Peter Weyer

Peter Weyer (born September 30, 1879 in Düben , † June 4, 1947 in Frankfurt an der Oder ) was a German officer , most recently general of the artillery of the Wehrmacht in World War II .

Life

Peter Weyer joined the army as an ensign in March 1898 and became a lieutenant in Foot Artillery Regiment No. 3 at the end of 1899 . He served as an officer in the First World War . After the war he was accepted into the Reichswehr and worked there as a commander in various units. In early November 1927 he was promoted to lieutenant colonel.

In October 1930 he moved to the staff of the Jüterbog military training area , promoted to colonel in March 1930 . At the end of March 1933 he was retired with the rank of major general , from then on worked as a training manager for the artillery and was reactivated in 1936. In the Wehrmacht, he led the 14th Infantry Division as commander from October 1936 to June 1940, deployed in the Polish and Western campaigns . Weyer was then briefly in command of the XXVIII. Army corps , which he handed over to Mauritz von Wiktorin in October 1940 . He became commander of military district X, based in Hamburg, and from May 1941 was commander of military district I , based in Königsberg . At the end of January 1943 he was transferred to the Führerreserve and retired from active service at the end of March 1943.

In 1947 he died in Soviet captivity.

Awards (selection)

Iron Cross (1914) 2nd and 1st class

Knight's Cross of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern with swords

German silver cross on March 31, 1943 on his retirement from the Wehrmacht

literature

Wolf Keilig : The German Army 1939–1945. Structure, commitment, staffing. 3 volumes (loose-leaf work), Podzun-Verlag, Bad Nauheim 1956, p. 363.

Individual evidence

↑ Erich Stockhorst: Five thousand heads: Who was what in the Third Reich . Blick & Bild Verlag, 1967, p. 446 ( google.de [accessed on August 30, 2020]).
^ ^A ^b ^c Harry Balkow-Gölitzer: Celebrities in Berlin-Lichterfelde: and their stories . Berlin Edition, 2008, ISBN 978-3-8148-0164-3 , pp. 301 ( google.de [accessed on August 30, 2020]).

personal data
SURNAME	Weyer, Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German officer, most recently general of the artillery in World War II
DATE OF BIRTH	September 30, 1879
PLACE OF BIRTH	Over there
DATE OF DEATH	June 4, 1947
Place of death	Frankfurt Oder

[1] Erich Stockhorst: Five thousand heads: Who was what in the Third Reich . Blick & Bild Verlag, 1967, p. 446 ( google.de [accessed on August 30, 2020]).

[:0-2] A ^b ^c Harry Balkow-Gölitzer: Celebrities in Berlin-Lichterfelde: and their stories . Berlin Edition, 2008, ISBN 978-3-8148-0164-3 , pp. 301 ( google.de [accessed on August 30, 2020]).