Wilhelm Steiglehner

Wilhelm Steiglehner
Birth name	Wilhelm Karl Otto Steiglehner
Birth date	30 June 1880(1880-06-30)
Place of birth	Mannheim, Grand Duchy of Baden, German Empire
Death date	4 April 1959 (aged 78)
Place of death	Pfronten near Füssen, Bavaria, West Germany
Allegiance	German Empire Weimar Republic National Socialist Germany
Service/branch	Army of Baden Prussian Army Imperial German Army Reichswehr Heer
Years of service	1900–1945
Rank	Generalmajor
Commands held	Kommandeur des Oberfeldzeugstabes 5 Heeresfeldzeuginspizient beim Oberkommando des Heeres
Battles/wars	World War I World War II
Awards	Iron Cross Royal House Order of Hohenzollern War Merit Cross
Relations	∞ 1910 Käthe Stehr; 2 children

Wilhelm Karl Otto Steiglehner (30 June 1880 – 4 April 1959) was a German officer since 1901, finally Generalmajor of the Heer of the Wehrmacht in World War II.

Military career (day, month, year)

Written by Generalmajor Albrecht Reinecke and Oberstleutnant a. D. Wilhelm Steiglehner

Daughter Gudrun (1917-2014)

• 22.3.1900 Transferred from the main cadet institution (Hauptkadettenanstalt Groß-Lichterfelde) as an honorary officer candidate to the 4. Badisches Feldartillerie-Regiment Nr. 66
  • The Army of Baden was under the rule of he Prusian Army since 25 November 1870, the regiments kept their standards and flags and were referred to as "Badisches Regiment", their crests showed the griffin as the Baden state coat of arms.
• 22.3.1903 Transferred to the 2. Lothringisches Feld-Artillerie-Regiment Nr. 34 in Metz
• 1.10.1910 Battalion adjutant
• 1.10.1912 Battalion adjutant in the Straßburger Feld-Artillerie-Regiment Nr. 84
• 1.10.1913 Regimental adjutant
• 2.9.1916 Adjutant of the 50. Feldartillerie-Brigade
• 5.12.1917 Commander of the III. Abteilung/Feldartillerie-Regiment General-Feldzeugmeister (1. Brandenburgisches) Nr. 3
• 14.03.1918 Commander of the II. Abteilung/Feldartillerie-Regiment Nr. 505
• 17.7.1918 Wounded (seven shrapnel in right leg)
• 17.2.1919 Transferred back to the Feld-Artillerie-Regiment Nr. 84
• 18.2.1919 Commander (Chef) 1. Batterie/Feld-Artillerie-Regiment Nr. 84
• 19.4.1919 Transferred to the Feldartillerie-Regiment Nr. 66
• 1.5.1919 commanded to the staff of the Generalkommando XIV. Armeekorps
• 1.11.1919 Adjutant of the Artillerie-Führer 13
• 1.10.1920 Transferred in the staff of the Artillerie-Führer V
• 1.1.1921 Adjutant of the Artillerie-Führer V
• 1.10.1921 Transferred to the Artillerie-Regiment 5
• 16.12.1921 Commanded back in the staff of the Artillerie-Führer V kommandiert (until 30.9.1923)
• 15.10.1923 Commander (Chef) of the 4. (badische) Batterie/ 5. Artillerie-Regiment
• 28.7.1924 Commanded to torpedo firing of the Reichsmarine (until 7.8.1924)
• 20.7.1925 Commanded to a riding training course at the cavalry school (until 8.8.1925)
• 1.2.1926 Transferred to the staff of the Breslau commander's office
• 1.3.1928 Transferred to the staff of the Ulm commander's office
• 31.1.1930 Retired
• 1.2.1930 Employee in the Reich service according to §5 6 W.V.G.
  • Head of Equipment Management at 5th Engineer Battalion (5. Pionier-Bataillon)
• 1.10.1933 Re-employed as L officer (L-Offizier) in Pionier-Bataillon 5 (Ulm)
• 1.11.1934 Transferred to the Reichswehrministerium (In 5)
• 5.3.1935 Transferred to the E officers
• 21.5.1935 Still serving in the Reich Ministry of Defence, now named Reich Ministry of War (Reichskriegsministerium)
• 12.10.1937 in der Inspektion der Pioniere im Allgemeinen Heeresamt [laut Stellenbesetzung]
• 28.2.1939 Once again retired
• 1.3.1939 Made available to the officers of the army while at the same time being called up for active military service in his previous function (zu den Offizieren zur Verfügung des Heeres gestellt unter gleichzeitiger Einberufung zum aktiven Wehrdienst in seiner bisherigen Funktion)
• 26.8.1939 Official in charge for Pioneers in the Army Supply Department of the Army General Staff (Sachbearbeiter für Pionierwesen in der Abteilung Heeresversorgung im Generalstab des Heeres)
• 1.8.1941 Employed in the army or Heer (active officer)
• 1.12.1941 Führerreserve OKH (FzM), unter Kommandierung zum OKH / AHA / Feldzeuginspizient
• 10.1.1942 Commander of the Oberfeldzeugstab 5
• 24.6.1942 At the same time Army Field Equipment or Ordnance Inspector at the Army High Command (zugleich Heeres-Feldzeug-Inspizient beim Oberkommando des Heeres)
• 19.6.1943 With effect from 22 April 1943 Commander of the Feldzeugkommando V (appointment also applies to the peacetime relationship with effect from 1 July 1943)

