Lothar Freutel

Lothar Freutel (born February 21, 1894 in Rosenberg , † February 18, 1944 in Colomo , northwestern Russia ) was a German major general in World War II .

Life

First World War

On August 10, 1914, Freutel joined the 1st West Prussian Field Artillery Regiment No. 35 as a war volunteer . In September 1914 he transferred to the Reserve Field Artillery Regiment No. 35 . After attending the field war school in Pruzana , Freutel was promoted to lieutenant in the reserve on March 21, 1916 and on November 14, 1916 to adjutant of the III. Department appointed. He was awarded both classes of the Iron Cross for his achievements .

Interwar period

After the end of the war and the demobilization of his regiment, Freutel was used as an orderly officer in the 41st Field Artillery Brigade from March 3, 1919 . On November 1, 1919, he joined the police force . Initially active in the West Prussian Voting Police, he later joined the East Prussian Protection Police , where he was promoted to police captain. On July 30, 1933, Freutel was accepted into the Prussian state police. There he was promoted to police major on October 1, 1935 . For Apr. 6, 1936 joined Freutel as a Major in the army of the Wehrmacht on. At first he was an officer for special purposes and on October 6, 1936, he was appointed battery chief in Artillery Regiment 20 of the 20th Infantry Division . On October 12, 1937 he rose to the command of III. Department on. In this function he was promoted to lieutenant colonel on June 1, 1938 .

Second World War

As part of the general mobilization, Freutel was appointed commander of the 22nd Artillery Replacement Regiment of Division 170 on August 26, 1939, which was not used in the attack on Poland . On September 29, 1939 Freutel gave command of the regiment to Colonel Rudolf Bächer and was appointed commander of the artillery regiment z. b. V. appointed in 707. This was integrated on March 24, 1940 into the already existing Artillery Regiment 217 of the 217th Infantry Division , whose commander Freutel also became. In the meantime promoted to colonel, Freutel was appointed commander of the Reserve Artillery Regiment 26 of the 156th Reserve Division on January 11, 1943 , which at that time was stationed on the French Channel coast. The regiment was disbanded on September 20, 1943 and only re-budgeted under a new name in February 1944. With the dissolution of his regiment, Freutel initially joined the Führer Reserve . On October 20, 1943 he was appointed commander of the 503 Grenadier Regiment, which was deployed in the 290th Infantry Division on the Eastern Front in the area of Army Group Center . Freutel died in Colomo in the heavy fighting with the Red Army on Lake Ilmen .

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. Part IV, Volume 4: Fleck – Gyldenfeldt. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1996, ISBN 3-7648-2488-3 , p. 81f.