Richard Schmundt

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Lieutenant General Richard Schmundt (1856-1927), around 1919

Richard Schmundt (born October 5, 1856 in Hirschfeld , † November 10, 1927 in Brandenburg an der Havel ) was a Prussian lieutenant general .

Life

Richard Schmundt was the son of the Prussian senior building officer Gustav Alexander Schmundt (1823–1908) and his wife Karoline Juliane Auguste Schmundt, née. Friederici (1833-1908).

Schmundt was promoted to lieutenant on October 12, 1878 . On July 19, 1913, he became the commander of the fusilier regiment "Prince Heinrich of Prussia" (Brandenburg) No. 35 . He then commanded the 11th Infantry Brigade as a colonel from October 25, 1914 to March 1915 during World War I , which was then reorganized as the 112th Infantry Brigade and which he commanded until the beginning of November 1915. From October 8, 1915 he was in command of the 10th Infantry Brigade. On October 5, 1916 he was promoted to major general and in 1917 put up for disposition as lieutenant general . As a ZD officer, Schmundt was in 1918 commander of the Deputy 1st Infantry Brigade in Tilsit .

On October 3, 1895, he married Hedwig Maria Schmundt, née Seyffardt (* July 5, 1873 in Krefeld ; † April 2, 1962 in Hanover ). The general of the infantry Rudolf Schmundt and the social scientist and anthroposophist Wilhelm Schmundt emerged from the marriage. Richard Schmundt was buried in the Bornstedter cemetery .

literature

  • Association of former officers of the regiment: "The Fusilier Regiment Prinz-Heinrich von Preußen (Brandenburgisches) No. 35 in the World War", Berlin, 1929

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Schmundt, Rudolf in the German biography .
  2. ^ Schmundt, Gustav Alexander in the German biography .
  3. ↑ a b Rudolf Schmundt. In: Activity report of the Chief of the Army Personnel Office, General of the Infantry Rudolf Schmundt. Heerespersonalamt , Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1984, p. 15. ( limited preview in the Google book search)
  4. ^ Günter Wegner: Occupation of the German Armies 1815-1939. Volume 2, Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1996, p. 128. ( limited preview in Google book search)
  5. ↑ 112th Infantry Brigade. Baden-Württemberg State Archive .
  6. ↑ Schmundt, Richard. In: Militär-Wochenblatt , Volume 112, ES Mittler, 1927, p. 59. ( limited preview in the Google book search)
  7. ↑ Dermot Bradley (ed.), Günter Wegner: Occupation of the German Army 1815-1939. Volume 1: The higher command posts 1815–1939. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1990, ISBN 3-7648-1780-1 , p. 210.
  8. ↑ Richard Schmundt . billiongraves.com.
personal data
SURNAME Schmundt, Richard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian lieutenant general
DATE OF BIRTH October 5, 1856
PLACE OF BIRTH Hirschfeld
DATE OF DEATH November 10, 1927
Place of death Brandenburg on the Havel