Family

Wilhelm was the son of Major a. D. Josef Otto Steiglehner (b. 7 February 1833 in Mudau near Karlsruhe; d. 29 March 1893), a veteran of the Franco-Prussian War, and his wife Anna, née Achenbach.

Marriage

On 4 Oktober 1910, Oberleutnant Steiglehner married his fiancée Käthe Stehr. They had a son (b. 1911) and daughter Gudrun (b. 22 April 1917 in Straßburg, Reichsland Elsaß-Lothringen).

Promotions

• 22.3.1900 Charakter als Fähnrich (Honorary Officer Candidate)
• 20.11.1900 Fähnrich (Officer Cadet)
• 18.8.1901 Leutnant (2nd Lieutenant)
• 18.8.1910 Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)
• 8.10.1914 Hauptmann (Captain)
  • 1.2.1922 received new rank seniority or Rangdienstalter (RDA) from 8.10.1914
• 1.4.1924 Major
• 1.10.1929 Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant Colonel)
• 1.10.1933 Oberstleutnant a. D. as L-Offizier with rank seniority from 1.10.1929
• 5.3.1935 Oberstleutnant (Ergänzungsoffizier) mit RDA vom 1.10.1929
  • 1.11.1936 received serial number for RDA from 1.10.1929
• 1.1.1937 Oberst (E)
• 1.3.1939 Oberst z. D. (Colonel at disposal) with RDA from 1.1.1937
• 1.8.1941 Oberst (active officer) with RDA from 1.1.1937
• 1.8.1942 Generalmajor

Awards and decorations

• Grand Ducal Baden Government Jubilee Medal (Großherzoglich Badische Regierungsjubiläumsmedaille) on 4 June 1902
• Iron Cross (1914), 2nd and 1st Class
  • 2nd Class on 22 September 1914
  • 1st Class on 2 September 1915
• Baden Order of the Zähringer Lion (Orden vom Zähringer Löwen), Knight's Cross 2nd Class with Swords on 2 February 1915 (BZ3b⚔)
• Prussian Knight's Cross of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern with Swords on 3 May 1918
• Wound Badge (Verwundetenabzeichen 1918) in Black on 17 July 1918
• Prussian Long Service Cross for 25 years (Königlich Preußisches Dienstauszeichnungskreuz) on 1 July 1920
• Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer on 18 February 1935
• Wehrmacht Long Service Award (Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung), 4th to 1st Class for 25 years
  • 1st Class on 2 October 1936
• Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939), 2nd Class on 31 May 1940
• War Merit Cross (1939), 2nd and 1st Class with Swords
  • 1st Class on 30 January 1942