Herbert von Obwurzer

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Herbert von Obwurzer (born June 23, 1888 in Wilten ; † January 26, 1945 in Nakel , West Prussia ) was an Austrian officer.

Life

Herbert Obwurzer was the son of the Austrian officer Bernard Obwurzer and had a brother named Eckard and the two sisters Paula and Elisabeth. His father was killed in fighting during the First World War , whereupon his widow and her children received the title of nobility "von" on February 15, 1917 . While still at school, Obwurzer started his career as a professional soldier in the Joint Army and attended the infantry cadet school in Innsbruck . From there he came to the 4th Dragoon Regiment as an ensign in 1907 . Obwurzer took part continuously in the First World War as an officer in the Austro-Hungarian Army , initially as a lieutenant in the 9th Dragoon Regiment and from 1917 as a captain in the Tyrolean Kaiserjäger 1st Regiment. After the war, Obwurzer was retired from the army.

With the Freikorps Iron Division he took part in the fighting in the Baltic States in 1919 . From the spring of 1920 he helped to build up the Tyrolean Home Guard and held the post of chief of staff there, which he gave up in June 1921 due to internal conflict situations (successor was Waldemar Pabst ). He then switched to the Upper Austrian Home Guard, where he became a weapons consultant and liaison with Bavarian self-protection associations.

He also began studying at the Vienna University for World Trade , which he did not graduate. His occupation was economist. Obwurzer became a member of the NSDAP in 1930 ( membership number 266.601) and moved from Austria to the German Reich . From 1930 to 1934 he was managing director of the Saxon cellulose wadding factory G. mb H. in Dresden . After the “ seizure of power ” in 1934, he became the deputy of the representative for economic issues in the staff of the deputy of the Führer Rudolf Hess . From 1936 he held the title of Head of the Reichsleitung .

Obwurzer's SS ranks
date rank
August 1942 SS-Obersturmbannführer
January 1943 SS standard leader
June 1944 SS-Oberführer
January 1945 SS Brigade Leader

From 1937 he held the rank of major in the Wehrmacht and completed military exercises in the following years. After the beginning of the Second World War , he took part in acts of war as an officer in the Wehrmacht and received several awards. In August 1942 he switched to the Waffen SS and joined this organization as SS Obersturmbannführer (SS No. 430.417). In August 1942 he was transferred from the Führerreserve in Wehrkreis II to the 6th SS Mountain Division "North" , where he commanded an infantry regiment. In March 1943 he was entrusted with the establishment of the 13th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS "Handschar" (Croatian No. 1) and became its first commander. From September 1943 he led a regiment in the 1st SS Infantry Brigade, which was previously responsible for the murders of Soviet civilians. From March 1944 he was a member of the replacement division of the 15th SS Division. By July 21, 1944 at the latest, he became the commander of the 15th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (Latvian No. 1) and held this position until his death. On January 26, 1945, he set out on a reconnaissance trip and has been missing since then. He was later pronounced dead. On January 30, 1945, he was posthumously appointed SS Brigadier and Major General of the Waffen SS.

Fonts

  • German Austria and the German questions of fate , Vienna 1924.
  • Self-sufficiency (autarky) in the Third Reich , Berlin 1933. [Reprint ISBN 978-3-96401-002-5 ]

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Wolfgang Graf: Austrian SS Generals. Himmler's reliable vassals , Klagenfurt / Ljubljana / Vienna 2012, p. 426f.
  2. ↑ Edmund Glaise von Horstenau, Peter Broucek (Ed.): A General in the Twilight: The Memories of Edmund Glaises von Horstenau , Volume 3, Vienna 1988, p. 241.
  3. ↑ a b c P. Broucek:  Obwurzer, Herbert von. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 7, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1978, ISBN 3-7001-0187-2 , p. 202.
  4. ^ Wolfgang Graf: Austrian SS Generals. Himmler's reliable vassals , Klagenfurt / Ljubljana / Vienna 2012, p. 429.
  5. ↑ The paper manufacturer , Volume 32, O. Elsner 1934, p. 22.
  6. ^ Wolfgang Graf: Austrian SS Generals. Himmler's reliable vassals , Klagenfurt / Ljubljana / Vienna 2012, p. 429ff. and excerpt from the SS seniority list http://www.dws-xip.pl/reich/biografie/lista3/lista3.html
  7. ^ Wolfgang Graf: Austrian SS Generals. Himmler's reliable vassals , Klagenfurt / Ljubljana / Vienna 2012, p. 429ff.
personal data
SURNAME Obwurzer, Herbert von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian officer and SS brigade leader
DATE OF BIRTH June 23, 1888
PLACE OF BIRTH Wilten
DATE OF DEATH January 26, 1945
Place of death Nacle