesinski, Eberhard Kolb: In the struggle for the German republic. 2001, ISBN 9783486565911 , p. 130. Political studies. Series of publications by the Munich University of Political Sciences, 1966, p. 718.
- ↑ a b c d e f g Ranking list of the Royal Prussian Army and the XIII. (Royal Württemberg Army Corps for 1914 , Ed .: War Ministry , ES Mittler & Sohn . Berlin 1914. p. 12.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Feldmann, Hans von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German lieutenant general and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 7, 1868 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 10, 1940 |
| Place of death | Hanover |