Hermann von Choltitz

Hermann Ernst Alfred Ludwig von Choltitz (born August 11, 1868 in Wiese-Graeflich , † March 20, 1947 in Wiesbaden ) was a German district administrator .

Life

Castle in Gräflich Wiese after F. B. Werner

Hermann was a son of the Prussian captain and gentleman of the same name on Wiese-Count Hermann von Choltitz (1828–1876) and his wife Antonia, née von Carlowitz (* 1833). His older sister Antonie (* 1864) was married to the Prussian cavalry general Otto von Garnier . A nephew was the later General of the Infantry Dietrich von Choltitz .

Like his father, Choltitz first studied at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität , where he became a member of the Corps Guestphalia Bonn in 1887 . He moved to the University of Breslau and in 1891 was also a member of the Corps Silesia . After completing his studies, Choltitz embarked on a civil service career, while his brother Hans (* 1865) ran his parents' estate. Choltitz was general landscape president of Silesia and was from 1907 to 1920 district administrator of the Neustadt district . Before the beginning of the First World War , Choltitz took over the management of the farm in Wiese-Graeflich, while his brother Hans did military service in Flanders as major and commander of the Uhlan regiment "Prince August von Württemberg" (Posensches) No. 10 .

Choltitz married Margarete Crüger (* 1885) on January 17, 1911 in Langenbrück . The children Hermann (* 1911), Maria (* 1914) and Joachim (* 1915) emerged from the marriage.

literature

Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Briefadeligen houses. 1919. Thirteenth year, Justus Perthes , Gotha 1918, pp. 153–154.
Fritz Maywald: Complete directory of members of the Corps Silesia 1821–1961. Part I, Cologne 1961, serial no.554.

Web links

Website of the von Choltitz family

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Kösener Corpslisten 1960, 10/593; 83/553.
↑ Ehrenkrook: ancestors and grandchildren. P. 263.
^ Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. neustadt_os.html. Accessed September 2018(Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).

personal data
SURNAME	Choltitz, Hermann von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Choltitz, Hermann Ernst Alfred Ludwig von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German district administrator
DATE OF BIRTH	August 11, 1868
PLACE OF BIRTH	Wiese-Gräflich
DATE OF DEATH	March 20, 1947
Place of death	Wiesbaden

[KCL1960-1] Kösener Corpslisten 1960, 10/593; 83/553.

[2] Ehrenkrook: ancestors and grandchildren. P. 263.

[3] Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. neustadt_os.html. Accessed September 2018(Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).