Hans Freiherr von Boineburg-Lengsfeld

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Hans Freiherr von Boineburg-Lengsfeld
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Birth date 9 June 1889
Place of birth Eisenach, Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, German Empire
Death date 20 November 1980 (aged 91)
Place of death Felsberg, Hesse, West 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 Germany (1921–1933).png Reichswehr
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Years of service 1910–1945
Rank Lieutenant General
Commands held 1st Rifle Regiment
4th Rifle Brigade
7th Rifle Brigade
4th Panzer Division
23rd Panzer Division
Battles/wars World War I
World War II
Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
Relations ∞ 1920 Gummet Töttermann
Other work Lord of the manor

Wilhelm Georg Gustav Botho Rudolf Hans Reichsfreiherr von Boineburg und Lengsfeld (9 June 1889 – 20 November 1980) was a German officer of the Prussian Army, the Imperial German Army, the Reichswehr and the Wehrmacht, finally Lieutenant General and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross in World War II.

Life

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Hans von Boineburg-Lengsfeld attended Gymnasium in Kassel and Realgymnasium in Weimar and Nauen. He joined the Royal Prussian Army on 1 October 1910. He was assigned to the Jäger-Regiment zu Pferde Nr. 6. At the beginning of World War I, he served in this regiment. On 8 July 1915, he was assigned as an orderly officer to the staff of the 8th Cavalry Division, to which he was then transferred at the beginning of 1916. On 4 April 1918, he returned to the Jäger-Regiment zu Pferde Nr. 6.

After World War I, he was commissioned into the Reichsarmee as a first lieutenant. He was transferred to the Reichswehr Cavalry Regiment 103 on 1 January 1920. On 1 April 1920, he was transferred to the 1st Squadron/3. (Preußisches) Reiter-Regiment. On 1 October 1923, he was appointed commander of the 2nd Squadron/3. (Preußisches) Reiter-Regiment.

  • 1 October 1925 Appointed commander of the 4th Squadron/16. Reiter-Regiment
  • 1 April 1931 Appointed commander of the 2nd Squadron/16. Reiter-Regiment in Hofgeismar
  • 1 November 1931 Appointed commander of the 6th Squadron/16. Reiter-Regiment in Langensalza
  • 1 April 1934 Adjutant of the Kavallerie-Kommando Dresden
    • When the Reichswehr was expanded, he was appointed adjutant of the 4th Cavalry Brigade on 1 October 1934, through the renaming of the staff of the Kavallerie-Kommando.
  • 27 May 1935 Commanded to the Reiter-Regiment Gera
  • 15 October 1935 Commander of the II. Battalion/Schützen-Regiment 1
    • 28 April 1938 Serious accident with a "motor vehicle" (Panzer) on the Erfurt drill ground (Drosselberg)
      • internal injuries, military hospital Erfurt
  • 10 November 1938 Appointed commander of the Schützen-Regiment 1

WWII

  • September 1939 Poland Campaign with his Schützen-Regiment 1
  • 24 October with effect from 23 October 1939 Appointed commander of the 4. Schützen-Brigade (Western Campaign)
  • 24 July 1940 Führerreserve (OKH) and delegated with the leadership of the 4. Panzer-Division until 3 September 1940
  • 5 October 1940 Appointed commander of the 7. Schützen-Brigade in France
  • 10 September 1941 Führerreserve (OKH)
  • 30 September with effect from 25 September 1941 Appointed commander of the 23. Panzer-Division
  • 28 June 1942 Relieved of his command due to the Reichel incident (1942)
  • 30 July 1942 Führerreserve (OKH)
  • 26 August 1942 Again appointed commander of the 23. Panzer-Division
  • 28 December 1942 Führerreserve (OKH) after rupture of the urethra; military hospital
  • 9 March with effect from 1 April 1943 Commanded to the Military Commander in France (MBF) Carl-Heinrich von Stülpnagel
    • Hotel Majestic, Paris; he spoke French and English fluently.
  • 14 April with effect from 1 May 1943 Appointed commandant the Greater Paris Command
    • At the same time, he was appointed commander of the 325th Security Division.
  • 7 August 1944 Führerreserve (OKH)
  • 23 September 1944 Appointed Head of the Defense/Counter-Intelligence Staff with the Commander-in-Chief West
  • 18 October to 25 December 1944 Commanded to the High Command of the Fortresses Area West
    • On 1 November 1944, he was appointed commander of the Rhine fortifications in the Freiburg sector for about six weeks.
  • 20 February 1945 Appointed commandant of the Bergen military training area
  • May 1945 to 1946 POW[1]

