Georg Wilhelm von Cölln
Georg Wilhelm von Cölln (also Coelln; b. 11 March 1861 in Glogau, Province of Silesia, Kingdom of Prussia, German Confederation; d. 23 November 1940 in Berlin, German Reich) was a German naval officer (Leutnant der Seewehr) and since June 1886 civil servant in the German Imperial Naval Office (RMA), later department head in the construction department of the Reichsmarineamt and well as Real Admiralty Council (Wirklicher Admirals-Rat), presenting council (vortragender Rat) in the German Imperial Naval Office and as of 28 September 1906 Privy Admiralty Councilor (Geheimer Admirals-Rat) and Ministerial Councilor (Ministerialrat). During WWI, he served in the shipyard department (B) of the Reichsmarineamt.
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The mission of the original design office (1889) was the design and construction, including armoring and equipment, of ships, naval vehicles and boats for the German Imperial Navy. The design documents created had to be submitted to the Navy High Command for assessment, whereby, among other things, correspondence had to be sent via the Naval Department (A). With the development of the Kaiser class, greater independence and better equipment were required for the area, so that in 1894 a construction department was created in the Naval Office (Konstruktionsdepartement im Reichsmarineamt).
With the development of the dreadnoughts and the Nassau class, the department was changed and upgraded again under the new director Rollmann. In September 1918, the director of the construction department, Vice Admiral Friedrich Schrader, resigned and his replacement until 6 November 1918 was Rear Admiral Gottfried von Dalwigk zu Lichtenfels. After the construction department was officially dissolved on 15 June 1919, the task of the former staff was to handle and utilize construction projects and building materials in favor of the Reichsmarine.
Family
Georg was the son of Protestant pastor 2nd Lieutenant of the Landwehr August Wilhelm von Cölln (1822–1890) and his wife (∞ 1858) Helene Ulrike Cornelia, née Haacke (1835–1912). He had eight siblings, four brothers and four sisters.[1]
Marriage
On 20 May 1891, von Cölln married his fiancée Johanna Helene Katharina Dorothea Friederichsen (1869–1944). They had two children:
- Helene "Ena" Hermine (b. 14 March 1892 in Danzig-Langfuhr; d. 29 December 1941 in Berlin ), consultant / speaker with the National Socialist War Victim's Care (NSKOV); ∞ Berlin 6 May 1913 Felix Zawada (b. 2 October 1878 in Rosenberg, West Prussia), Captain of the Prussian Army in WWI, ⚔ on 6 August 1914 during the Battle of Liège
- Erich Henri Georg (b. 6 November 1895 in Danzig-Langfuhr), brewery director and merchant, veteran of WWI, Major of the Reserves of the Wehrmacht in WWII; ∞ Kassel 16 August 1922 Käte Spieß (b. 8 September 1897 in Gondelsheim, Grand Duchy of Baden); one daughter:
- Marianne Ursula, married Wiegelmann (b. 1 October 1923 in Berlin), Dr. med.
Awards and decorations (excerpt)
- Prussian Centenary Medal 1897 (Zentenarmedaille)
- China Commemorative Medal (China-Denkmünze) in Steel for non-combatants in 1901
- Red Eagle Order (Roter Adlerorden), 4th Class (PRAO4/PrA4)
- Long Service Award of the Landwehr, 2nd Class (LD2)[2]
- Prussian Order of the Crown (Preußischer Kronenorden), 3rd Class
- Red Eagle Order, 3rd Class with the Bow (mit der Schleife)[3]
References
- ↑ Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Adeligen Häuser, 1942, Teil B, p. 88
- ↑ Deutscher Ordens-Almanach, 1904, p. 177
- ↑ Deutscher Ordens-Almanach, 1908, p. 239
