Ernst Oldwig Louis Carlo von Natzmer

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Ernst-Oldwig von Natzmer
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Kapitän zur See von Natzmer
Birth name Ernst Oldwig Louis Carlo von Natzmer
Birth date 15 October 1868 (1868-10-15)
Place of birth Hannover, Province of Hanover, Kingdom of Prussia, North German Confederation
Death date 21 August 1942 (1942-08-22) (aged 73)
Place of death Stettin, Province of Pomerania, German Reich
Allegiance  German Empire
 Weimar Republic
Service/branch  Kaiserliche Marine
 Reichsmarine
Years of service 1888–1918
1919
Rank Charakter als Konteradmiral (honorary Rear Admiral)
Battles/wars World War I
Awards Iron Cross
Red Eagle Order
Prussian Order of the Crown
Relations ∞ 1903 Marie Amélie Elsbeth von Blanc

Ernst Oldwig Louis Carlo von Natzmer[1] (also: Ernst-Oldwig; 15 October 1868 – 21 August 1942) was a German officer of the Kaiserliche Marine and the Vorläufige Reichsmarine, finally Konteradmiral (Rear Admiral).

Military career (chronology)

  • 13 April 1888 Joined the Imperial German Navy
  • 1890 Cadet at Sea training on board the S.M. Panzerschiff „Deutschland“ under Kapitän zur See von Reiche
  • 1891/1892 Attended the Marineschule
  • 1892/1893 Service with the I. Matrosendivision in Kiel, placed at disposal to the I. Marineinspektion
  • 1893/1894 Service on the SMS „Stosch“ (East American station)
  • 1894/1895 Company officer with the I. Torpedoabtheilung in Kiel
  • Commandant of the S. M. Torpedoboot „S. 63“
  • Officer on the S. M. Yacht „Hohenzollern“ under Kapitän zur See Conrad Freiherr von Bodenhausen
    • The Nordland trip in 1897 led to Molde. This was followed by a visit to the Russian Emperor in Kronstadt, during which Kaiser Wilhelm II tried in vain to prevent an impending alliance between Russia and France. In the fall, the Hohenzollern was used by the German royal delegation for the trip to King of Sweden Oscar II's jubilee.
  • 1898/1900 Commanded to the Naval Academy (Marineakademie); II. and I. Cötus
  • 1900 Flag Lieutenant of the Cruiser Fleet of the Imperial Navy under Vice Admiral Felix Eduard Robert Emil Bendemann
  • 1901 Executive Officer (Erster Offizier; I.O.) of the Gunboat SMS „Luchs“ in Canton (East Asian Station) during the last phase of the Boxer Insurrection in China
    • Gunboat SMS „Luchs“ was assigned the Pearl River as her area of ​​operations, and she operated a river launch as SMS „Schamien“ to control shipping traffic. She performed station duty in the Canton area until she was replaced by her sister ship SMS „Jaguar“ in February 1901. She then assisted in the re-embarkation of the East Asian Expeditionary Force at Tongku near Taku and was then formally assigned to the East Asian Station. In the fall she made her first trip up the Yangtze to Hankow, where she remained stationary over the winter until April 1902.
  • 1902/1903 Admiral Officer on S. M. gr. Kreuzer „Prinz Heinrich“ (Practice Fleet)
  • 1904/1905 Admiral Officer on S. M. Linienschiff „Kaiser Friedrich III.“
  • 1906/1907 Executive Officer (Erster Offizier; I.O.) of S. M. Schulschiff „Stein“
  • 1908/1909 Commander of the II. Abteilung/II. Matrosendivision in Wilhelmshaven
    • In 1908, he published an article in the military weekly (Militär-Wochenblatt) about football (soccer), as a sport for the physical development of marine soldiers. He was the first author in the military weekly to report on the sport in a military context.
  • March 1910 Commandant of SMS „München“
  • November 1910 Commandant of SMS „Augsburg“
  • April 1911 to 31 March 1913 Commandant of SMS „Hertha“
  • 24 April 1913 to 2 August 1914 Commandant of the training ship (for officer and NCO cadets) SMS „König Wilhelm“ and at the same time commander of the Schiffsjungen-Division (division for future junior non-commissioned officers) in Flensburg (Mürwik)
  • 5 August 1914 to March 1915 Commandant of SMS „Kaiser Barbarossa“
  • 1 April 1915 to 13 August 1915 Commandant of the Protected Cruiser SMS „Freya“
  • 24 August 1915 to 25 March 1918 Commandant of the Battleship SMS „Ostfriesland“
  • 26 March 1918 to 9 May 1918 Placed at the Disposal of the Chief of the Naval Station of the Baltic Sea
  • 10 May 1918 to 2 August 1918 Once again commandant of the training ship SMS „König Wilhelm“ and commander of the Schiffsjungen-Division
  • 7 August 1918 to 7 December 1918 Commander of the I. Naval-Brigade (1. Marine-Brigade), Naval Corps Flanders (Marinekorps Flandern)
  • 20 January 1919 to 22 November 1919 Coastal District Inspector of the Coastal District Office II (Pomerania)
  • 22 November 1919 Retired

Family

Ernst(-)Oldwig was the son of Colonel Gneomar Ernst Hans Karl von Natzmer and his wife Johanna Emma Ludowika, née von Blumenthal. He had six siblings.

