Walter von Boltenstern

Walter Thurow Hugo von Boltenstern (born November 26, 1889 in Breslau , † January 19, 1952 in POW camp 5110/48 Woikowo near Iwanowo , Soviet Union ) was a German officer , most recently lieutenant general in World War II .

Life

Walter von Boltenstern was born in 1889 as the son of the businessman Hugo von Boltenstern and his wife Martha née Müller. He came from the noble family of Boltenstern and entered on March 14, 1910 as an ensign in the Queen Augusta Grenadier Guards Regiment. 4 of the Prussian Army in Berlin one. On August 18, 1911, he was promoted to lieutenant and on March 22, 1913, he was transferred to the Guard Grenadier Regiment No. 5 .

With this regiment he moved into neutral Belgium after the outbreak of the First World War in association with the 3rd Guard Division and took part in the conquest of Namur . Subsequently, Boltenstern moved with the regiment to the Eastern Front and was used here for the first time in the Battle of the Masurian Lakes . After the battle of Łódź he was transferred as a company commander to the Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 262, which at that time was in formation at the Döberitz military training area. It was assigned to the 79th Reserve Division and integrated on the Eastern Front until the end of November 1916. Boltenstern had meanwhile become first lieutenant on August 18, 1915 . With his regiment he was transferred to the western front, held as a reserve of the OHL until January 1917 and then took part in the trench warfare in Flanders and Artois . On February 2, 1917 Boltenstern became an orderly officer with the staff of the 79th Reserve Division and a year later he was transferred to the general staff of the division. Boltenstern stayed here after the end of the war until January 17, 1919, was in the meantime promoted to captain on September 20, 1918 and then transferred back to the Guard Grenadier Regiment No. 5.

After the war he switched to the Reichswehr and worked as a commander in various units. During World War II he was commander of the 29th Infantry Division from July 1940 to September 1941 . From July 1943 to May 1944 he led the 179th Reserve Panzer Division .

Grave site in Cherntsy

He died on January 20, 1952 in Soviet captivity in POW camp 5110/48 Woikowo and was buried in a general cemetery in Cherntsy.

Awards

Iron Cross (1914) 2nd and 1st class
Bavarian Order of Military Merit IV class with swords
Hanseatic Cross Hamburg
Hanseatic Cross Lübeck
Clasp for the Iron Cross, 2nd and 1st class
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on August 13, 1941

literature

Dermot Bradley (ed.), Karl-Friedrich Hildebrand, Markus Rövekamp: The Generals of the Army 1921–1945. The military careers of the generals, as well as the doctors, veterinarians, intendants, judges and ministerial officials with the rank of general. Volume 2: v. Blanckensee – v. Czettritz and Neuhauß. Biblio Publishing House. Osnabrück 1993. ISBN 3-7648-2424-7 . Pp. 131-132.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Wroclaw II registry office : birth register . No. 5890/1889.

^ Jürgen Kraus: Handbook of the associations and troops of the German army 1914-1918 Part VI: Infantry. Volume 2: Reserve and Landwehr Regiments. Publishing house Militaria. Vienna 2012. ISBN 978-3-902526-52-6 . P. 225.

↑ Cherntsy German Soldiers Cementary, Ivanovo area. ( Memento of the original from March 19, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Ranking list of the German Imperial Army. Ed .: Reichswehr Ministry . Mittler & Sohn publishing house . Berlin 1924. p. 156.
↑ Veit Scherzer : Knight's Cross bearers 1939-1945. The holders of the Iron Cross of the Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and armed forces allied with Germany according to the documents of the Federal Archives. 2nd Edition. Scherzers Militaer-Verlag, Ranis / Jena 2007, ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2 , p. 233.

personal data
SURNAME	Boltenstern, Walter von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Boltenstern, Walter Thurow Hugo von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German officer, most recently lieutenant general in World War II
DATE OF BIRTH	November 26, 1889
PLACE OF BIRTH	Wroclaw , Silesia
DATE OF DEATH	January 19, 1952
Place of death	POW camp 5110/48 Woikowo in Tschernzy, Soviet Union

[Geburt-1] Wroclaw II registry office : birth register . No. 5890/1889.

[2] Jürgen Kraus: Handbook of the associations and troops of the German army 1914-1918 Part VI: Infantry. Volume 2: Reserve and Landwehr Regiments. Publishing house Militaria. Vienna 2012. ISBN 978-3-902526-52-6 . P. 225.

[3] Cherntsy German Soldiers Cementary, Ivanovo area. ( Memento of the original from March 19, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2

[Rangliste1924-4] Ranking list of the German Imperial Army. Ed .: Reichswehr Ministry . Mittler & Sohn publishing house . Berlin 1924. p. 156.

[5] Veit Scherzer : Knight's Cross bearers 1939-1945. The holders of the Iron Cross of the Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and armed forces allied with Germany according to the documents of the Federal Archives. 2nd Edition. Scherzers Militaer-Verlag, Ranis / Jena 2007, ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2 , p. 233.