Wolf von Kahlden

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Wolf von Kahlden (born September 2, 1901 in Neustadt bei Pinne , † October 27, 1979 in Munich ) was a German officer, most recently a brigadier general in the Bundeswehr . From 1957 to 1961 he was commander of the army officers' school I .

origin

Wolf von Kahlden was a member of the von Kahlden family and a son of the heir to Kannenberg and Prussian police adviser Karl Richard Guido von Kahlden (1847-1927) and Gertrud von Kall (1874-1958). He was married twice, no children are known.

Kahlden occurred in 1913 in the Military Academy Bensberg and made in 1918 in the Hauptkadettenanstalt to large-Lichterfelde his high school .

Military career

Reichswehr

Promotions

In 1919 he was a member of the Hindenburg Freikorps in Kolberg.

In 1921 he became a flag junior in the 4th (Prussian) Infantry Regiment of the Reichswehr and in 1922/23 he was sent to the military school in Munich . Like all officer candidates of his year, he was involved in the Hitler-Ludendorff putsch and was awarded the " Blood Order " in 1934 (No. 1464).

In 1923/24 he was an ensign and rifle commander in the 4th (MG) / 4th Infantry Regiment in Kolberg. In 1924 he attended the war school in Ohrdruf. Afterwards he was platoon leader and news platoon leader in the 1st / 4th Infantry Regiment in Stargard. In 1928 he completed the news course at the news school Jüterbog. From 1929 to 1932 he was a battalion adjutant. From 1932 to 1934 he was again a platoon leader. From 1934 to 1936 he completed the general staff course at the War Academy in Berlin.

Wehrmacht

Promotions

In 1936 he became an operations officer (Ia op.) At the General Command of the XII. Army Corps in Wiesbaden.

In 1938 he was transferred to the General Staff. He became company commander of the 12th / 15th Infantry Regiment in Kassel. In 1939 he was quartermaster in the general command of the Saarpfalz border troops . From 1939 to 1942 he was Personnel Officer and First General Staff Officer (Ia) in the Central Department of the General Staff of the Army (GZ). In 1941 he was commanded as a liaison officer of the Army High Command for Panzer Groups 3 and 2 ( Panzergruppe Guderian ). In 1941/42 he was representative Ia and 1942/43 Ia in Panzer Army High Command 2. In 1943 he was transferred to the Führerreserve . He then became a tactics teacher at the Air War School in Berlin-Gatow. Later he was chief of the general staff for training at the XXXX. Armored Corps commands. In 1943/44 he was finally Chief of the General Staff under General Field Marshal Ferdinand Schörner and General of the Panzer Troops Otto von Knobelsdorff there , then in 1944 in the same position at Panzer Army High Command 5 (Panzer Group West) under several commanders in chief. In 1944 he was reassigned to the Führerreserve. In 1944/45 he was Chief of the General Staff in Army High Command 15 under General of the Infantry Gustav-Adolf von Zangen . After a further reserve of leaders, shortly before the end of the war, he went to Bad Wiessee to attend the higher level command training course.

In June 1945 he was taken prisoner of war , where he remained until September 1947.

armed forces

In 1956 he was taken over as a colonel in the Bundeswehr and instructed. In 1956/57 he was the head of the collection point in Defense Area III in Düsseldorf. In 1957 he was promoted to brigadier general . From 1957 to 1961 he was the commander of the Army Officer School I (HOS I) in Hanover. He was then retired.

Awards

1933-1945

after 1945

literature

personal data
SURNAME Kahlden, Wolf von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German officer, Brigadier General of the Army of the Bundeswehr
DATE OF BIRTH September 2, 1901
PLACE OF BIRTH Neustadt near Pinne
DATE OF DEATH October 27, 1979
Place of death Munich