Sunday, January 17, 2021

Bio of Generalleutnant z.V. Hans von Hößlin

 


Generalleutnant Hans von Hösslin
Born: 20 Sep 1880 in Erbach, Odenwald
Died: 31 Dec 1947 in Ljubljana, Slovenia, Yugoslavia (Executed)

Promotions:
Fähnrich (10 Mar 1899); Leutnant (24 Oct 1900); Oberleutnant (25 Jun 1910); Hauptmann (12 Oct 1914); Major (01 Dec 1920); Oberstleutnant (01 Apr 1924); Oberst (01 Feb 1928); Generalmajor (01 Apr 1931); Charakter als Generalleutnant (31 Mar 1932); Generalleutnant z.V. (01 Feb 1941)

Career:
Entered Army Service (01 Aug 1898)
Fahnenjunker in the 3rd Bavarian Infantry-Regiment (01 Aug 1898-01 Apr 1907)
Battalion-Adjutant in the 3rd Bavarian Infantry-Regiment (01 Apr 1907-01 Oct 1912)
Detached to the Bavarian War Academy (01 Oct 1912-02 Aug 1914)
In the Field as Company-Leader with the 3rd Bavarian Reserve-Infantry-Regiment (02 Aug 1914-12 Sep 1914)
2nd General-Staff-Officer in the Staff of the 1st Bavarian Reserve-Division (12 Sep 1914-23 Jan 1915)
Ordinance-Officer with the Staff of the 1st Bavarian Reserve-Division (23 Jan 1915-09 Sep 1915)
General-Staff-Officer with the Staff of South-Army (09 Sep 1915-24 Oct 1915)
Ordinance-Officer with the Staff of the 5th Bavarian Reserve-Division (24 Oct 1915-10 Feb 1916)
General-Staff-Officer in the Staff of the 6th Bavarian Reserve-Division (10 Feb 1916-31 Dec 1916)
Chief of Operations (Ia) in the Staff of the 2nd Bavarian Landwehr-Division (31 Dec 1916-05 Oct 1918)
Leader of I. Battalion of the 3nd Bavarian Infantry-Regiment (05 Oct 1918-19 Nov 1918)
Commander of I. Battalion of the 3rd Bavarian Infantry-Regiment (19 Nov 1918-29 Nov 1918)
Delegated with the Leadership of the 3rd Bavarian Infantry-Regiment (29 Nov 1918-27 Dec 1918)
Adjutant of the 3rd Bavarian Infantry-Brigade (27 Dec 1918-21 Feb 1919)
Delegated with the Leadership of the 3rd Bavarian Infantry-Brigade (21 Feb 1919-28 Apr 1919)
Chief of Operations (Ia) in the Staff of Group Bogendörfer (28 Apr 1919-08 Jun 1919)
General-Staff-Officer with the Staff of Dissolution-Staff 103 (08 Jun 1919-01 Oct 1919)
General-Staff-Officer with the Staff of the 23rd Reichswehr-Brigade (01 Oct 1919-01 Oct 1920)
General-Staff-Officer with the Staff of Military-District-Command VII (01 Oct 1920-01 Oct 1924)
Commander of II. Battalion of the 9th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1924-01 Feb 1927)
Detached to Transport & Equipment Course (28 Feb 1926-07 Mar 1926)
Transferred to the Staff of the 19th Infantry-Regiment (01 Feb 1927-15 Nov 1927)
Transferred into the RWM (15 Nov 1927-01 Apr 1928)
Chief of Staff of the 7th Division (01 Apr 1928-01 Oct 1929)
Commander of the 19th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1929-01 Feb 1931)
Detached to Firing-Course for heavy Infantry Weapons (07 Oct 1930-30 Oct 1930)
Infantry-Leader VII (01 Feb 1931-31 Mar 1932)
Retired (31 Mar 1932)
Placed to Disposal (Army) (01 Jul 1938)
Commander of Replacement-Troops in Military-District XVIII, Salzburg (26 Aug 1939-05 Nov 1939)
Commander of Division 188 (05 Nov 1939-01 Oct 1942)
Commander of Division 188 (23 Oct 1942-31 Mar 1943)
Führer-Reserve OKH (15 May 1943-22 May 1943)
Deputy Commander in Military-District XVIII (22 May 1943-06 Sep 1943)
Führer-Reserve OKH (06 Sep 1943-20 Nov 1943)
Commander of the 188th Reserve-Mountain-Division (20 Oct 1943-01 Mar 1945)
Commander of the 188th Mountain-Division (01 Mar 1945-08 May 1945)
In Yugoslav Captivity (08 May 1945-31 Dec 1947)
Sentenced to Death by a Yugoslav War Crimes Court and Executed (31 Dec 1947)

Awards & Decorations:
- Deutsches Kreuz in Silber: am 31.08.1943 als Generalleutnant z.V. und Kommandeur der Division Nr. 188
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- Kgl. Bayer. Prinz-Regent-Luitpold Jubiläums-Medaille und mit der Krone
- Kgl. Bayer. Militär-Verdienstorden IV. Klasse mit Schwertern und mit der Krone
- Grossherzoglich Hessische Tapferkeitsmedaille
- Hamburgisches Hanseatenkreuz
- k.u.k. Österr. Militär-Verdienstkreuz III. Klasse mit der Kriegsdekoration
- Kgl. Bayer. Dienstauszeichnungskreuz II. Klasse
- Ehrenritter des Kgl. Preuss. Johanniter-Orden
- Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- Kriegsverdienstkreuz II. bis I. Klasse mit Schwertern


Source :
https://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?p=2316063#p2316063
https://web.archive.org/web/20091027112719fw_/http://www.geocities.com/~orion47/WEHRMACHT/HEER/Generalleutnant/HOESSLIN_HANS.html

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