Viktor von Marnitz

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Major General Viktor von Marnitz

Viktor Ludwig von Marnitz (born October 1, jul. / 13. October  1890 greg. As Victor Louis Marnitz in Mitau , Courland Governorate , Russian Empire ; in the 12 July 1910 Prussian added peerage; † thirtieth November 1960 in Marburg ( Lahn) ) was a German officer , most recently in the rank of major general in the Wehrmacht .

Life

Marnitz came from a Baltic German aristocratic family. He was born as the son of the Slavist and later professor at the Prussian War Academy (since 1904) Ludwig Robert von Marnitz (born November 6, 1857 in Papendorf (Central Livonia ), today Rubene in Kocēnu pagasts ( Latvia ); † December 2, 1929 in Berlin-Wilmersdorf ) and Sophie, b. Maurach (born December 8, 1860 in Oberpahlen (today: Estonia ), † May 13, 1914 in Berlin-Wilmersdorf). At the age of 18 he joined the German Army with the pioneers . As an officer he took part in the First World War and was assigned to the General Staff after the war . In 1920 he was finally officially retired from the Reichswehr . At the same time, he had already started studying civil engineering at the Technical University of Munich in 1919 , which he successfully completed in 1922 with the academic degree of graduate engineer . He then worked from 1922 to 1931 as a civil engineer at Dyckerhoff & Widmann AG in Munich. From April 8, 1932, he was employed in the inspection of the fortresses of the army (In Fest) for the expansion of the Heilsberger Dreieck , a military defense system in East Prussia . On September 15, 1932, he became a civilian employee at the Army Arms Office in the Reichswehr Ministry . After the seizure of power by the Nazis, he was on 1 October 1932 as an officer in the Landwehr taken. On May 1, 1935, he was finally reactivated for the Wehrmacht . He did his service with the pioneer troop . On June 19, 1937 he married Ilse, geb. Regret. During the Second World War he was commander of the Pioneer School I in Berlin-Karlshorst, then commander of various units. After the end of the war he was briefly in captivity from May 8, 1945 to July 7, 1945. In 1947 he was temporarily managing director of the Osterholz-Scharmbeck adult education center . Later he worked as a freelance writer and translator.

Military career

Uses in the Imperial German Army and in the Reichswehr

Promotions in the Imperial German Army :

  • August 29, 1908: Entry into the Royal Prussian Guard Pioneer Battalion in Berlin.
  • 1909/1910: War school in Glogau .
  • October 1, 1912 to July 25, 1914: assigned to the Military Technical Academy in Berlin-Charlottenburg.
  • August 2, 1914: Leader of the Pioneer Escort Command of the Guard Corps Bridge Train.
  • December 30, 1914: Platoon leader in the 21st Guards Pioneer Company.
  • February 1915: Leader of the Pioneer Recruiting Company of the Guard Corps.
  • April 3, 1915: Leader of the 5th Guards Pioneer Company.
  • June 1917: Interpreter at the XXV. Reserve corps .
  • August 1918 (?): Officer eg V. with the staff of the Chief of the General Staff of the Field Army and commanded as intelligence officer in the German Southern Army .
  • February 1918: assigned to the West War Intelligence Unit in Düsseldorf.
  • March 20, 1918: posted to the Minsk War Intelligence Agency.
  • July 1918: Head of the Minsk War Intelligence Agency.
  • February 1919: assigned to the North Border Guard High Command as an intelligence officer.
  • May 1919: assigned to the Great General Staff .
  • February 20, 1920: adopted from the Reichswehr .

Uses in the Wehrmacht

Promotions in the Wehrmacht :

  • October 1, 1933: Taken over as an officer in the Landwehr .
  • May 1, 1934: reactivated at Pioneer Battalion 2, Stettin.
  • October 1, 1934: Commander of the fortress pioneer staff 9, Glogau.
  • February 15, 1937: Commander of the fortress pioneer and wall master courses at the Pioneer School I, Berlin-Karlshorst.
  • September 28, 1939: Commander of Section 43.
  • November 2, 1939: Commander Oberbaustab 1.
  • December 18, 1939: Commander of the Pioneer School I, Berlin-Karlshorst.
  • November 1, 1941: ordered to inspect the western fortifications.
  • October 15, 1942: Führerreserve ; entrusted with carrying out the business of the fortress pioneer commander XIV.
  • April 15, 1943 to September 25, 1943: Fortress Pioneer Commander XIV (Channel Islands and Netherlands).
  • December 10, 1943: Fortress Pioneer Commander XVI (Norway).
  • October 1944 (?): Commander "Sonderstab Nordlicht" (sub-staff of the inspector of the northern land fortifications).
  • December 8, 1944: charged with running the business of the inspector of the northern fortifications in Oslo.

Awards

Marnitz carried a number of military awards:

Translations

  • Ovid (Ovidius Naso, Publius): The erotic seals, German complete edition, newly transferred by Viktor von Marnitz, with an introduction from Stuttgart: Kröner, 1958.
  • Terenz (Terentius Afer, Publius): Die Komödien, German complete edition, retransmitted by Viktor von Marnitz, with an introduction by Karl Büchner, Stuttgart: Kröner, 1960.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Spelling of the first name with "c" according to entry no. 72 in the directory of those born and baptized in 1890 of the Evangelical Lutheran St. Trinity Church (city) in Mitau, URL: http://www.lvva-raduraksti.lv/ de / menu / lv / 2 / ig / 1 / ie / 58 / book / 4607.html , accessed on July 13, 2015.

literature

  • Wolfgang Keilig: The Generals of the Army 1939-1945 , Friedberg: Podzun-Pallas-Verlag, 1983 ( ISBN 3-7909-0202-0 ).
personal data
SURNAME Marnitz, Viktor von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Marnitz, Victor Ludwig
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German officer
DATE OF BIRTH October 13, 1890
PLACE OF BIRTH Mitau ( Courland )
DATE OF DEATH November 30, 1960
Place of death Marburg (Lahn)