Karl von Weber (officer)

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Karl Weber , since 1917 Ritter von Weber (born August 23, 1892 in Geiselbach , † July 20, 1941 near Smolensk ) was a German officer , most recently major general and commander of the 17th Panzer Division in World War II .

Life

Weber was the son of the wood factory owner Edmund Weber and his wife Eleonore, née Franz. After attending a humanistic grammar school , he joined the 13th Infantry Regiment “Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria and Apostolic King” on October 1, 1911 as a flag junior von Ungarn "joined the Bavarian Army and was promoted to ensign on May 21, 1912 .

Lieutenant Weber (since October 25, 1913) entered the First World War with his regiment and was deployed for the first time during the border battles on the Western Front . In the further course of the war he remained there, was promoted to first lieutenant on January 17, 1917 and wounded twice during the trench warfare at Artois in 1918. For his exceptional military merits ("because in the battle of Flanders in the battles north of Poelkapelle on October 9, 1917, in a quick and correct assessment of the urgency of the situation under the most difficult circumstances, he usurped the leadership of a wavering fighting force with exemplary energy and outstanding personal bravery the overpowering enemy attack just offered and the implementation of the total resistance has significantly benefited ") he received on 9 October 1917, the knight's cross of the Military order of Max Joseph order, and was allowed to because of the associated elevation to personal nobility from this time knight name von Weber .

After the end of the war he was accepted into the Reichswehr . There he was first used in an infantry regiment and in 1921 he was assigned to the 3rd (Prussian) motor vehicle department in Berlin . Weber received his promotion to captain on February 1, 1923 and on March 21, 1927 he was transferred to the 20th (Bavarian) Infantry Regiment in Regensburg . From there he was first assigned to the Reichswehr Ministry in Berlin on March 1, 1930 and transferred to the Army Weapons Office there on April 1, 1930 . In the following period Weber received on 1 February 1932 was promoted to Major , on August 1, 1934. Lieutenant Colonel and on 1 January 1937 , Colonel .

As such, he took part in the Polish and Western campaigns as regimental commander after the beginning of World War II . On November 1, 1940, Weber, who was promoted to major general on December 1, 1940, took over Rifle Brigade 17, which he commanded until June 28, 1941. He was then briefly transferred to the Fuehrer's Reserve and on July 7, 1941, was charged with leading the 17th Panzer Division . During the Kesselschlacht near Smolensk he suffered a serious wound and died a little later in the hospital.

Awards

literature

  • Rudolf von Kramer, Otto von Waldenfels: VIRTUTI PRO PATRIA. The Royal Bavarian Military Max Joseph Order. Acts of War and Book of Honor 1914-1918. Self-published by the Royal Bavarian Military Max Joseph Order. Munich 1966. p. 427.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g Officer personnel file 5221 , Main State Archives Munich (HStAM) Dept. IV.
  2. ↑ a b c d e Ranking list of the German Reichsheeres , Ed .: Reichswehrministerium , Mittler & Sohn Verlag, Berlin 1930, p. 137.
personal data
SURNAME Weber, Karl von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Weber, Karl Ritter von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German officer, most recently major general in World War II
DATE OF BIRTH August 23, 1892
PLACE OF BIRTH Geiselbach
DATE OF DEATH July 20, 1941
Place of death near Smolensk