Kurt Röpke

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Kurt Reinhard Wilhelm Röpke (born November 29, 1896 in Solingen ; † July 21, 1966 in Göttingen ) was a German officer , most recently a general of the infantry in World War II .

Life

Kurt Röpke was a son of the future professor Dr. med. Friedrich Röpke (1864–1934), who practiced as an ENT doctor in Solingen since 1893 .

Kurt Röpke joined the army as a flag junior at the end of April 1914 . In 1914 he served in the rank of lieutenant without a patent (patent at the end of February 1915) in the 57 Infantry Regiment and took part in the First World War as an officer with this regiment .

After the war he was accepted into the Reichswehr and served in various units, including in 1928 in the rank of first lieutenant in the 17th Infantry Regiment . In 1929 at his wedding he was already a captain .

In early April 1938 he was promoted to lieutenant colonel. From mid-November 1938 to the end of August 1939 he was battalion commander in the 67th Infantry Regiment in Berlin-Spandau . He was then until October 1939 battalion commander in the newly established 203 Infantry Regiment in the 76th Infantry Division . The IR 203 was set up by his former regiment. Three months later he became a teacher at the Döberitz Infantry School . In August 1940 he became commander of the 50th Infantry Regiment of the 111th Infantry Division . With the regiment he took part in the attack on Russia . At the beginning of September 1942 he switched again to the infantry school. The 320th Infantry Division at the XI. He led army corps with the rank of colonel (promotion early April 1941) then as commander from May 26, 1943 to August 20, 1943. In early August 1943 he was promoted to major general . He was then commander of the 46th Infantry Division until July 10, 1944 . At the beginning of February 1944 he was promoted to lieutenant general. This was followed by his transfer to the Führer Reserve . From the beginning of September 1944, Kurt Röpke headed the XXIX as commanding general until the surrender . Army corps only with the 8th Army . In mid-October 1944 he was promoted to General of the Infantry (patent at the beginning of December 1944). At the beginning of 1945 he took part in the Western Carpathian Operation with the Army Corps, at the beginning / middle of March in the Lake Balaton Offensive and at the end of the month in the Bratislava-Brno Operation . From April the army corps was subordinate to the 1st Panzer Army . Röpke was wounded in the same month and briefly represented by the deputy commander Lieutenant General Christian Philipp .

Kurt Röpke was taken prisoner by the Soviets and was only released in October 1955.

He was only married to Hertha Henriette Lucie Klaue (* 1901 from Goslar ) in 1922 and to Elisabeth Lina Hedwig Marie von Roques (* 1901) since 1929 .

Awards

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Wolfgang Paul: Das Potsdamer Infanterie-Regiment 9, 1918–1945: Document volume . Biblio, 1984, p. 345 ( google.de [accessed on May 28, 2020]).
  2. ^ Military weekly paper . ES Mittler., 1914, p. 3539 ( google.de [accessed on May 28, 2020]).
  3. ↑ Ranking list of the German Imperial Army . ES Mittler & Sohn., 1927, p. 166 ( google.de [accessed on May 28, 2020]).
  4. ↑ a b Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of noble houses: at the same time the nobility register of the associations united in the honor protection league of the German nobility . J. Perthes., 1934, pp. 394 ( google.de [accessed on May 28, 2020]).
  5. ↑ Wolf Keilig: Das deutsche Heer, 1939–1945: structure, deployment, staffing . Podzun, 1956, p. 12 ( google.de [accessed on May 28, 2020]).
  6. ^ Samuel W. Mitcham: German Order of Battle: 291st-999th Infantry divisions, named infantry divisions, and special divisions in World War II . Stackpole Books, 2007, ISBN 978-0-8117-3437-0 , pp. 25 ( google.de [accessed on May 28, 2020]).
  7. ^ Samuel W. Mitcham: German Order of Battle: 291st-999th Infantry divisions, named infantry divisions, and special divisions in World War II . Stackpole Books, 2007, ISBN 978-0-8117-3437-0 , pp. 26 ( google.de [accessed on May 28, 2020]).
  8. ^ Samuel W. Mitcham: German Order of Battle: 1st-290th Infantry divisions in World War II . Stackpole Books, 2007, ISBN 978-0-8117-3416-5 , pp. 93 ( google.de [accessed on May 28, 2020]).
  9. ↑ German soldiers calendar . Schild Verlag., 1960, p. 59 ( google.de [accessed on May 28, 2020]).
  10. ^ Military weekly paper . ES Mittler., 1921, p. 365 ( google.de [accessed on May 28, 2020]).
  11. ↑ 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 .
personal data
SURNAME Röpke, Kurt
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Röpke, Kurt Reinhard Wilhelm (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German officer, most recently general of the infantry
DATE OF BIRTH November 29, 1896
PLACE OF BIRTH Solingen
DATE OF DEATH July 21, 1966
Place of death Goettingen