Hermann Meyer-Rabingen
Hermann Meyer , from 1924 Meyer-Rabingen , (born August 7, 1887 in Rotenburg (Wümme) , † February 21, 1961 in Melle ) was a German officer , most recently Lieutenant General in World War II .
Life
Meyer joined the infantry regiment “Margrave Karl” (7th Brandenburg) No. 60 on September 2, 1906 as a flag junior . There he was promoted to lieutenant on January 27, 1908 . On October 15, 1912, Meyer was assigned to the seminar for oriental languages in Berlin . Since May 10, 1913, he served in the Schutztruppe in German East Africa with the 9th Field Company in Usumbura . There he rose to the position of captain (since April 18, 1917) and division leader under the command of the protection force for German East Africa Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck . After being a prisoner of war and returning home, Meyer left the protection force in 1919. For a short time he led the third company in the Lettow-Vorbeck Freikorps as chief .
Meyer was accepted into the Reichswehr and used in the 6th Infantry Regiment . There he acted as chief of the 7th Company in Eutin . On April 1, 1930, he was promoted to major and transferred to the staff of the 3rd Cavalry Division in Weimar .
In 1923 he changed his name to Meyer-Rabingen.
As a colonel , he commanded the 109th Infantry Regiment in Karlsruhe from May 1, 1937 to October 25, 1939 . Meyer-Rabingen then served as commander of the 431st Infantry Division and from December 1, 1939 to April 1, 1942 as a commander of the 197th Infantry Division with operations in the Netherlands and the Soviet Union . As lieutenant general and commander of the 197th Infantry Division, Meyer-Rabingen received the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on January 12, 1942 .
He also served as commander of the 159th Reserve Division from September 20, 1942 to June 20, 1944 a. a. in the south of France. From July 1, 1944, he led the 404th Infantry Division and on February 1, 1945 he was given the command as combat commander in Frankfurt an der Oder , which he held until February 12, 1945. He was then taken prisoner of war.
In 1952, as a non- party member, he was elected mayor of Melle via the joint list of the CDU and the German party , an office he held until 1956.
Awards
- Iron Cross (1914) 2nd and 1st class
- Wound badge (1918) in black
- Hanseatic Cross Hamburg
- Hanseatic Cross Bremen
- Clasp for the Iron Cross, 2nd and 1st class
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on January 12, 1942
Works
- The 404th Division after 22 Mar 1945 , United States Army, Historical Division, Headquarters Europe, 1948.
literature
- Wolf Keilig: The Generals of the Army: Troop officers, ... , Podzun-Pallas-Verlag, 1983, p. 226.
- Wolfgang-Eisenhardt Maillard, Jürgen Schröder: The officer corps of the protection force for German East Africa in World War 1914–1918 , Walsrode, 2003.
- Uwe Plaß: Hermann Meyer-Rabingen (1887–1961). General and Mayor In: The Grönegau. Meller Jahrbuch 2014. Osnabrück 2013, ISBN 978-3-939318-15-6 , pp. 127–161
Web links
- Photograph of the parade on the Kaiser's birthday in Dar es Salaam with Lt. H. Meyer-Rabingen (1914) http://www.ub.bildarchiv-dkg.uni-frankfurt.de/Bildprojekt/frames/hauptframe.html
Individual evidence
- ↑ Stadtwiki Karlsruhe Infantry Regiment 109
- ↑ Meyer-Rabingen, Hermann
- ↑ a b c d Ranking list of the German Reichsheeres , Ed .: Reichswehrministerium , Mittler & Sohn Verlag , Berlin 1932, p. 123
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Meyer-Rabingen, Hermann |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Meyer, Hermann |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German officer, most recently lieutenant general; Combat Commander of Frankfurt (Oder) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 7, 1887 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rotenburg (Wümme) |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 21, 1961 |
| Place of death | Melle |