Werner von Boltenstern

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Werner Hermann Peter von Boltenstern (born June 4, 1897 in Leipzig ; † January 21, 1985 in Hanover ) was a German officer , most recently major general of the Wehrmacht in World War II .

Life

origin

Werner came from the Swedish-Pomeranian noble family von Boltenstern . He was the son of the farmer Hermann Friedrich Wilhelm Karl Louis Robert von Boltenstern (1856-1926) and his wife Käthe, née Stolley (1867-1945).

Military career

After the outbreak of the First World War, Boltenstern joined the Fusilier Regiment “General-Feldmarschall Graf Blumenthal” (Magdeburgisches) No. 36 as a volunteer on August 8, 1914 . Two months later he went into the field with his regiment. At the turn of the year he called in sick and was transferred to the replacement battalion of his regular regiment. On March 11, 1915, he was appointed flag junior and assigned to the replacement battalion of the Colberg Grenadier Regiment "Graf Gneisenau" (2nd Pomeranian) No. 9 . As a result, he completed the Fahnenjunker course in Döberitz and the training as an officer in Zborow. On July 11th he was promoted to ensign and on August 10th, 1915 to lieutenant . He suffered serious wounds while serving at the front in July 1916. After his recovery, he served in the regiment's MG company from September 1916 to February 1917. He received training as a machine gun and weapons officer and became a battalion adjutant . Boltenstein passed his Abitur in 1917 at the humanistic St. Thomas School in Leipzig . He fell ill again and was transferred to the replacement battalion. Shortly before the end of the war, he was assigned to Army High Command 17 in Mons.

After the First World War, he was first adjutant of the field reserve depot of the 16th Reserve Division . This was followed by assignments as adjutant in Grenadier Regiment No. 9 and in Reichswehr Infantry Regiment 3 and 4. In August 1919 he appeared as a track and field athlete in the German Stadium in Berlin. In 1924 he took part in surveying courses in Döberitz and attended the Dresden Infantry School from 1927 to 1928 . He then worked as a first lieutenant (since April 1, 1925) and communications officer in the 4th (Prussian) Infantry Regiment in Kolberg . In the spring of 1931 he was promoted to captain . He received mortar training at the Döberitz military training area. From 1932 he was company commander in the regiment until he was transferred to Army Personnel Department 1 (P1) from the Army Personnel Office (HPA) in the Reich Ministry of War in Berlin in 1935 . In 1936 he was promoted to major and in 1939 to lieutenant colonel .

Boltenstern became head of Army Personnel Department 1 on October 1, 1940. In the same year he became a colonel . From May to June 1942 he was sent to the Mourmelon Battalion Command School. He was then commander of the 4th Infantry Regiment. From May 1943 to January 1944, he spent most of his service time in the Reserve Command of the Army High Command. He made a stopover as commander of the replacement division 402 in Stettin. On March 1, 1945, he was promoted to major general. From January 15, 1944 to May 18, 1945 he was the fortress commander of Stavanger in Norway. He then fell into British captivity , which he spent in " Special Camp IX " in Bridgend, Wales and in "Camp 186" in Rechurch Hall near Colchester. He was released on May 17, 1948.

family

Werner von Boltenstern had been married to Hildegard Großkreutz, daughter of a staff officer, since May 7, 1924, and had a son and two daughters. The son Götz died as an air force helper on September 4, 1943 in Berlin.

Awards

literature

  • Dermot Bradley (Ed.): 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. 133-135.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gottlieb Tesmer, Walther Müller: Honor roll of the Thomas School in Leipzig. The teachers and high school graduates of the Thomas School in Leipzig 1912–1932. Commissioned by the Thomanerbund, self-published, Leipzig 1934, p. 29.
  2. ^ Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Volume AB XII, Pages 35/6, ​​CA Starke-Verlag, Limburg, 1977
  3. ↑ a b c Ranking list of the German Imperial Army. Ed .: Reichswehr Ministry . Mittler & Sohn publishing house . Berlin 1930. p. 156.


personal data
SURNAME Boltenstern, Werner von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Boltenstern, Werner Hermann Peter von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German officer, most recently major general in World War II
DATE OF BIRTH June 4, 1897
PLACE OF BIRTH Leipzig
DATE OF DEATH January 21, 1985
Place of death Hanover