Richard von Pawelsz

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General von Pawelsz (1928)

Richard Wilhelm Heinrich von Pawelsz (born December 7, 1872 in Stade , † April 10, 1943 in Berlin ) was a German infantry general and Reich Commissioner at the Inter-Allied Military Control Commission .

Life

Pawelsz was the son of a Prussian colonel and entered the 4th Guards Regiment on foot as an ensign after visiting the cadet institute on February 17, 1891 . Here he was promoted to Second Lieutenant on January 16, 1892 . As such, he was transferred to the Guard Grenadier Regiment No. 5 on March 22, 1897 , where he was promoted to lieutenant on August 18, 1899 . From October 1, 1899 to June 30, 1902, he was commanded for further training at the Prussian War Academy . After a nine-month troop service, he was assigned to the General Staff , to which he was then transferred on March 16, 1905, while being promoted to captain . Shortly afterwards he was commanded from April 1, 1905 to the General Staff of VI. Army Corps and used him from April 22, 1905 to January 26, 1907 as a Second General Staff Officer . For two years Pawelsz returned to the troop service as a company commander in the 4th Lower Silesian Infantry Regiment No. 51 in Wroclaw . Then he was reassigned to the General Staff and other staff assignments. With his promotion to major , Pawelsz came on September 13, 1911 as first general staff officer in the staff of the 27th Division (2nd Royal Württembergische) and in January 1913 in the same function on the staff of the general inspection of the foot artillery in Berlin.

First World War

With the outbreak of World War I , Pawelsz first became adjutant to the general of the foot artillery in the main headquarters . For a short time he was then from August 25, 1914 First General Staff Officer of the XXII. Reserve Corps and was transferred six days later to the staff of the Marine Division under Admiral Ludwig von Schröder . Here he took part in the siege and conquest of the fortress of Antwerp and then fought in the battle of the Yser . On April 29, 1915 he was transferred to the VII Army Corps , where he held the position of Chief of the General Staff under Eberhard von Claer . As such, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel on August 18, 1916 . Two years later Pawelsz became Chief of the General Staff of the 2nd Army and four months later of the 5th Army . This was followed by assignments as chief of the general staff of Army Group Gallwitz (February 1 to April 17, 1918), the 17th Army (April 18 to October 11, 1918), Army Department A (October 12 to November 2, 1918) and the 7th Army until November 3, 1918. On November 8, 1918 he was transferred to the officers of the army and at the same time the General Command of the XXXVII. Reserve corps assigned at special disposal.

Weimar Republic

After the end of the war, Pawelsz acted again from November 24, 1918 to January 13, 1919 as Chief of the General Staff of the 7th Army and was then transferred to the army officers again after the demobilization and made available to the War Ministry. This appointed him in February 1919 as chairman of the Reichswehr Committee, which dealt with the drafting and creation of a new Wehrmacht.

On October 1, 1919, Pawelsz was accepted into the Reichswehr and appointed head of the Reichswehr Ministry. From there he was transferred to Military District Command II as Chief of Staff on April 1, 1920 and one and a half months later appointed Chief of Staff of the 2nd Division in Stettin . As a colonel (since May 18, 1920), Pawesz received command of the 9th (Prussian) Infantry Regiment on June 15, 1921 . On November 1, 1922, he became Chief of Staff of Group Command 1 in Berlin and, as such, was promoted to Major General on February 1, 1923 . After three years in this position, he was appointed commander of the 4th Division in Dresden on November 1, 1925 . As such, he was also a commander in military district IV and state commander in Saxony . From 1927 he was the representative of the German government for disarmament issues.

On September 30, 1928, he resigned from the army service, while at the same time being awarded the character of General of the Infantry, but remained at the service of the Reich Chancellor as an expert.

death

Richard von Pawelsz died on April 10, 1943 at the age of 70 in Berlin and was buried in the Invalidenfriedhof . The tomb has not been preserved.

Awards

literature

  • Karl-Friedrich Hildebrand, Christian Zweng: The knights of the order Pour le Mérite of the First World War. Volume 3: P-Z. Biblio Verlag, Bissendorf 2011, ISBN 3-7648-2586-3 , pp. 10-12.
  • Hanns Möller : History of the knights of the order pour le mérite in the world war. Volume II: M-Z. Bernard & Graefe publishing house, Berlin 1935, pp. 113–115.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hans-Jürgen Mende: Lexicon of Berlin tombs . Haude & Spener, Berlin 2006, p. 38.
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Reichswehr Ministry (Hrsg.): Ranking list of the German Reichsheeres. ES Mittler & Sohn , Berlin 1924, p. 110.
  3. ↑ a b War Ministry (ed.): Ranking list of the Royal Prussian Army and the XIII. (Royal Württemberg) Army Corps for 1914. ES Mittler & Sohn , Berlin 1914, p. 116.
personal data
SURNAME Pawelsz, Richard von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pawelsz, Richard Wilhelm Heinrich von (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German General of the Infantry, Reich Commissioner at the Inter-Allied Military Control Commission
DATE OF BIRTH December 7, 1872
PLACE OF BIRTH Stade
DATE OF DEATH April 10, 1943
Place of death Berlin