Karl-Erich Diedrichs
Karl-Erich Diedrichs (born July 12, 1927 in Engelskirchen , Oberbergischer Kreis , † November 2005 ) was a German lieutenant general in the Bundeswehr .
Life
Diedrichs completed his school education at a high school, but was drafted into the Reich Labor Service in March 1944 and then into the Wehrmacht . In the following years he was taken prisoner of war, from which he was released in December 1945. He then finished his school education and, after completing his studies, worked as a tax consultant and auditor as well as an administrative employee.
Diedrichs joined the German Armed Forces on May 1, 1956 and completed his training as an army officer at the Army Officer School I in Hanover and at the Infantry School in Hammelburg . He was then a platoon leader , S 1 officer, company commander and lecture hall manager at an army officer school. After completing general staff training at the command academy of the Bundeswehr in Hamburg and a course in Paris, he was commander of a battalion of 12th Panzer Brigade in Amberg . This was followed by assignments as assistant and consultant in the command staff of the Army (FüH).
On October 1, 1975, he succeeded Brigadier General Karl-Heinz Jörgens as commander of Panzerbrigade 6 and remained in this position until March 31, 1978. His successor was then Colonel Christoph-Adolf Fürus on April 1, 1978 . After that, between April 1978 and September 1981 he was Brigadier General Head of the Logistics Department of the Bundeswehr, NBC Defense and Protection in the Command Staff of the Armed Forces (Fü S IV) in the Federal Ministry of Defense in Bonn.
On October 1, 1981 Diedrichs was promoted to major general and successor to major general Horst Frickinger commander of the 7th Panzer Division . He held this position until March 31, 1984. He was then succeeded on April 1, 1984 by Major General Jörn Söder , while on April 1, 1984 he succeeded Lieutenant General Hans-Joachim Mack Commanding General III. Corps was. He remained in this position until his retirement on September 30, 1987, whereupon Lieutenant General Helge Hansen became his successor on October 1, 1987 .
He then worked temporarily as head of the agency for the United Electricity Works Westphalia (VEW) in Bonn. He was also active as the founding president of the German Society of Members of the French Legion of Honor and held this position until his death in November 2005, after which the previous Vice President and Secretary General Rolf Hüttel took over this function.
Background literature
- Clemens Range : The Generals and Admirals of the Bundeswehr , ES Mittler, Herford 1990, ISBN 3-8132-0350-6 .
Web links
- Biography in the Munzinger archive (top of the online version)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Helmut R. Hammerich, Dieter H. Kollmer, Martin Rink, Rudolf J. Schlaffer: Das Heer 1950 to 1970: conception, organization and placement , Verlag Oldenbourg Verlag, 2006, p. 772, ISBN 3-48671-187-3
- ↑ Bonn setting . In: The time of February 12, 1988 (online version)
- ↑ Address by Ambassador Bernard de Montferrand on the occasion of the award of the insignia of a commander in the National Order of Merit to General Rolf Hüttel on September 8, 2009
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| SURNAME | Diedrichs, Karl-Erich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Lieutenant General of the Bundeswehr |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 12, 1927 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Engelskirchen , Oberbergischer Kreis |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 2005 |