Georg Pohlmann

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Georg Pohlmann
Georg Hugo Gustav Pohlmann (1861-1946).jpg
Birth name Hugo Gustav Georg Pohlmann
Birth date 7 October 1861(1861-10-07)
Place of birth Graudenz, West Prussia, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire
Death date 29 July 1946 (aged 84)
Place of death Freiburg im Breisgau, South Baden, Allied-occupied Germany
Allegiance  German Empire
 Weimar Republic
 National Socialist Germany
Service/branch War and service flag of Prussia (1895–1918).png Prussian Army
Iron Cross of the Luftstreitkräfte.png Imperial German Army
War Ensign of the Reichswehr, 1919 - 1935.png Preliminary Reichswehr
Years of service 1882–1914
1914–1918
1919
Rank Generalleutnant
(Tannenberg-General)
Battles/wars World War I
Awards Iron Cross
Pour le Mérite
Relations ∞ Clara Trick

Hugo Gustav Georg Pohlmann (7 October 1861 – 29 July 1946) was a German officer of the Prussian Army, the Imperial German Army in World War I and the Preliminary Reichswehr, finally Major General. On 27 August 1939, Tannenbergtag, he received the Charakter (brevet) as honorary Lieutenant General of the Wehrmacht.

Life

Death certificate of Georg's brother Emil Johannes Alexander Pohlmann (1865–1952); ∞ 1 October 1901 Maria Melitta Ulricke Pauly (b. 21 July 1877).
Geschichte des Infanterie-Regiments Graf Barfuß (4. Westfälischen) Nr. 17 im neunzehnten Jahrhundert.png

Pohlmann joined the 5. Ostpreußisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 41 in Königsberg in spring 1882 as a three-year volunteer (Dreijährig-Freiwilliger) and was commissioned c. autumn 1883 serving in the 5th Company. On 19 July 1885, he was appointed adjutant of the 2nd Battalion stationed in Tilsit. On 22 March 1887, he was transferred to the 4. Westfälisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 17 in Mühlhausen (Reichsland Elsaß-Lothringen) as battalion adjutant. After attending three years, he graduated for the Prussian War Academy on 21 July 1893. He served with the Great General Staff (Großer Generalstab) from March 1884 to February 1885. He returned to the 4. Westfälisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 17[1] as commander of the 2nd Company.

In 1896, he was transferred to the Infanterie-Regiment "von Boyen" (5. Ostpreußisches) Nr. 41 and was appointed instructor at the Prussian Main Cadet Institute in 1901. In 1908, he was appointed commander of the 1st Battalion in the 8. Badisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 169 in Lahr. In 1912, he was appointed battalion commander with the Prussian Main Cadet Institute in Berlin and staff officer of the cadet school in Februar 1914. At mobilisation for WWI, he was appointed commander of Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 10.

He elinquished command of the regiment on 20 November 1914 following a wound and on recovery assumed command of the Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 82 on 20 January 1915. On 2 January 1917, he was appointed commander of the 244. Infanterie-Brigade with the 237 Infanterie-Division at the Eastern Front. He was appointed commander of 14. Division on 9 July 1918. He was awarded the Pour le Mérite on 4 October 1918 for his conduct during the defensive battles in Champagne.

On 22 January 1919, after de-mobilization, he was appointed section commander III of the security troops (Abschnitts-Kommandeur III der Sicherheitstruppen) and was placed in the reserves (Offizier von der Armee) on 7 June 1919. He was placed at disposal of the Reichswehr (zur Disposition gestellt; z. D.) on 12 August 1919 (de facto retired).[2][3]

Family

Georg was the son of Oberbürgermeister (Senior Mayor) of Graudenz Johann Friedrich Alexander Pohlmann (d. 25 January 1911 in Charlottenburg) and his wife Johanna Emilie, née Wehrlein. He had four siblings:

