Johannes Hahn

Johannes Hahn
Birth date	15 November 1889(1889-11-15)
Place of birth	Oberlößnitz, Kreishauptmannschaft Dresden, Kingdom of Saxony, German Empire
Death date	14 March 1970 (aged 80)
Place of death	Bad Hersfeld, West Germany
Allegiance	German Empire Weimar Republic National Socialist Germany
Service/branch	Royal Saxon Army Imperial German Army Freikorps Police Wehrmacht
Years of service	1910–1945
Rank	Generalmajor
Battles/wars	World War I World War II
Awards	Iron Cross War Merit Cross with Swords

Johannes Hahn (15 November 1889 – 14 March 1970) was a German officer of the Royal Saxon Army (Königlich Sächsische Armee), the Imperial German Army, the Freikorps, the Police and the Wehrmacht, finally Generalmajor of the Heer during World War II.

Life

• 14 March 1910 joined the Royal Saxon Army
  • he joined the 4. Königlich Sächsisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 103 in Bautzen, where his older brother Karl served as Leutnant (Patent from 21 March 1906)
    • The regiment was also known as Infanterie-Regiment „Großherzog Friedrich II. von Baden“ (4. Königlich Sächsisches) Nr. 103, Regimentschef was Generaloberst with the rank of Generalfeldmarschall (since 1905) Friedrich II., the Grand Duke of Baden.
  • as Fähnrich, he served in the 2nd Company, as Leutnant in the 10th Company until WWI
• 2 August 1914 In the Field as Adjutant of the 63rd Brigade-Replacement-Battalion (Brigade-Ersatz-Battailon 63)
• 26 February 1915 Regiments-Adjutant of the 32nd Replacement-Infantry-Regiment
• 22 December 1918 Leader of Disolution-Command of the 32nd Replacement-Infantry-Regiment
• 2 January 1919 Transferred back to the 4. Königlich Sächsisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 103
• 17 March 1919 Adjutant of the 5th Border-Jäger-Battalion (Grenzschutz Ost)
• 17 October 1919 Granted Leave from the Vorläufige (preliminary or provisional) Reichswehr
• 18 October 1919 Entered Police Service
  • With the Saxon Protection-Police (Schutzpolizei) Dresden
• 9 April 1920 Officially retired from the Vorläufige Reichswehr
• 20 November 1933 Major with the Staff of III. State-Police-Detachment, Chemnitz
• 15 October 1935 Transferred into the Wehrmacht as Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant Colonel) and Supplemental-Officer (Ergänzungsoffizier)
  • Military-Reporting-Office-Director with Military-District-Command Erfurt
• 1 August 1936 Commander of Military-District-Command Eisenach
• 1 June 1941 Active-Officer (zu den aktiven Offizieren überführt)
• 17 June 1941 Commander of the Infanterie-Ersatz-Regiment 602 (Replacement-Infantry-Regiment)
• 5 February 1942 Commander of the 602nd Security-Regiment (Sicherungs-Regiment 602)
• 31 March 1943 Führer-Reserve OKH
• 17 July 1943 Detached to Military-Commander (Militärbefehlshaber) France
• 1 August 1943 Field-Commandant 590, Lyon
• 20 March 1944 Military-Commandant 1016
• 10 May 1944 Field-Commandant 732, Pau
• 5 September 1944 Führer-Reserve OKH
• 5 October 1944 Field-Commandant 197, West Hungary, lastly Kärnten
• 8 May 1945 Taken captive by the Western Allies
• 12 May 1947 Released

Promotions

German Army general's belt and buckle named to Generalmajor Johannes Hahn

• 14 March 1910 Fahnenjunker (Officer Candidate)
• 1 August 1910 Fahnenjunker-Unteroffizier
• 7 November 1910 Fähnrich (Officer Cadet)
• 18 August 1911 Leutnant (2nd Lieutenant) with Patent from 20 August 1909
  • Patent backdated on account of him being an Abiturient
• 11 November 1915 Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)
• 18 October 1919 Polizei-Oberleutnant
• 1 April 1920 Polizei-Hauptmann (Police Captain)
• 9 April 1920 Charakter als Hauptmann (Reichswehr)
• 1 October 1933 Polizei-Major
• 20 April 1935 Polizei-Oberstleutnant (Police Lieutenant Colonel)
• 15 October 1935 Oberstleutnant (E)
• 1 December 1939 Oberst (E)
• 1 April 1943 Generalmajor

Awards and decorations

Ribbon Bar (Feldspange)

• Iron Cross (1914), 2nd and 1st Class
  • 2nd Class on 21 December 1914
  • 1st Class on 26 January 1918
• Baden Order of the Zähringer Lion (Orden vom Zähringer Löwen), Knight's Cross 2nd Class with Swords on 2 February 1915 (BZ3b⚔)
• Saxon Albrechts-Orden, Knights Cross 2nd Class with Swords (SA3b⚔) on 3 July 1915
• Civil Order of Saxony, Knight Second Class with Swords (SV3b⚔) on 27 January 1916
• Highest Certificate of Appreciation of the King of Saxony (Allerhöchster Anerkennungsurkunde S.M. des Königs von Sachsen) on 20 September 1918
• Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918 with Swords on 14 January 1935
• Wehrmacht Long Service Award (Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung), 4th to 1st Class for 25 years
  • 1st Class on 2 October 1936
• Winter Battle in the East 1941–42 Medal on 30 August 1942
• Repetition Clasp 1939 to the Iron Cross 1914, 2nd Class on 18 March 1943
• War Merit Cross (1939), 2nd and 1st Class with Swords
  • 2nd Class on 30 January 1941 as Oberst (E)
  • 1st Class on 1 August/September 1943 as Generalmajor