Georg Ernst Karl Ludwig von Priem
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Birth name | Georg Ernst Karl Ludwig von Priem |
Birth date | 19 November 1883 |
Place of birth | Deutz near Köln, Rhine Province, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire |
Death date | 9 January 1944 (aged 60) |
Place of death | Warsaw, Axis-occupied Poland |
Allegiance | German Empire Weimar Republic National Socialist Germany |
Service/branch | Prussian Army Imperial German Army Freikorps Reichswehr Heer |
Years of service | 1902–1944 |
Rank | Generalmajor (Major General) |
Battles/wars | World War I World War II |
Awards | Iron Cross Baden Order of the Zähringer Lion Johanniter-Orden Knight War Merit Cross (1939) |
Relations | ∞ 1927 Frieda Schoeps |
Georg Ernst Karl Ludwig von Priem (19 November 1883 – 9 January 1944) was a German officer of the Prussian Army, the Imperial German Army, the Freikorps, the Reichswehr and the Wehrmacht, finally Generalmajor (Major General) during World War II.
Life
- 13.3.1902 Joined the “Königin Augusta“ Garde-Grenadier-Regiment Nr. 4 in Berlin as an officer candidate
- 20.7.1912 Officer (tutor) with the Royal Prussian NCO School in Castle Ettlingen (Baden)
- 2.8.1914 Leader of the 2nd Company/Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 55
- 16.9.1914 Severely wounded (machine gun bullets to the left shoulder and chest); military hspital (Lazarett)
- 13.10.1914 also suffered from dysentery and typhus
- 7.5.1915 1st orderly officer and Ib on the staff of the 13th Landwehr Division (temporarily deputy Ia and 1st adjutant)
- 16.2.1916 Nervous shock caused by a serious car accident
- 15.10.1916 Leader of the 4th Battalion/Landwehr-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 82
- 2.2.1917 Leader of the 1st Battalion/Landwehr-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 60
- 9.4.1917 Leader of the 2nd Battalion/Landwehr-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 60
- 30.12.1917 Commander of the field recruit depot of the 13th Landwehr Division
- 1.8.1918 Commander of the 3rd Battalion/Landwehr-Infanterie-Regiments Nr. 15
- 10.2.1919 Transferred to the Infanterie-Regiment "Herzog Ferdinand von Braunschweig" (8. Westfälisches) Nr. 57
- 27.2.1919 Transferred as company commander to the Volunteer Guard Grenadier Regiment No. 4 (Freiwilligen-Garde-Grenadier-Regiment Nr. 4)
- like other Freikorps, used in the Border Guard East (Grenzschutz Ost) and later taken over as 3rd Battalion into the Reichswehr Infantry Regiment 51
- 8.11.1920 Adjutant of the Army Peace Commission in the Reichswehr Ministry, Berlin
- Spring 1924 Reichswehr Ministry, Berlin
- 1.10.1924 On the staff of 3rd Battalion of the 3rd (Prussian) Infantry Regiment, Osterode
- later commander of the 11th company of the 3rd (Prussian) Infantry Regiment, Osterode
- 1.10.1926 On the staff of the 1st Battalion of the 3rd (Prussian) Infantry Regiment, Marienwerder
- 31.1.1928 Retired
- 1.2.1928 Civilian employee in the state security department of the Military District Command VI, Münster; organizer in the Wupper area
- 1.4.1929 Civilian employee on the staff of Military District Command VI, Münster
- 1.12.1930 Consultant at the Arnsberg North district management
- 1.3.1932 In the district management of Arnsberg North West and South
- 1.10.1933 Returned to the Reichswehr as a state security officer (L-Offizier) at the Münster Wehrgauleitung
- 1.10.1934 L[andesschutz]-processor (Group II) at the Reichswehr headquarters advertising office in Münster (Westphalia)
- 1.11.1934 Head of the Reichswehr recruiting office in Coesfeld/Münsterland
- 5.3.1935 Transferred to the supplementary officers (E-Offiziere)
- 1.5.1935 Commander of the Coesfeld Military District Command (by renaming the position)
- 15.6.1938 Commanded as commander of the Cologne II Military District Command
- 1.7.1938 Commander of the Cologne II Military District Command
- 28.7.1940 After the Battle of France, head of Control Commission A of the Armistice Commission (Hotel “Nassauer Hof” in Wiesbaden)
- 15.9.1940 Head of the Army Control Inspection France in Bourges/Cher
- 1.6.1941 Transferred to the active troop officers
- 26.7.1942 Leader reserve (Führerreserve) OKH
- He remained assigned to his previous office until 2 August 1942 and was assigned to the staff of the Wehrmacht Plenipotentiary in the Netherlands with effect from 3 August 1942
- 3.8.1942 Field Commandant (Feldkommandant) 674 (FK 674), Breda in the Netherlands
- 20.10.1942 Assigned to the staff of the Wehrmacht commander Ukraine (leader reserve)
- 21.10.1942 Delegated with the leadersip of the Field Command (Feldkommandtur) 675 (FK 675), Vinnitsa
- 2.11.1942 Appointed Field Commandant (Feldkommandant) 675 (FK 675)[2]
Family
Georg was the grandson of Major General Georg Heinrich von Priem. His parents were Georg Albert von Priem (b. 1 February 1850 in Berlin; d. 23 December 1920 in Rudolstadt) and his wife Therese Marie Friederike Caroline, née Freiin von Plettenberg (b. 26 September 1855 in Köln am Rhein).[3] His father was an officer, since 20 September 1896 Princely Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt Chamberlain, since 27 November 1899 Court Marshal and since 10 April 1909 Chief Court Marshal (Fürstlich Schwarzburg-Rudolstadtischer Kammerherr und Oberhofmarschall) as well as Real Privy Councilor (Wirklicher Geheimrat) since 21 August 1918. georg had one younger brother:
- Leopold Eduard Konrad (b. 19 April 1885 in Deutz), officer (Landwehr-Train I) and merchant in Berlin; ∞ Berlin 2 March 1914 Julie Albertine Busch (b. 4 January 1877 in Duisburg), one daughter (Eugenie Maria; b. 6 January 1915 in Berlin-Lankwitz; d. 30 August 2000)[4]
Marriage
On 12 December 1927 in Brandenburg, Major von Priem married his fiancée Antonie Martha Frieda Schoeps (b. 7 March 1898 in Berlin).
