Ludolf von Hohnhorst

Ludolf Günther Karl von Hohnhorst (born August 13, 1899 in Oberau , † May 14, 1978 in Hemer ) was a German rear admiral in World War II .

Life

origin

Ludolf was a son of the German Lieutenant General Ernst von Hohnhorst and his wife Thekla, born Freiin von Dungern (1869-1957).

Military career

After completing school, Hohnhorst joined the Imperial Navy as a volunteer at the beginning of October 1916 during the First World War . He graduated from the Mürwik naval school and received his on-board training on the training ship Freya and the liner ships Schleswig-Holstein and Hanover . As an ensign in the sea, Hohnhorst was a watch officer on the torpedo boat T 173 , was on leave from November 30th to December 31st, 1918 after the end of the war and then released to reserve .

On May 3, 1919, he joined the II. Marine Brigade and was on September 28, 1919 lieutenant at sea in the reserve, until he was reactivated on May 14, 1920 with the RDA of September 28, 1919. On June 1, 1920 he was taken over by the Reichsmarine . Hohnhorst was initially with the ship's trunk detachment in the North Sea and as an officer on watch with the 8th and 11th half flotilla. This was followed by a job as a first lieutenant at sea on board the small cruiser Hamburg and the minesweeper M 122 . From the beginning of November 1922 to mid-September 1924, Hohnhorst was watch and torpedo officer on the torpedo boat G 10 of the 1st half flotilla and then he acted as commander of the torpedo boat T 146 in the 1st torpedo boat flotilla.

On September 29, 1925 he was transferred as an assistant to the lock test and training command in Kiel . From October 1928 to October 1931 he was then assigned to the Defense Department in the Reichswehr Ministry in Berlin.

As a lieutenant captain , Hohnhorst was a division and watch officer on the ship of the line Schleswig Holstein until the end of September 1933 . Then he was 3. Admiral staff officer of the naval station of the North Sea and transported in this capacity on 1 October 1935, Lieutenant Commander. As such, he was an artillery officer on the light cruiser Königsberg for one year from September 1935 . Then he was employed in the same position for a year on the Leipzig , with which he participated in the Spanish Civil War .

Due to his experience in the field of intelligence activities, Hohnhorst was transferred to the high command of the Wehrmacht as a group leader of the defense department at the end of October 1937 . On February 16, 1939, he was transferred to the Marian Intelligence Department of the Navy High Command and promoted to frigate captain on April 1, 1939 .

During the Second World War , after the campaign in the West from July 1, 1940 to April 18, 1941 , Hohnhorst worked as a consultant in the naval department of the Armistice Commission in France and in the meantime rose to become captain of the sea .

From April 23, 1941 he was Chief of Staff at the Admiral's staff of the Norwegian west coast . On September 23, 1942, he was assigned to the staff of the Commanding Admiral Norway and on November 7, 1942 was appointed chief quartermaster . From April 24 to August 21, 1944 he was entrusted with the management of the commandant of the Bergen Sea Defense . This was followed by his appointment as Commander of the Naval Defense of the Arctic Coast on August 30, 1944, and in this position he became Rear Admiral on October 1, 1944. From December 8, 1944 to May 31, 1945, Hohnhorst was Chief of Staff at the staff of the Naval High Command Norway. Here he was taken prisoner of war , from which he was released on October 9, 1947.

literature

• Dermot Bradley (eds.), Hans H. Hildebrand, Ernest Henriot: Germany's Admirals 1849-1945. The military careers of naval, engineering, medical, weapons and administrative officers with admiral rank. Volume 2: HO. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1989, ISBN 3-7648-1499-3 , pp. 129-130.
• Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the noble houses. 1900. First year, Justus Perthes, Gotha 1901, p. 414 .