Walter Feyerabend

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Walter Feyerabend (born December 3, 1891 in Warten, East Prussia , † April 15, 1962 in Detmold ) was a German officer , most recently Lieutenant General in the Air Force in World War II . As a rider he was a member of the German team in 1928 and participated in the Olympic Games in Amsterdam .

Life

Military career

Feyerabend joined the 1st East Prussian Field Artillery Regiment No. 16 on March 1, 1910 . From March 1 to April 30, 1914 he was assigned to the artillery school in Jüterbog . When the First World War broke out , he was initially employed as a platoon leader in his regiment. From August 18, 1914 he was used as a regimental adjutant and as such was promoted to first lieutenant on December 18, 1915 . Feyerabend was transferred to the staff of Army Group Prince Leopold of Bavaria as an adjutant on January 5, 1916 and initially commanded him from June 1 to July 14, 1917 to an artillery course in Lille . He then attended a course in Valenciennes until July 31, 1917 . On August 1, 1917, he returned to the troops on the Western Front and was employed as a battery leader.

After the war he was accepted into the Reichswehr and until September 30, 1922, Feyerabend was employed at the Hanover cavalry school . As a captain (since February 1, 1922), he then briefly joined the staff of the 1st (Prussian) Artillery Regiment in Königsberg , before heading the training department in his regiment from November 1, 1922 to March 31, 1927.

From April 1, 1927, he was again posted to the cavalry school to prepare intensively for the Olympic Games.

After the Games, he returned to active service on September 1, 1928 and joined the staff of the 2nd Battalion of his regiment. From February 1, 1929, he was transferred to the Dresden Infantry School as a riding instructor and squadron chief , where he was promoted to major on September 1, 1932 . He then took over command of a transport battalion on July 1, 1935.

Feyerabend joined the Air Force on April 1, 1935 , was given command of the 1st Flak Battalion in Königsberg and was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel on June 1, 1935 . As such, he took over the 1st Battalion of Flak Regiment 1 from October 1, 1935 to September 30, 1936, in order to subsequently command the 25 Flak Regiment in Ludwigsburg until October 31, 1937 . On November 1, 1937, Colonel (from August 1, 1937) Feyerabend was appointed Higher Flak Cartillery Leader in Königsberg . After the dissolution of the agency, Feyerabend was appointed commander of the Leipzig Air Defense Command ( renamed Air Defense Command 2 on August 1, 1938 ) on July 1, 1938 (until April 10, 1940) and promoted to Major General on April 20, 1939 .

Subsequently, Feyerabend was commander of the German air defense forces in Norway until July 1, 1941 and was promoted to lieutenant general on April 1, 1941 . He then took over the command of Air Defense Command 2 again and, with interruptions, remained in command of the association until February 2, 1942, even after it was renamed the 2nd Flak Division . From February 3 to November 30, 1942 he was commander of the 14th Flak Division newly established in Leipzig .

After his active service had ended on November 30, 1942, Feyerabend was still deputy commander of the 27th Flak Division towards the end of the war from February 1 to May 2, 1945 .

Olympic participation

With the IX. At the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam, the six equestrian competitions, which are also used in today's Olympics, were held for the first time . Walter Feyerabend took part in eventing both in the individual and in the team competition. While in the three-day individual competition, which consisted of dressage, endurance and jumping competitions, his teammate Bruno Neumann received a bronze medal on “Ilja”, the then 36-year-old Feyerabend, who competed in the rank of captain on the mare “Alpenrose” , qualified , not for the placement ranks. After he was the second best German rider (after Rudolf Lippert, third) in eighth place after the dressage test , his horse had an accident in the cross-country test, which was held in the Hilversum area , so that Feyerabend could no longer take part in the final jumping competition and lost his chance for a medal.

Even in the team competition in eventing, it was not enough for him to win a medal. The team consisted of Bruno Neumann, the youngest eventing rider of the tournament, Rudolf Lippert and Walter Feyerabend. Since Feyerabend could not compete due to the injury to his horse, he was considered a strike result.

Awards

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ German soldiers calendar . Schild Verlag., 1960, p. 253 ( google.de [accessed on July 13, 2019]).
  2. ^ A b Samuel W. Mitcham Jr: German Order of Battle: 291st-999th Infantry Divisions, Named Infantry Divisions, and Special Divisions in WWII . Stackpole Books, 2007, ISBN 978-0-8117-4844-5 , pp. 325 ( google.de [accessed on July 13, 2019]).
  3. ^ Samuel W. Mitcham Jr: German Order of Battle: 291st-999th Infantry Divisions, Named Infantry Divisions, and Special Divisions in WWII . Stackpole Books, 2007, ISBN 978-0-8117-4844-5 , pp. 337 ( google.de [accessed on July 13, 2019]).
  4. ^ Samuel W. Mitcham Jr: German Order of Battle: 291st-999th Infantry Divisions, Named Infantry Divisions, and Special Divisions in WWII . Stackpole Books, 2007, ISBN 978-0-8117-4844-5 , pp. 347 ( google.de [accessed on July 13, 2019]).
  5. ↑ Result of the individual competition on sports-reference.com (English)
  6. ^ Equestrianism at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games: Men's Three-Day Event, Individual Dressage. Retrieved July 13, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Only buy German horses! Horse breeding and equestrian sport - the combination of success. January 9, 2009, accessed July 13, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Susanne Hennig: 100 years of the FN
  9. ↑ a b c d Ranking list of the German Reichsheeres , Ed .: Reichswehrministerium , Mittler & Sohn Verlag, Berlin 1930, p. 134.
personal data
SURNAME Feyerabend, Walter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German officer, most recently Lieutenant General in the Air Force in World War II, equestrian
DATE OF BIRTH December 3, 1891
PLACE OF BIRTH Wait, East Prussia
DATE OF DEATH April 15, 1962
Place of death Detmold