Paul Grautoff
Paul Grautoff (born December 31, 1868 in Lauban ; † February 8, 1943 in Berlin-Wilmersdorf ) was a German officer , most recently major general of the Reichswehr .
Life
Grautoff joined the 5th Baden Infantry Regiment No. 113 of the Prussian Army on April 1, 1887 as a one-year volunteer . From October 1895 to July 1898 he graduated from the Prussian War Academy . From 1910 to 1913 he served in the protection force for German South West Africa . After his return, Grautoff was from October 18, 1913 in command of the fusilier battalion of the Emperor Franz Garde Grenadier Regiment No. 2 and was promoted to lieutenant colonel on January 27, 1914 .
As such, he came with the outbreak of the First World War to the General Staff at Army Headquarters of the 1st Army . Grautoff served here as first general staff officer until September 9, 1914 and was then appointed commander of the Oldenburg Infantry Regiment 91 . With the regiment he took part in the fighting on the Western Front in France . In mid-January 1915, Grautoff gave up the regiment and then served as chief of the general staff of the stage inspection of the southern army until the beginning of August 1915 . Then Grautoff was given command of the infantry regiment "Prince Leopold von Anhalt-Dessau" (1st Magdeburgisches) No. 26 and was promoted to colonel on August 18, 1916 in this function . In the 7th Division he fought in Artois and Flanders as well as on the Somme . After Grautoff was released from his post on February 2, 1917, he held various staff assignments until July 1917 and then came to the War Ministry . Here he stayed after the end of the war.
From January 8, 1919, Grautoff was entrusted with the leadership of the "Reichstag" regiment that operated as a free corps. On February 14, 1919, however, he was transferred back to the War Ministry and shortly thereafter transferred to the army officers on February 25, 1919. A month later, Grautoff became leader of the brigade of the same name in the Guard Cavalry Rifle Corps . From September 11, 1919 to September 19, 1920 he was in command of Berlin and was promoted to major general on June 16, 1920. He then commanded Reichswehr Brigade 5 and retired from active service on March 31, 1921.
Awards
- Red Eagle Order IV class
- Order of the Crown III. class
- Prussian service award cross
- Knight's Cross II. Class of the Order of the Zähringer Lion
- Bavarian Order of Military Merit IV class
- Iron Cross (1914) 2nd and 1st class
- Knight's Cross of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern with swords on September 13, 1916
- Wound badge (1918) in black
- Officer of the Order of Albrecht with swords
literature
- Dermot Bradley (Ed.): The Generals of the Army 1921-1945. The military careers of the generals, as well as the doctors, veterinarians, data officers, judges and ministerial officials with the rank of general. Volume 4: Fleck – Gyldenfeldt. Biblio Publishing House. Osnabrück 1996. ISBN 3-7648-2488-3 . Pp. 406-407.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e Ranking list of the Royal Prussian Army and the XIII. (Royal Württemberg) Army Corps for 1914. Ed .: War Ministry . Ernst Siegfried Mittler & Son . Berlin 1914. p. 149.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Grautoff, Paul |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German officer, most recently major general |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 31, 1868 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lauban |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 8, 1943 |
| Place of death | Berlin-Wilmersdorf |