Ottomar Hansen

Karl Ottomar Hansen (born September 1, 1904 in Meiningen ; † March 9, 1993 in Bergisch Gladbach ) was a German officer , most recently major general in the Bundeswehr .

family

Hansen was born in 1904 as the son of Second Lieutenant Karl Hansen , later Lieutenant General of the Wehrmacht, and his wife Elisabeth Hansen, born. Brückner - a second cousin of Dietrich Bonhoeffer - was born in the Duchy of Saxony-Meiningen .

He was married; his son is the Bundeswehr general a. D. Helge Hansen (* 1936), who u. a. Was inspector of the army .

Career

Reichswehr

Promotions

• 1930 lieutenant
• 1933 first lieutenant

Hansen joined the 2nd (Prussian) Infantry Regiment in Allenstein (East Prussia) on October 15, 1925 as a flag junior . During his assignment from October 17, 1927 to September 20, 1929 at the Dresden War School , he was first appointed ensign and promoted to senior midshipman .

At the same time as his promotion to lieutenant on February 1, 1930, Hansen became a platoon leader in his regiment. From February to the end of April 1932 he completed a mine throwing course in Döberitz , and from April 1, 1934 , he became a lieutenant for one year as adjutant to the commander (initially Major General Walter Schroth , later Colonel Hans-Valentin Hube ) at the Infantry School of the Reichswehr in Dresden used.

Wehrmacht

Promotions

• 1937 captain
• 1941 major
• 1942 Lieutenant Colonel
• 1944 Colonel
• 1945 major general

He then held the same position until September 30, 1936 at the Hanover War School (under Major General Georg Lindemann ) and until October 11, 1937 at the Dresden War School. As a captain , Hansen returned to the troop service on October 12, 1937 and became chief of the 8th company of the 15th motorized infantry regiment in Kassel. In April 1939 he became an adjutant to the Chief of the High Command of the Wehrmacht (OKW), Colonel General Wilhelm Keitel , in Berlin. In May 1940 he was transferred to the Führerreserve in the Army High Command (OKH). From May to August 1940 he was in command of the 7th motorized machine gun battalion. From August 1940 to January 1941 he was in command of the 64th motorbike battalion .

From January 1941 to March 1943 he was in the Army Personnel Office a . a. used as head of department. In 1943/44 he was in command of the 103rd Panzer Grenadier Regiment and a combat force of the 14th Panzer Division . From February 1944 to April 1945 he was adjutant to the Commander-in-Chief (Field Marshal Walter Model ff.) Of Army Group North (from 1945 Army Group Courland ). From April to May 1945 he was last in charge of the 121st Infantry Division .

With the unconditional surrender of the Wehrmacht , Hansen was taken prisoner by the Soviets on May 8, 1945 , from which he was released on October 11, 1955 after more than ten years.

armed forces

Promotions

• 1956 Brigadier General
• 1960 Major General

He then joined the Bundeswehr on November 23, 1956 as major general and became the commander of Army Officer School II in Husum. After a year he rose to the position of deputy head of the personnel department (formerly department III) in the Federal Ministry of Defense . From February 16, 1960 to September 30, 1961, Hansen was in command of the 2nd Panzer Grenadier Division in Marburg and then served as a commander in Defense Area IV in Mainz until he was retired on September 30, 1964 .

Awards

• Iron Cross (1939) 2nd and 1st class
• German cross in gold on January 23, 1944
• Great Cross of Merit of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany on September 21, 1964

literature

• Dermot Bradley , Karl Friedrich Hildebrand, Markus Brockmann: 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. (= Germany's generals and admirals . Part 4). Volume 5: v. Haack-Hitzfeld. Biblio-Verlag, Osnabrück 1999, ISBN 3-7648-2538-3 , pp. 109-110.
• Dermot Bradley, Heinz-Peter Würzenthal, Hansgeorg Model : The generals and admirals of the Bundeswehr. 1955-1999. The military careers (= Germany's generals and admirals . Part 6b). Volume 2.1: Gaedcke – Hoff . Biblio-Verlag, Osnabrück 2000, ISBN 3-7648-2562-6 , pp. 237-238.