Holm Eppendorff

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Holm Constantin Eppendorff (born October 15, 1865 in Dresden , † February 10, 1947 in Radebeul ) was a German major general in the Reichswehr .

Life

Holm was a son of Lieutenant Colonel Karl Gustav Eppendorff († in Vienna) and Sophie, née Haas († in Dresden). After his time at the Vitzthumschen Gymnasium , Eppendorff became a squire in October 1886 in the 1st Field Artillery Regiment No. 12 of the Saxon Army . By January 1888 he was promoted to second lieutenant and on September 18, 1893 he was promoted to prime lieutenant and at the same time appointed battery chief in his regiment.

In May 1907 he was transferred to the staff of the 3rd Field Artillery Regiment No. 32 . On August 19, 1909, when he was promoted to major, he was appointed commander of the 1st Division of the 1st Field Artillery Regiment No. 12. Three years later, in 1912, Eppendorff was transferred to the regimental staff.

In August 1914, Eppendorff moved with his association into the First World War . In July 1915 he took over command of the 2nd Field Artillery Regiment No. 28 , and in October 1915 he was promoted to lieutenant colonel. As such, he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Military Order of St. Heinrich on November 23, 1915 . Before that he had already received both classes of the Iron Cross and the Knight's Cross First Class of the Albrecht Order with Swords. In February 1917 he took over the position of artillery commander in the 212th Infantry Division and 219th Infantry Division .

After the end of the war, Eppendorff held the position of Artillery Commander 12 in the Provisional Reichswehr from October 1919. On October 1, 1920, he was appointed commander of the Königsbrück military training area within the 4th Division , along with his promotion to colonel.

On August 3, 1921, he retired with the character of as a major general in the service of the army.

As a private person, Eppendorff lived in 1939 as the owner of the Villa Magda (Schuchstraße 6) in Niederlößnitz , which today belongs to Radebeul , at the time of his death in 1947 he lived in the Winzerstraße 1 group of buildings separated from the head of the Schuchstraße property. Hedenus; four out of six children survived the father.

literature

  • Dermot Bradley (Ed.): The Generals of the Army 1921-1945. Volume 3: Dahlmann – Fritzlaff. Biblio-Verlag, 1994.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Civil status documents from the Radebeul City Archives (No. 157/1947).
  2. ^ Program of the Vitzthumschen Gymnasium, as an invitation to the public examination on April 4th and 5th, 1879, edited by Ernst Ziel, Rector and Professor BG Teubner. Dresden 1879, p. 42.
  3. ↑ The Royal Saxon Military St. Heinrichs Order 1736-1918. An honor sheet of the Saxon Army. Wilhelm and Bertha von Baensch Foundation, Dresden 1937, p. 219.
  4. ^ Address book for the city of Radebeul. Dresdner Anzeiger, 1939, p. 112.
personal data
SURNAME Eppendorff, Holm
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Eppendorff, Holm Constantin (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German major general
DATE OF BIRTH October 15, 1865
PLACE OF BIRTH Dresden
DATE OF DEATH February 10, 1947
Place of death Radebeul