Marriage

On 28 September 1903 in Berlin, Lieutenant Captain von Natzmer married his fiancée Marie Amélie Elsbeth von Blanc (1881–1961), daughter of Admiral Louis Karl Emil von Blanc[2] and his wife Christiane Ida Elsbeth, née von Puttkamer aus dem Hause Treblin. They had three sons, among them:[3]

  • Dubislav Gneomar Wilfried Erich Gustav Oldwig (b. 25 June 1904 in Kiel; ⚔ 29 April 1942 in Varangerfjord, Norway), merchant ship captain with the Hamburg-Südamerikanische Dampfschiff-Gesellschaft (HSDG)
    • In WWII, Dubislav was captain of the cargo ship "Curityba" (the former "Holstein"). On 29 April 1942, the German merchant "Curityba", carrying ore and the the two auxiliary minesweepers Hilfsminensuchbooten M 5403 (ZWERG 3) und M 5407 (ZWERG 7) from the 54. Minensuchflottille on board, was torpedoed and sunk at 7:26 p.m by the Russian submarine M-171 off Varangerfjord 10 seemiles south of Vardø. The minesweepers went down with "Curityba" and 22 men were killed,[4] including Captain von Natzmer.
  • Oldwig Nikolaus Hans Konstantin (b. 24 November 1905 in Kiel; ⚔ 4 November 1942 in Sabolotje), Dr. iur., Regierungsrat, District Administrator and Land Commissioner (Wielun District)
    • In June 1941, Oldwig was called for service with the Wehrmacht and finally received the rank of Unteroffizier (NCO). On 29 October 1942, he was severely wounded near Welikije Luki. On 4 November (another source states 6 November[5]) he died at the main tactical field care of the 1. Sanitäts-Kompanie 122/122. Infanterie-Division (Hauptverbandplatz Sabolotje).
  • Heinrich Detlev Oldwig (b. 7 May 1909 in Wilhelmshaven), Korvettenkapitän of the Kriegsmarine, later Lawyer and Knight of Justice (Rechtsritter) of the Johanniter Order[6]
    • Heinrich joined the Reichsmarine in 1930, from August 1939 to March 1940, he was, as Kapitänleutnant, commander of a battery/Marine-Artillerie-Abteilung 121, from August 1940 to November 1941, he was commander of a battery/Marine-Artillerie-Abteilung 244 and from November 1941 to January 1943, he was commander of a battery/Marine-Artillerie-Abteilung 264. Until May 1943, he was commander of the Marine-Artillerie-Abteilung 612, was promoted to Korvettenkapitän and was from June 1943 until the end of the war commander of the cadets of the Pre-dreadnought battleship and now cadet training ship "Schlesien". From September 1944, the ship served as an anti-aircraft ship with reinforced anti-aircraft artillery.

Promotions

  • 13 April 1888 Kadett (after 1899 Seekadett)
  • 9 April 1889 Seekadett (after 1899 Fähnrich zur See)
  • 12 May 1891 Unterleutnant zur See (after 1899 Leutnant zur See; 2nd Lieutenant)
  • 16 July 1894 Leutnant zur See (after 1899 Oberleutnant zur See; 1st Lieutenant)
  • 16 March 1901 Kapitänleutnant (Lieutenant Captain)
  • 19 July 1906 Korvettenkapitän (Corvette Captain / Lieutenant Commander)
  • 27 January 1911 Fregattenkapitän (Frigate Captain / Commander)
  • 6 May 1912 Kapitän zur See (Captain at Sea / Captain / Colonel)
  • 4 February 1920 Charakter als Konteradmiral a. D. (honorary Rear Admiral, retired)

Awards and decorations

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  • Prussian Lifesaving Medal (Rettungsmedaille am Band)
  • Prussian Order of the Crown (Kronenorden), 4th Class
  • Prussian Centenary Medal 1897 (Zentenarmedaille)
  • Russian Order of Saint Anna (Sankt-Annen-Orden), 3rd Class (RA3)
  • Belgian Leopold-Orden, Knight's Cross (BL4)
  • Ottoman Osmanie-Orden (Osmanije), 4th Class (TO4)
  • Prussian Order of the Crown, 4th Class with Swords
  • China-Denkmünze in Bronze with the Battle Clasp "TAKU"
  • Knight's Cross of the Order of the Dannebrog (DD3)
  • Red Eagle Order (Roter Adlerorden), 4th Class (PRAO4/PrA4)
  • Prussian Long Service Cross for 25 years (Königlich Preußisches Dienstauszeichnungskreuz)
  • Bavarian Military Merit Order, 4th Class with the Crown (BMV4mKr)
  • Prussian Order of the Crown, 3rd Class with Swords on Ring
  • Princely House Order of Hohenzollern (Fürstlich Hohenzollern'sches Ehrenzeichen), Cross of Honour 2nd Class (HEK2b)
  • Red Eagle Order, 3rd Class with the Bow[7]
  • Iron Cross (1914), 2nd and 1st Class
  • Prussian Order of the Crown, 2nd Class with Swords on Twice Black and Three times White-Striped Band on 22 January 1918[8]
  • Commemorative Honour Cross of the Navy Corps Flanders (Flandernkreuz)
  • Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer

References

  1. ↑ Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Adeligen Häuser, 1906, p. 526
  2. ↑ Louis Karl Emil von Blanc
  3. ↑ Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Adeligen Häuser, 1910, p. 520
  4. ↑ CURITYBA (Schiffschronik)
  5. ↑ Landkreis Welun
  6. ↑ Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, C. A. Starke, 1985, p. 223
  7. ↑ Rangliste der Deutschen Reichsmarine, 1914, p. 114
  8. ↑ Rangliste der Deutschen Reichsmarine, 1918, p. 10
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