Oskar Schimpf

Oskar Schimpf
Birth name	Ernst August Oskar Schimpf
Birth date	16 December 1885(1885-12-16)
Place of birth	Ulm, Kingdom of Württemberg, German Empire
Death date	19 August 1958 (aged 72)
Place of death	Wiesbaden, Hesse, West Germany
Allegiance	German Empire Weimar Republic National Socialist Germany
Service/branch	Army of Württemberg Imperial German Army Reichswehr Heer
Years of service	1906–1945
Rank	Lieutenant General
Battles/wars	World War I World War II
Awards	Iron Cross Friedrich Order Württemberg Military Merit Order Hanseatic Cross War Merit Cross (1939)
Relations	∞ 4 July 1924 Irene Blind

Ernst August Oskar Schimpf (16 December 1885 – 19 August 1958) was a German officer of the Army of Württemberg, the Imperial German Army, the Reichswehr and the Wehrmacht, finally Lieutenant General with the position / title (not rank) as General der Pioniere in World War II.

Military career (chronology)

Oskar Schimpf (left) and Max Dennerlein

• Easter 1906 Abitur
• 1.7.1906 Entry into the Württemberg Pioneer Battalion No. 13, Ulm
• 1906 to 1907 Attended War School
• November 1907 Return to the Württemberg Pioneer Battalion No. 13
• 18.12.1913 In the 1st Pioneer Inspectorate, commanded to the Fortification Königsberg
• 2.8.1914 Adjutant to the staff officer of the pioneers in the Königsberg Governorate
• 8.10.1914 Adjutant of the Vistula Flotilla (Voluntary Motorboat Corps) under Captain at Sea z. D. Harry Graf von Posadowsky-Wehner
• 1.12.1914 Leader of the Vistula Flotilla (Weichselflottille)
• 11.1.1915 Adjutant to the staff officer of the pioneers of the Königsberg Fortress
• 1.7.1915 Adjutant to the staff officer of the pioneers of the Njemen-Armee
• 31.10.1915 Delegated with the leadership of the Reserve Pioneer Company No. 43
• 18.1.1917 On staff at General Command 64
• 23.9.1917 to 28.9.1917 Ordered to the course at the Gas School Berlin
• 20.2.1918 In the replacement company of the Württemberg Pioneer Battalion No. 13
• 1918 Commanded to the Fortification in Alsace (Reichsland Elsaß-Lothringen)
• 6.6.1919 Commanded to the Reich Compensation Commissioner
• 21.6.1919 Commanded to the transit camp (Dulag) Münsingen
• 18.7.1919 Leader of the 1st Company of the Reichswehr Pioneer Battalion 13 in Ulm of the Reichswehr-Brigade 13 in Stuttgart (Preliminary Reichswehr)
• 1.1.1921 On the staff of the 5th (Württemberg) Pioneer Battalion, Ulm
• 1.2.1923 Commanded to the staff of Group Command 1, Berlin
• 1.4.1924 Commander of the 2nd Company of the 3rd (Prussian) Pioneer Battalion, Küstrin/Oder
• 1.11.1925 Transferred to the staff of the Group Command 1, Berlin
• 1.1.1929 On the staff of the 7th (Bavarian) Pioneer Battalion, München
• 1.2.1931 Commander of the 3rd (Prussian) Pioneer Battalion, Küstrin
• 1.10.1933 On the staff of the 2nd Division, Stettin
• 1.10.1934 Commander of the construction troops (Army Construction Department) in Gießen
• 1.2.1935 Inspector of the Fortress Inspectorate VI (Conversion), relocated to Aschaffenburg at the beginning of May 1935
• 15.3.1939 Commander of the Fortress Pioneer Staff VI, Saarbrücken
• 26.8.1939 Commander Senior Construction Staff (Oberbaustab) 14 (renamed)
• 6.2.1940 General of the Pioneers (General der Pioniere) of Army Group C
• 26.10.1940 General of the Pioneers of Army Group D
• 15.1.1943 Commandant of the Eifel-Saarpfalz fortifications
• 22.2.1943 Commanded to Army Group Center
• 20.3.1943 Commandant of the Eifel-Saarpfalz fortifications
• 13.9.1944 Commandant of the Higher Command Saarpfalz
• 15.10.1944 Delegated with the duties as General of the Pioneers for Special Use Center (General der Pioniere z. b. V. Mitte)
  • his earlier transfer to the Führerreserve (Leader Reserve) dated from the same day either became not effective or he was delegated with the duties while formally still in the Führerreserve.
• 1945 Taken prisoner by the Western Allies (transferred to UK Island Farm Bridgend German PoW Camp 198 / Special Camp XI)

Promotions

• 1.7.1906 Fahnenjunker (Officer Candidate)
• 25.2.1907 Fähnrich (Officer Cadet)
• 18.11.1907 Leutnant (2nd Lieutenant) with Patent from 22.5.1906
• 8.11.1914 Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)
• 18.12.1915 Hauptmann (Captain)
  • 1.2.1922 received new Rank Seniority (RDA) from 18.12.1915
• 1.11.1928 Major
• 1.4.1933 Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant Colonel)
• 1.4.1935 Oberst (Colonel)
• 1.6.1938 Charakter als Generalmajor (Honorary Major General)
• 1.1.1939 Generalmajor (Major General)
• 1.12.1940 Generalleutnant (Lieutenant General)

Awards and decorations

• Iron Cross (1914), 2nd and 1st Class
  • 2nd Class on 6 November 1914
  • 1st Class on 21 May 1916
• Friedrichs-Orden, Knight's Cross 2nd Class with Swords (WF3b⚔)
• Württemberg Military Merit Order, Knight’s Cross (WMV3/WM3) on 29 June 1916
• Military Merit Cross (Austria-Hungary), III. Class with War Decoration (ÖM3K) on 14 October 1916
• Friedrich Order, Knight 1st Class with Swords (WF3a⚔) on 25 February 1917
• Hanseatic Cross of Hamburg on 27 February 1917
• Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918 with Swords on 25 January 1935
• Wehrmacht Long Service Award (Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung), 4th to 1st Class (25-year Service Cross) on 2 October 1936
• West Wall Medal (Deutsches Schutzwall-Ehrenzeichen) on 10 December 1939
• Repetition Clasp 1939 to the Iron Cross 1914, 2nd and 1st Class
  • 2nd Class on 31 January 1940
  • 1st Class on 25 June 1940
• War Merit Cross, 2nd and 1st Class with Swords