Rolf Steinhaus
Rolf Steinhaus (* 1. April 1916 in Hachenburg ( Westerwald ); † 1. October 2004 in Bad Neuenahr ) was vice admiral of the German Navy and President of the German Navy Institute .
Life
Steinhaus joined the Navy in 1936 and was trained as an officer candidate . During the Second World War he was an officer on watch and in command of the U-boats U 8 and U 802 .
After the war he trained as a carpenter and worked as a secretary for the CDU parliamentary group in the Schleswig-Holstein state parliament . He later worked as a journalist for Kieler Nachrichten , Das Parlament and the French news agency Agence France-Presse .
In 1956 he joined the German Armed Forces as a corvette captain , where he worked at the Naval Academy in Bad Ems from 1957 and in Hamburg from 1958 . He then served in the command staff of the Navy and in the command staff of the armed forces in the Federal Ministry of Defense . In November 1963 he became a captain at sea adviser to the German delegation of the Multilateral Forces (Multilateral Nuclear Force) in Paris and in the following year Chief of Staff at the German Military Representative at the NATO Military Committee in Washington, DC
In 1970 he became the Deputy Head of the Planning Staff of the Federal Minister of Defense in the Federal Ministry of Defense as Flotilla Admiral . On February 1, 1974, he was promoted from Flotilla Admiral to Vice Admiral of its head. In 1976 he was retired.
From 1977 to 1985 he was President of the German Marine Institute. He also wrote two books in retirement.
Honors
- Iron Cross 1st Class
- 1975: Great Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Works
- Desk strategy. Tips and tricks for staff workers . Mittler-Verlag, Herford 1978, ISBN 3-8132-0006-X .
- Soldier diplomat. Submarine driver, carpenter, journalist, ministerial advisor; Experiences and reflections of an officer of the war generation . Koehler, Herford 1983, ISBN 3-7822-0317-8 .
literature
- HF Maßmann, obituary; in: MOV-MO-DMI-Nachrichten, Issue 12–2004, p. 111 * f.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Change in the planning staff . In: Die Zeit , No. 5/1974
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Ministerial Director Dr. Hans-Georg Wieck |
Head of the planning staff in the Federal Ministry of Defense 1974–1976 |
Ministerial Director Dr. Walther Stützle |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Stone house, Rolf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Vice Admiral of the Federal Navy and President of the German Marine Institute |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 1, 1916 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hachenburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 1, 2004 |
| Place of death | Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler |