Volkmar von Arnim

Volkmar von Arnim, around 1898

Volkmar Otto Erdmann von Arnim (born November 7, 1847 in Sager , Belgard district , † September 10, 1923 in Kiel ) was a German admiral .

Life

origin

His grandfather and father were Pomeranian landowners on Moitzelfitz near Kolberg . The mother was born von Lettow-Vorbeck , from the manor Varchminshagen near Köslin .

Career

On June 15, 1863, Arnim joined the Prussian Navy . Arnim received his first training as a midshipman on the ships Niobe , Nymphe and Arcona and took part in the battle near Rügen in the Danish War . In the war year 1870/71 he was given command of a French gunboat on the Seine . In 1875 he was promoted to lieutenant captain. In 1889 he was appointed commander of the Imperial Yacht Hohenzollern . In the fall of 1899 he was given the responsibility of inspecting the naval education system. In this position he was promoted to vice admiral in 1901 and admiral in 1905. On September 17, 1907 Armin was to disposition while à la suite made of Seeoffizierskorps.

After his departure he took over the management of the Imperial Yacht Club in Kiel.

family

Arnim was married to the daughter of the Prussian major general von Nordeck. The marriage had five children. The eldest son Bernd von Arnim died in February 1917 during the First World War as the commander of the torpedo boat G 42 . The youngest son died in a plane crash in 1927. One daughter was married to the Ministerialrat Röbbelen in the Ministry of Economic Affairs, the other to a relative, the later Admiral Willy von Nordeck (1888-1956).

The Hohenzollern yacht . Painting by Willy Stöwer

Awards

Grand Cross of the Red Eagle Order with oak leaves

Order of the Crown, 1st class

Star of the Commander of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern

Prussian service award cross

Honorary Commander of the Princely House Order of Hohenzollern

Commander II. Class of the order of the Zähringer lion

Commander of the Order of the Wendish Crown

Grand Cross of the Order of the Griffin

Honorary Commander of the Oldenburg House and Merit Order of Duke Peter Friedrich Ludwig

Commander II. Class of the Albrecht Order

Commander II class of the Duke of Saxony-Ernestine House Order

Cross of Honor 2nd class of the Lippe House Order

Cross of Honor from Schwarzburg II class

Commander with the star of the Order of the Württemberg Crown

Commander II class of the Frederick Order

literature

Dermot Bradley (eds.), Hans H. Hildebrand, Ernest Henriot: Germany's Admirals 1849-1945. The military careers of naval, engineering, medical, weapons and administrative officers with admiral rank. Volume 1: A-G. Biblio Publishing House. Osnabrück 1988. ISBN 3-7648-1499-3 . Pp. 26-28.
Alexander Meurer : Volkmar von Arnim. In: Pomeranian Life Pictures . Volume 2. Saunier. Stettin 1936. pp. 312-322.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o Ranking list of the Imperial German Navy for the year 1918. Ed .: Marine-Kabinett . Mittler & Sohn publishing house . Berlin 1918. p. 5.

personal data
SURNAME	Arnim, Volkmar von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Arnim, Volkmar Otto Erdmann von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German admiral
DATE OF BIRTH	November 7, 1847
PLACE OF BIRTH	Sager , Belgard County
DATE OF DEATH	September 10, 1923
Place of death	Kiel

[Rangliste-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o Ranking list of the Imperial German Navy for the year 1918. Ed .: Marine-Kabinett . Mittler & Sohn publishing house . Berlin 1918. p. 5.