  • Rosalie Emilie (b. 17 December 1859 in Graudenz)
  • Ernst Hermann Theodor (b. 13 June 1863 in Graudenz; d. 4 April 1926 in Berlin), jurist (Landgerichtsrat), Captain of the Reserves. (1. Thüringisches Feld-Artillerie-Regiment Nr. 19); Long Service Award of the Landwehr, 2nd Class (LD2) and Iron Cross (1914), 2nd Class
  • Emil Johannes Alexander (b. 10 September 1865 in Graudenz; d. 5 October 1952 in Freiburg im Breisgau),[4] jurist, 1903 to 1920 Senior Mayor of Kattowitz, 1920 to 1930 District President of the Magdeburg district in the Province of Saxony, member of the Reichstag, 1st Lieutenant of the Landwehr; Red Eagle Order, IV Class (RAO4), Long Service Award of the Landwehr, 2nd Class (LD2), Iron Cross (1914), 2nd Class on a white ribbon for non-combatants, Saxe-Meiningen Cross for Merit in War for non-combatants (SMKNK), Prussian Merit Cross for War Aid (PrVfK), Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918 without swords
  • Elisabeth Johanna Emilie (b. 15 June 1868 in Graudenz) ∞ 24 September 1887 Carl Eduard Henry Cornelius (1855–1941)

Marriage

Georg Pohlmann married Clara Trick, daughter of the wealthy manufacturer and factory owner Ludwig Trick.[5] At least on of their sons served with the Wehrmacht, their daughter married Max Klapp. Major of the artillery and originally a career officer Klapp had to retire due to a serious head wound in WWI. Since he was now without a job but had had a great interest in agriculture and forestry since he was a child, he looked around for a suitable property in southern Germany immediately after his release. Due to the rapidly increasing inflation after the war, good properties for sale were hardly available. For many months he traveled mainly in the Bavarian area until he finally came across Castle Burgrain (acquired on 29 October 1919), which in his opinion offered a certain advantage, also with regard to the large family. For example, he was able to send his three sons to the village school in Burgrain and did not have to drive them far across the country or hire a tutor, as was the case on other estates. The Bavarian capital Munich wasn't too far away at 40 km and still offered some cultural opportunities.

Promotions

  • c. Autumn 1883 Sekonde-Leutnant (2nd Lieutenant) with Patent from 11 March 1882
  • 18.11.1890 Premier-Leutnant (1st Lieutenant)
  • 15.2.1896 Hauptmann (Captain)
  • 27.1.1906 Major
  • 1.10.1912 Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant Colonel)
  • 5.9.1914 Oberst (Colonel)
  • 22.3.1918 Generalmajor (Major General)
  • 27.8.1939 Charakter als Generalleutnant (honorary Lieutenant General)

Awards and decorations

Writings

  • Geschichte des Infanterie-Regiments Graf Barfuß (4. Westfälischen) Nr. 17 im neunzehnten Jahrhundert, Berlin 1906

Gallery

  • Georg Pohlmann II.jpg
  • Georg Pohlmann III.jpg
  • Georg Pohlmann IV.jpg

References

  1. ↑ Renamed Infanterie-Regiment "Graf Barfuß" (4. Westfälisches) Nr. 17 on 27 January 1889.
  2. ↑ Georg Pohlmann
  3. ↑ General Georg Pohlmann
  4. ↑ Pohlmann, Alexander
  5. ↑ The name Trick and Kehl are connected in many ways. Ludwig Trick came to Kehl in 1864 from Alpirsbach in the Black Forest. He founded a cellulose factory and a sawmill. As early as 1900, Trick employed 500 people. Ludwig Trick and his wife Agnes had four daughters: Elisabeth, Clara, Agnes and Anna. Daughter Elisabeth was married to jurist and politician Hermann Robert Dietrich (1879–1954; Minister and Vice Chancellor in the Weimar Republic), daughter Agnes was married to Ludwig Schmidt. The couple built a villa in 1914 that still stands on the Rhine today and is still known as “Villa Schmidt”.
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