Hermann Geyer (General) – Wikipedia
Hermann Geyer (Born July 7, 1882 in Stuttgart, † April 10, 1946 at Wildsee near Wildbad (suicide)) was a German general of the infantry in World War II.
Hermann Geyer joined the Grenadier Regiment “Queen Olga” No. 119 of the Württemberg army on July 4, 1900 in Stuttgart. In this he was promoted to ensign on February 25, 1901 and Lieutenant on October 18, 1901. After he was promoted to first lieutenant on February 19, 1910, he came to the general staff for one year in spring 1913. On September 13, 1912, he and his later wife Charlotte, born Bernis, received the marriage permit.
First World War [ Edit | Edit the source text ]
With the outbreak of the First World War, his promotion to captain was carried out on August 2, 1914 and transferred to the large general staff. From August 2, 1916, Geyer was transferred to the Füsilier regiment “Graf Roon” (East Prussian) No. 33 and has been fighting the regiment as a company leader since May 21, 1916. From May 21, 1916, he acted as deputy leader of the 1st battalion and was transferred to the head of the general staff of the field army on July 3, 1916, moving to the general staff there on August 12. At the same time, his commanding took place at the 103rd reserve infantry brigade. Geyer briefly belonged to the 199th Infantry Division General Staff, before he was used again on September 15, 1916 in the general staff at the head of the general staff of the field army, where he remained until the end of the war.
In January 1918 he described the new principles of German infantry tactics in his manual developed on behalf of the Supreme Army Management The attack in the position war About the use of the storm troop.
On November 13, 1918, he was commanded to the ceasefire commission in Spa and from March 14, 1919 member of the German fear of peace.
Interwar period [ Edit | Edit the source text ]
After the war he was taken over to the Reichswehr and initially used in the Reich Ministry of Army. From March 1, 1922, Geyer was the command of the Döberitz military training area at the staff and on May 1, 1922 Companie chief in the 13th (Württemberg) infantry regiment. [first] In the meantime, he had become major on March 20, 1922. In 1923 he was deployed to the rod of the 5th division and on February 1, 1927, while promoting Lieutenant Colonel, commander of the II. Battalion of the 13th Infantry Regiment. On October 1, 1928, he moved to the Reichswehr Ministry, where he took over a department on November 1, 1928 and became colonel on February 1, 1930. On February 1, 1931, he was appointed commander of the 17th Infantry Regiment in Braunschweig. Geyer returned this command on October 1, 1932 and was appointed infantry leader V and promoted Major General on December 1, 1932.
On February 1, 1933, Geyer was appointed head of the general staff by the group command 2 and promoted lieutenant general on January 1, 1934. After he had been the commander of the 5th division of the Reichswehr since August 1, 1934, he became commanding general of the Army Corps by the construction of the Wehrmacht and at the same time commander of the military circle V. For this he was promoted to the general of the infantry on August 1, 1936.
Geyer retained his two positions until April 30, 1939. However, he was passed prematurely because he was classified as politically unreliable. [2] It was allowed to wear the uniform of the infantry regiment 119.
Second World War [ Edit | Edit the source text ]
Geyer was reactivated for the Second World War and was commanding general of the IX on October 25, 1939. Army corps, which he led against the Soviet Union during the western campaign and in the war. On December 31, 1941, it was replaced and transferred to the driver’s reserve. Without having been used again, Geyer was passed from the Wehrmacht on December 31, 1943 and retired.
post war period [ Edit | Edit the source text ]
Hermann Geyer lived in Höfen a. Enz with the family of Hans-Otto Metzger, together with his wife Charlotte (1887–1948). From April 1945 on Geyer in Höfen as mayor. When General Marie-Pierre Kœnig, the commander-in-chief of the French occupation troops in Germany, ordered to bring the displaced from the east to American camps, Geyer refused to carry out the command. He wrote a letter to General Kœnig and committed suicide. [3] General Kœnig prohibited from putting general Geyer in Höfen. A few weeks later, Geyer was relocated to the Höfe cemetery.
His older son Hans-Peter (born 1914) died in 1942 as a captain in France. His younger son Ulrich (1920-1948) returned from the Soviet captivity about four weeks after the father’s suicide. He died of tuberculosis in the Charlottenhöhe lung healing facility, Schömberg community.
- Dermot Bradley (ed.), Karl-Friedrich Hildebrand, Markus Rövekamp: The general of the army 1921–1945. Band 4: Fleck-Gyldenfeldt. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1996, ISBN 3-7648-2488-3.
- ↑ The regiment was stationed in Württemberg, took over the tradition of former Württemberg regiments and was therefore often referred to as “Württemberg”.
- ↑ Details at Roland Kopp (2003): The Wehrmacht celebrates. Commanders’ speeches for Hitler’s 50th birthday on April 20, 1939 , S. 502f.
- ↑ Writing through the letter stored in the Höfen town hall.
- ↑ a b c d It is f g h i j k l Ranking of the German Reich Army , Mittler & Sohn Verlag, Berlin, p. 111.
- ↑ Veit Scherzer: Knight Cross carrier 1939–1945. The owners of the Iron Cross of Heer, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Germany allied armed forces according to the documents of the Federal Archives. 2nd Edition. Scherzers Militaer-Verlag, Ranis/Jena 2007, ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2, p. 334.
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