Hermann von Strantz
Hermann von Strantz
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Hermann von Strantz during WWI
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Born | 13 February 1853 Nakel an der Netze, Kingdom of Prussia |
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Dessau, Germany |
Allegiance | Prussia German Empire |
Service/ |
Imperial German Army |
Years of service | 1870–1919 |
Rank | General of Infantry |
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Battles/wars | Franco-Prussian War World War I |
Awards | Pour le Mérite |
Hermann Christian Wilhelm von Strantz (13 February 1853 in Nakel an der Netze – 3 November 1936 in Dessau) was a Prussian officer, and later General of Infantry during World War I. He was a recipient of Pour le Mérite.
World War I
In 1914, von Strantz was commanding V Corps with headquarters in Posen. In peacetime the Corps was assigned to the VIII Army Inspectorate but on mobilisation V Corps was assigned to the 5th Army forming part of centre of the forces for the Schlieffen Plan offensive in August 1914 on the Western Front.[1]
Armee-Abteilung[2] Strantz (named for von Strantz while he was in command, but later renamed to Armee-Abteilung C) was formed on 18 September 1914 from the left (southern) wing of the 5th Army. It initially commanded V Corps and III Bavarian Corps, controlling half a dozen divisions. Strantz remained as commander of V Corps concurrently but was deputised in this post by a Divisional Commander.
Strantz remained as commander of the Armee-Abteilung until 2 February 1917 when he retired from active service (German: zur Disposition gestellt).[3]
Awards
- Iron Cross II Class (1870)
- Iron Cross I Class (1914)
- Pour le Mérite (22 August 1915)
- Order of the Crown
- Order of the Zähringer Lion
- Bavarian Military Merit Order
- Order of the Red Eagle
- Belgian Order of Leopold
- Order of Albert the Bear
- Legion of Honour
References
Bibliography
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- [Feldzeitung] Zwischen Maas und Mosel. Armee-Abteilung von Strantz, hrsg. vom Oberkommando der Armee-Abteilung von Strantz, Siegburg ca. 1914-1917
- Holm Kirsten, Das sowjetische Speziallager Nr. 4 Landsberg/Warthe, hrsg. von der Stiftung Gedenkstätten Buchenwald und Mittelbau-Dora, Göttingen 2005 ISBN 389244952X
- Hans Friedrich von Ehrenkrook, Genealogisches Handbuch der adeligen Häuser. Adelige Häuser A Band IV. (= Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Band 22 der Gesamtreihe), Glücksburg 1960.
- Hanns Möller: Die Geschichte der Ritter des Ordens „pour le merite“ im Weltkrieg 1914-1918 - Abschnitt: General der Infanterie von Strantz; Deutsches Wehrkundearchiv 2007, DW-34001-00
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Preceded by | Commander, V Corps 3 April 1911-2 February 1917 |
Succeeded by General der Infanterie Eduard von Below |
Preceded by
Formed
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Commander, Armee-Abteilung Strantz 18 September 1914-4 February 1917 |
Succeeded by General der Infanterie Max von Boehn |
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- 1853 births
- 1936 deaths
- People from Nakło nad Notecią
- People from the Province of Posen
- Generals of Infantry (Prussia)
- Recipients of the Pour le Mérite (military class)
- German Army generals of World War I
- Recipients of the Iron Cross (1870), 2nd class
- Recipients of the Order of the Red Eagle, 1st class
- Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Zähringer Lion
- Grand Crosses of the Military Merit Order (Bavaria)
- Recipients of the Order of Albert the Bear
- Recipients of the Order of the Griffon (Mecklenburg)
- Commanders 2nd class of the Saxe-Ernestine House Order
- Recipients of the Iron Cross (1914), 1st class
- Grand Crosses of the Order of Military Merit (Bulgaria)
- Officiers of the Légion d'honneur
- Commanders of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus
- Commanders of the Order of Christ (Portugal)
- Recipients of the Order of St. Anna, 1st class
- Grand Crosses of Military Merit