Johannes Severin

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Major Severin around 1918
Freikorps Severin

Johannes Severin (born December 10, 1869 in Breslau , † October 25, 1937 in Berlin ) was a German lieutenant general .

Life

Severin joined the Fusilier Regiment No. 38 on October 12, 1889 . On May 14, 1890 he was in the rank of portepee ensign and on January 18, 1891 he was promoted to second lieutenant in the regiment . From 1894 to 1896 he was an adjutant . From 1897 he served for two years in the teaching infantry battalion in Potsdam . His promotion to first lieutenant took place on July 16, 1899, when he was transferred back to the Fusilier Regiment No. 38. He stayed there until September 30, 1913. Previously, he rose to captain there on June 16, 1904, and most recently served as chief of the 6th company inside. On October 1, 1913, he was promoted to major , combined with the transfer to the fusilier regiment "von Steinmetz" (West Prussian) No. 37 . From June 21, 1918 to March 1919, Severin was in command of the infantry regiment “Prince Friedrich of the Netherlands” (2nd Westphalian) No. 15 . For his behavior as regimental commander in the defensive battle at Barricourt in the defensive battle against the Americans , the major was proposed on October 22, 1918 for the award of the order Pour le Mérites, as can be seen from his regimental history.

Johannes Severin (left) in Berlin, February 1928

After the end of the war and return home, the Freikorps "Severin" was formed, and he acted as its commander. Severin was then accepted into the Reichswehr , promoted to colonel with a patent on March 1, 1921 , and as such was in command of the 16th Infantry Regiment from June 15, 1921 to March 31, 1925 . He was promoted to major general on February 1, 1926 and was city ​​commandant of Berlin from March 1, 1925 to March 1, 1928 . In April 1928 Severin was retired from active service with the character of Lieutenant General.

At the request of the Federation of “Associations formerly 15s”, in 1931 he wrote their regimental history for the period of the First World War.

Awards

Fonts

  • Infantry Regiment Prince Friedrich of the Netherlands (2nd Westphalian) No. 15 in World War I 1914-18. Minden 1931.

literature

  • Rank and quarters list of the Royal Prussian Army and the XIII. (Royal Württemberg) Army Corps for 1899. Ed .: Royal Secret War Chancellery, ES Mittler & Sohn . Berlin 1899. p. 178.
  • Ranking of the Royal Prussian Army and the XIII. (Royal Württemberg) Army Corps for 1906. Ed .: War Ministry. ES Mittler & Sohn. Berlin 1906. p. 185.
  • Ranking of the Royal Prussian Army and the XIII. (Royal Württemberg) Army Corps for 1910. Ed .: War Ministry. ES Mittler & Sohn. Berlin 1910. p. 194.
  • Ranking of the Royal Prussian Army and the XIII. (Royal Württemberg) Army Corps for 1914. Ed .: War Ministry. ES Mittler & Sohn. Berlin 1914. p. 203.
  • Honor ranking of the former German army. Ed .: German Officer Association. ES Mittler & Sohn. Berlin 1926. p. 186.
  • Ranking of the German Imperial Army. Ed .: Reichswehr Ministry (Army Personnel Office). Berlin 1925. ES Mittler & Son. Pp. 21, 112.
  • Günther Wegner: The staffing of the active infantry regiments as well as the hunter and machine gun battalions, military district commands and training managers from the foundation and / or formation until 1939. Biblio Verlag. Osnabrück 1992. pp. 15, 501.
  • Gustav Riebensahm: Prince Friedrich Infantry Regiment of the Netherlands (2nd Westphalian) No. 15 in World War I 1914–1918. Minden 1931.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ G. Dreising: History of the Fusilier Regiment General Field Marshal Graf Moltke (Silesian) No. 38. ES Mittler & Sohn . Berlin 1897. p. 344.
  2. ↑ Barricourt has been part of Tailly since January 1, 1973.
  3. ^ Military weekly paper . Volume 122. Berlin 1937. p. 1185.
  4. ↑ a b War Ministry (ed.): Ranking list of the Royal Prussian Army and the XIII. (Royal Württemberg) Army Corps for 1914. ES Mittler & Sohn . Berlin 1914. p. 203.
  5. ↑ a b c d e f g h Reichswehr Ministry (Ed.): Ranking list of the German Reichsheeres . ES Mittler & Sohn. Berlin 1924. p. 113.
personal data
SURNAME Severin, Johannes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German officer, most recently lieutenant general
DATE OF BIRTH December 10, 1869
PLACE OF BIRTH Wroclaw
DATE OF DEATH October 25, 1937
Place of death Berlin