Heinrich Aschenbrandt

Heinrich Aschenbrandt (born June 30, 1884 in Würzburg , † March 23, 1953 in Berlin ) was a German officer , most recently major general in World War II .

Life

family

Aschenbrandt was the son of a general practitioner . He married Ellen Müller in 1919.

Military career

After attending a humanistic grammar school , Aschenbrandt joined the 2nd field artillery regiment "Horn" of the Bavarian Army in his hometown on July 18, 1902 as a two-year-old volunteer and flag junior . There he was promoted to lieutenant on October 28, 1904 after attending military school . Aschenbrandt then graduated from the artillery and engineering school from October 1, 1906 to August 12, 1907 , and the war academy for three years from October 1911 .

As a first lieutenant , Aschenbrandt was appointed regimental adjutant of the Reserve Field Artillery Regiment 5 at the outbreak of the First World War . The staff and the second division of this regiment had been formed by its main regiment according to the mobilization plan. In association with the 5th Reserve Division , Aschenbrandt and his regiment took part in the border battles in Lorraine . On August 20, 1914, he was wounded during the Battle of Lorraine and was sent to a hospital . After his recovery at the end of December 1914 , Aschenbrandt was initially assigned to the general command of the Deputy II Army Corps. In mid-January 1915, Aschenbrandt was appointed adjutant for the inspection of the field artillery replacement departments of the II Army Corps. On April 1, 1915, he was transferred as Second Adjutant to the newly established 11th Infantry Division . With her he took part in the fighting on the Eastern Front , was promoted to captain on August 9, 1915 , and transferred to the Western Front with the Great Association in February 1916 . There he came u. a. used in the Battle of Verdun . Relocated to the east again at the end of May, Aschenbrandt took part in the campaign against Romania from mid-October . After the end of the fighting, he returned to the Western Front, was used here in the double battle on the Aisne and in the Champagne and then was in trench warfare on the Chemin des Dames . On July 10, 1917, Aschenbrandt was transferred to the staff of the 1st Landsturm Infantry Brigade. In September 1917 assigned to the staff of the newly formed 48th Landwehr Division , Aschenbrandt was transferred to the staff of the 6th Infantry Division on January 11, 1918 . Here he took part in the Great Battle of France in March 1918 before he was transferred to the 19th Army at the end of July 1918 . For his achievements, Aschenbrandt was awarded both classes of the Iron Cross , the Order of Merit IV. Class with Swords and the Wound Badge in black.

After the armistice in Compiègne , Aschenbrandt returned home, was demobilized with the 2nd field artillery regiment "Horn" and then acted as leader of a battery of volunteers . With the formation of the Provisional Reichswehr he was adjutant of the Reichswehr Artillery leader 23 end of the year to the Defense Ministry commanded, Aschenbrandt was from mid-May 1920 as auxiliary officer in the military district command operates VII. From September 26, 1920 to October 31, 1921, he was assigned to the headquarters of the Grafenwoehr Training Area and was then transferred to the 7th (Bavarian) Artillery Regiment . Aschenbrandt served here in various functions over the next few years, most recently as a major in the regimental staff. This was followed by one-year assignments with the staffs of the commandant offices of the Emsbefestigungen and von Borkum. Relocated to the staff of the 7th (Bavarian) Artillery Regiment on October 1, 1928, Achenbrandt was with the staff of Artillery Leader VII from October 1, 1929. In the meantime, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel, and on April 1, 1931 he was appointed commander of Ingolstadt . As a colonel , Aschenbrandt retired from active service on September 30, 1935.

Immediately afterwards he was employed as an E-officer and worked at the Army High Command as a consultant in the 7th Department of the Army General Staff. Reactivated during the Second World War on April 1, 1941, Aschenbrandt received his briefing as field commander in early July 1941, was appointed commander of Field Command 238 on July 17, 1941 and promoted to major general on December 1, 1941. He was released from his post when he was transferred to the Führerreserve on August 15, 1944 and retired from military service on December 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 1: Abberger-Bitthorn. Biblio Publishing House. Osnabrück 1993. ISBN 3-7648-2423-9 . Pp. 114-115.
• Othmar Hackl : The Bavarian War Academy (1867-1914). CH Beck´sche publishing house bookstore. Munich 1989. ISBN 3-406-10490-8 . P. 395.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Reichswehr Ministry (Ed.): Ranking list of the German Reichsheeres. ES Mittler & Sohn . Berlin 1924. p. 140.