Hermann von Schöpf

Hermann Otto Schöpf , from 1914 Knight von Schöpf (born November 6, 1886 in Leimersheim ; † February 24, 1950 Oberdießen ) was a German officer and SA functionary, most recently with the rank of SA brigade leader .

Life

Origin, youth and education

Schöpf was the son of the Bavarian major Johann Schöpf and his wife Kätchen, née Mühlhofer. He was educated in the cadet corps and on July 8, 1906 transferred as an ensign to the 3rd field artillery regiment "Prince Leopold" of the Bavarian Army . From March 1, 1907 to January 24, 1908, Schöpf was assigned to the war school . On July 20, 1908, he was named lieutenant with a patent from March 9, 1908 . From October 1, 1910 to August 12, 1911 he was assigned to the artillery and engineering school . Schöpf retired from active military service on March 15, 1913 and was assigned to the reserve of his regiment. On May 25, 1914, it was reactivated and used in the 12th Field Artillery Regiment in Landau in the Palatinate .

First World War

From August 1914, Schöpf took part in the First World War. After falling ill, he spent a few weeks in a hospital before returning to his regiment on the Western Front on September 1, 1914 . Here, as leader of the 4th battery, he received orders to work from a concealed position against the hollows south of Montauban. However, since he recognized an attack by the French, he went with his battery of his own initiative into an open firing position, thus effectively taking the attacking infantry under fire and making a significant contribution to repelling the attack. He also played a key role in the conquest of Montauban with his battery to support his own infantry. For these services Schöpf was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Military Max Joseph Order on September 27, 1914 . With the award, the elevation to the personal nobility was connected and he was allowed to call himself Ritter von Schöpf after the entry on May 25, 1915 in the nobility register . In addition, he had meanwhile been promoted to lieutenant on November 30, 1914 .

On December 14, 1914, Schöpf was wounded in the head in Hallebeke as deputy adjutant of the 2nd division of his regiment. He was then treated in a field hospital of the II Army Corps . On January 14, 1915, he returned to the front as leader of his battery. On March 27, 1915 he was transferred to the 21st Field Artillery Regiment . On June 27, 1915 he was taken ill to field hospital 1 of the 1st Infantry Division . On October 25, 1915, Schöpf was then charged with the command of the 1st battery of the 21st Field Artillery Regiment.

On March 24, 1916, Schöpf was admitted to the Quedlinburg military hospital because of gas poisoning . On May 1, 1916, he was transferred to the II. Replacement Department of the 12th Field Artillery Regiment. On September 13, 1916 he was transferred to the Reserve Field Artillery Regiment 6. On December 28, 1916 he came to the 6th battery of the 7th Field Artillery Regiment "Prinzregent Luitpold" , from there on January 20, 1917 to the replacement department of the Mountain cannon departments 2 and 4. On March 19, 1917, he was promoted to captain with a patent from January 17, 1917 . On June 1, 1917, Schöpf was transferred to the replacement department of the 7th field artillery regiment "Prinzregent Luitpold" and from there on June 19, 1917 , he was sent into the field to the 2nd field artillery regiment "Horn" , where he was the battery leader, later as deputy head of department. On December 2, 1917, Schöpf was appointed General Command of XXXVIII for a period of seven weeks . Reserve Corps commands. From March 7th to 11th, 1918 he was deputy leader of the 2nd Division of the 2nd Field Artillery Regiment. From March 17th to March 21st, 1918, he was commanded for the 5th guide course in Wörth. He fell ill on April 9, 1918. From April 12, 1908 to May 8, 1918 in the Briey military hospital . From May 8, 1918, he was transferred to Reserve Hospital III Heilbronn . On May 29, 1918, he was referred to Bad Kissingen for a cure .

On June 1, 1918, Schöpf was transferred to the 2nd Replacement Department of the 2nd Field Artillery Regiment as an immobile. From June 29 to July 8, 1918, he was on leave to Munich and Oberstdorf. On August 17, 1918, he started a cure in Oberstdorf, only to return to the II. Replacement Department on September 5. On October 30, 1918, he called in sick.

Weimar Republic and the time of National Socialism

On November 25, 1918, Schöpf was retired from military service. He then entered the police force, where he last reached the rank of major . Politically, he joined the NSDAP ( membership number 508.658) in the early 1930s , which he officially joined on April 1, 1931. The entry into the street fighting organization of the party, the SA , took place on April 15, 1931. In this he was promoted to SA-Oberführer on February 1, 1932 and appointed leader of the SA sub-group Magdeburg-Anhalt on February 1, 1932, the he led until the SA was banned on April 13, 1932. After the re-approval of the organization on July 1, 1932, Schöpf was entrusted with the management of the business of the staff leader of the Reichsfuhrer School of the SA in Munich . On September 1, 1932, he was regularly transferred to the staff of the Führer School, where he now officially held the office of staff leader from September 1, 1932 to February 14, 1933.

After the National Socialists came to power in the spring of 1933, Schöpf was entrusted with the management of the SA subgroup Swabia, based in Augsburg , on February 15, 1933 . He held this post until August 31, 1933. He then served from September 1, 1933 to February 22, 1934 as leader of the SA Brigade 87 (Swabia), into which the subgroup was converted in September 1933. On September 1, 1933, he was promoted to SA brigade leader.

From March 1933, Schöpf officiated as special commissioner and from September 1st as special representative of the Supreme SA leadership in the district government of Swabia and Neuburg, d. H. as a liaison and supervisor of the SA in these bodies. He held this post until February 22, 1934. In April 1933 he was also nominated as a substitute for the NSDAP on the nomination for the Bavarian state parliament .

On February 22, 1934, Schöpf resigned from the SA after being relieved of his previous position and rank. The background was a dispute with the Gauleiter Karl Wahl .

literature

• Rudolf von Kramer, Otto von Waldenfels: VIRTUTI PRO PATRIA. The Royal Bavarian Military Max-Joseph Order. Munich 1966. pp. 79-80, 408.
• Joachim Lilla : "Schöpf, Hermann Ritter v.", In: Ders .: Minister of State, senior administrative officials and (NS) officials in Bavaria from 1918 to 1945. online on the website of the Bavarian State Library