Hugo Höfl (General)

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Hugo Höfl (born June 16, 1878 in Regensburg , † April 13, 1957 in Weipertshausen ) was a German officer , most recently lieutenant general in World War II .

Life

family

Höfl was the son of a railway inspector. In 1905 he married Julie Bever, daughter of the Lindau doctor Karl Bever , with whom he had three children.

Military career

After attending a humanistic grammar school , Höfl joined the 20th Infantry Regiment “Prince Franz” of the Bavarian Army on July 15, 1897 as a two-year-old volunteer and flag junior . There he was promoted to lieutenant on July 25, 1899 after attending military school . From October 1905, Höfl served as a battalion adjutant for five years. From 1911 to 1914 he graduated from the War Academy , which made him qualify for the higher adjutantage as well as for military railroad and departmental service. Höfl was promoted to captain on January 7, 1914 while attending the academy .

With the outbreak of World War I , Höfl was appointed second adjutant of the 2nd Infantry Division , with which he was deployed in Lorraine and France. For a short time he then acted from the end of September to mid-October 1914 as general staff officer of the assembled Godin brigade and then returned to the 20th Infantry Regiment "Prince Franz" as company and later as battalion leader. In the further course of the war, Höfl had other staff assignments, most recently in the 4th Army . For his achievements he was awarded with both classes of the Iron Cross , the Military Merit Order IV. Class with Swords and Crown and the Austrian Military Merit Cross III. Class with war decorations.

After the Armistice of Compiègne and the return home, Höfl was used from December 18, 1918 as leader of the 1st Battalion of the 20th Infantry Regiment "Prince Franz". After the regiment was dissolved, in May 1919 he was garrison elder in Lindau and leader of the Lake Constance Freikorps . At the end of the month he was transferred to the inspection of the military educational institutions and at the beginning of June 1919 to the central office of the General Staff. With a patent from October 18, 1918, he was promoted to major . Höfl was then accepted into the Provisional Reichswehr and worked as a tactics teacher at the Infantry School in Munich until September 14, 1923 . He then returned to service, commanded the 1st Battalion of the 21st (Bavarian) Infantry Regiment in Würzburg until January 12, 1928 and was promoted to lieutenant colonel on April 1, 1924 . He was then appointed commander of Ingolstadt and in this position was promoted to colonel on February 1, 1929 . On September 30, 1929, he was released from his post and retired.

He then transferred to Turkish services .

After the formation of the army , Höfl returned to Germany and joined the Wehrmacht on December 1, 1935 . First he received the post of training manager in the East Prussian town of Sensburg , then from October 1, 1936 he was with the 1st Army Corps for one year and was then appointed Landwehr commander in Insterburg . On June 1, 1939, he was promoted to major general .

Before the start of the Second World War, Höfl was appointed commander of the 206th Infantry Division on August 26, 1939 , with which he participated in the Polish and later the Western campaign . He was also used with his large association in the attack on the Soviet Union , was promoted to lieutenant general on July 1, 1941 and was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross for his achievements on December 4, 1941 . In April 1942 he gave up the division, was commander of the 39th Infantry Division from July to December 17, 1942 and was then responsible for the leadership of the LXXXIX. Army Corps instructed. On April 30, 1943, Höfl was retired from the Wehrmacht.

literature

  • Dermot Bradley (Ed.): The Generals of the Army 1921–1945. The military careers of the generals, as well as the doctors, veterinarians, intendants, judges and ministerial officials with the rank of general. Volume 6: Hochbaum-Klutmann. Biblio Publishing House. Bissendorf 2002. ISBN 3-7648-2582-0 . Pp. 26-27.
  • Othmar Hackl : The Bavarian War Academy (1867-1914). CH Beck´sche publishing house bookstore. Munich 1989. ISBN 3-406-10490-8 . Pp. 473-474.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Othmar Hackl: The Bavarian War Academy (1867-1914). CH Beck´sche publishing house bookstore. Munich 1989. ISBN 3-406-10490-8 . P. 473.
  2. ↑ Ranking list of the German Imperial Army. Ed .: Reichswehr Ministry . Mittler & Sohn publishing house . Berlin 1924. p. 124.
  3. ↑ Veit Scherzer : Knight's Cross bearers 1939-1945. The holders of the Iron Cross of the Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and armed forces allied with Germany according to the documents of the Federal Archives. 2nd Edition. Scherzers Militaer-Verlag, Ranis / Jena 2007, ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2 , p. 395.
personal data
SURNAME Höfl, Hugo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German officer, most recently lieutenant general in World War II
DATE OF BIRTH June 16, 1878
PLACE OF BIRTH regensburg
DATE OF DEATH April 13, 1957
Place of death Weipertshausen