Death
Major General Georg Ernst Karl Ludwig von Priem died on 9 January 1944 in a military hospital in Warsaw (Reserve-Lazarett XII). He was ceremoniously buried. When the Red Army invaded Warsaw in January 1945, the general's war grave was desecrated and leveled. Despite a post-war search, his remains were not found and therefore could not be recovered and reburied (as of 2024).
Promotions
- 13.3.1902 Fahnenjunker (Officer Candidate)
- 18.10.1902 Fähnrich (Officer Cadet)
- 18.8.1903 Leutnant (2nd Lieutenant) with Patent from 19.8.1902
- 18.8.1911 Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)
- 8.11.1914 Hauptmann (Captain)
- 1.8.1925 Major
- 1.2.1928 Charakter als Oberstleutnant (Honorary Lieutenant Colonel)
- 1.10.1933 Charaktisierter Oberstleutnant a. D. (retired Honorary Lieutenant Colonel) with Rank Seniority (RDA) from 1.8.1930
- 15.5.1934 Oberstleutnant a. D. (state protection officer; Landesschutzoffizier; L-Offizier)
- 5.3.1935 Oberstleutnant (supplemental officer; Ergänzungsoffizier; E-Offizier)
- 1.5.1935 received Rank Seniority (RDA) from 1.2.1930
- 1.11.1936 received ordinal number (Ordnungsnummer) to his Rank Seniority (RDA) from 1.2.1930
- 1.1.1937 Oberst (E; Ergänzungsoffizier)
- 1.6.1941 Oberst (active Colonel) with Rank Seniority (RDA) from 1.1.1937
- 1.1.1942 Generalmajor (Major General)
Awards and decorations
- Baden Order of the Zähringer Lion (Orden vom Zähringer Löwen), Knight's Cross 2nd Class (BZ3b) on 27 January 1908
- Iron Cross (1914), 2nd and 1st Class
- 2nd Class on 6 October 1914
- 1st Class on 31 December 1914
- Schwarzburg Honor Cross (Fürstlich Schwarzburgisches Ehrenkreuz), III. Class with Swords on (SEK3⚔/SE3⚔) on 8 November 1914
- Baden Order of the Zähringer Lion, Knight's Cross 2nd Class with Oak Leaves and Swords (BZ3b⚔mE) on 21 April 1915
- Lippe-Detmold War Merit Cross (Lippisches Kriegsverdienstkreuz; LK) on 23 October 1916
- Hanseatic Cross of Hamburg (HH) on 1 January 1918
- Wound Badge (1918) in Black
- Knight of Honour (Ehrenritter) of the Johanniter-Orden[5] on 1 August 1918
- Silesian Eagle Order (Schlesischer Adler-Orden), II. and I. Grade in 1919
- Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer (FEK) on 30 October 1934
- Wehrmacht Long Service Awards (Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung), 4th to 1st Class on 2 October 1936
- Hungarian World War Commemorative Medal (Ungarische Kriegs-Erinnerungs-Medaille) with Swords on 12 June 1937
- Sudetenland Commemorative Medal
- War Merit Cross (1939), 2nd and 1st Class with Swords
- 2nd Class in February 1941
- 1st Class on 20 April 1942
References
- ↑ Personal-Veränderungen in der Armee, p. 10
- ↑ Generalmajor Georg von Priem (1883–1944)
- ↑ Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Briefadeligen Häuser, 1919, p. 620
- ↑ Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Briefadeligen Häuser, Teil B, 1931, p. 526
- ↑ Rangliste des Deutschen Reichsheeres, 1924, p. 107
- 1883 births
- 1944 deaths
- People from the Rhine Province
- Prussian Army personnel
- German military officers
- German military personnel of World War I
- 20th-century Freikorps personnel
- Reichswehr personnel
- Wehrmacht generals
- Recipients of the Order of the Zähringer Lion
- Recipients of the Iron Cross
- Recipients of the Hanseatic Cross
- Knights of the Order of Saint John (Bailiwick of Brandenburg)
- Recipients of the Cross of Honor
- Recipients of the War Merit Cross