Death

Lieutenant General (ret.) Hans Reichsfreiherr von Boineburg-Lengsfeld, the last male descendant of the “Boyneburg-Lengsfeld” family in Germany, died in 1980 in Felsberg-Altenburg (Schwalm-Eder district in northern Hesse), his urn was buried behind the manor house of the family estate.

Family

Descent

Hans was the son of Kurt Emil Moritz Rudolf Reichsfreiherr von Boineburg und Lengsfeld, Chamberlain of the Grand Duke of Saxony, Rittmeister (ret.) of the Second Hessian Hussar Regiment, lord of the manor in Weilar, Altenburg and Herda, and his wife Charlotte Wilhelmine Amalie Helene, née von Hopffgarten.[2]

Marriage

On 21 May 1920 in Helsingfors (Helsinki), 1st Lieutenant Reichsfreiherr von Boineburg und Lengsfeld married his fiancée (obtained permission to marry on 19 April 1920) Gunnel/Gummet Johanna Töttermann (1887/89–1956), daughter of the wealthy shipowner Eric Töttermann. They would have two daughters:

  • Beatrix Wilhelmine Sigrid Gunnel/Gummet "Pipsi" Freiin von Boineburg-Lengsfeld (b. 1 April 1921 in Erfurt; d. 2012), Forstwirtin (head of the forestry business of the family estates)
  • Brita Hildegard "Hilde" Helene Freiin von Boineburg-Lengsfeld (b. 30 June 1927 in Erfurt), Dr. med.

Promotions

Prussian Army

  • 1 October 1910 Fahnenjunker (Officer Candidate)
  • 24 February 1911 Fahnenjunker-Unteroffizier (Officer Candidate with Corporal/NCO/Junior Sergeant rank)
  • 23 May 1911 Fähnrich (Officer Cadet)
  • 22 May 1912 Leutnant (2nd Lieutenant) with Patent from 18 May 1910

Imperial German Army

  • 18 October 1915 Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)

Reichswehr

  • 28 September 1921 Rittmeister with effect from 1 September 1921
    • 1 February 1922 received Rank Seniority (RDA) from 1 September 1921
  • 1 October 1932 Major

Wehrmacht

  • 1 June 1935 Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant Colonel)
  • 1 October 1937 Oberst (Colonel)
  • 15 September 1941 Generalmajor (Major General) with effect and RDA from 1 October 1941
  • 16 November 1942 Generalleutnant (Lieutenant General) with effect and RDA from 1 December 1942

Awards and decorations

  • Iron Cross (1914), 2nd and 1st Class[3]
    • 2nd Class on 29 September 1914
    • 1st Class on 1 October 1917
  • Saxon Albert Order (Albrechts-Orden), Knight's Cross 2nd Class with Swords (SA3b⚔) on 3 February 1915
  • Order of the White Falcon (Hausorden vom Weißen Falken), Knight's Cross 2nd Class with Swords (GSF3b⚔/SF3b⚔) on 9 June 1915
  • Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach Wilhelm Ernst War Cross (GSK/SW) on 1 December 1917

Between wars

WWII

References

  1. ↑ Reichsfreiherr von Boineburg-Lengsfeld, Wilhelm Georg Gustav Botho Rudolf Hans
  2. ↑ Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Freiherrlichen Häuser, Teil A, 1932, p. 55
  3. ↑ Rangliste des Deutschen Reichsheeres, 1931, p. 130
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