Bio of General der Gebirgstruppe Georg Ritter von Hengl (1897-1952)

Georg Ritter von Hengl

Date of Birth: 21.10.1897 - Lailing, Niederbayern (German Empire)
Date of Death: 19.03.1952 - Sonthofen, Bayerische Alpen (West Germany)

Promotions:
24.04.1915 Unteroffizier der Reserve
12.07.1915 Vizefeldwebel der Reserve
27.03.1918 Leutnant der Reserve
16.02.1918 Leutnant
01.03.1921 Polizei-Leutnant
19.12.1923 Polizei-Oberleutnant
01.06.1931 Polizei-Hauptmann
01.07.1934 SS-Obersturmbannführer
15.10.1935 Hauptmann
01.03.1936 Major
01.04.1939 Oberstleutnant
17.12.1941 Oberst
01.04.1942 Generalmajor
21.01.1943 Generalleutnant
01.01.1944 General der Gebirgstruppe

Career:
Entered Army Service (Reserves) (04 Aug 1914)
War Volunteer in the 11th Bavarian Infantry-Regiment (04 Aug 1914-20 Sep 1914)
Transferred into the 9th Bavarian Reserve-Infantry-Regiment (20 Sep 1914-20 Oct 1914)
In the Field with the 9th Bavarian Reserve-Infantry-Regiment (20 Oct 1914-04 Nov 1914)
Wounded, in Hospital (04 Nov 1914-05 Mar 1915)
Transferred to the II. Replacement-Battalion of the 21st Bavarian Reserve-Infantry-Regiment (05 Mar 1915-14 Jul 1915)
Appointed Reserve-Officer-Aspirant (08 May 1915)
Transferred to Recruitment-Depot I of the 2nd Bavarian Jäger-Battalion (14 Jul 1915-27 Sep 1915)
Platoon-Leader in the 22nd Bavarian Infantry-Regiment (27 Sep 1915-06 May 1916)
Wounded, in Hospital (06 May 1916-18 Jul 1916)
Transferred to the II. Replacement-Battalion of the 22nd Bavarian Infantry-Regiment (18 Jul 1916-15 Aug 1916)
Transferred to the I. Replacement-Battalion of the 22nd Bavarian Infantry-Regiment (15 Aug 1916-19 Oct 1916)
Transferred to the 4th Bavarian Replacement-MG-Company, Hammelburg (19 Oct 1916-08 Feb 1917)
Platoon-Leader in the 5th Bavarian Landwehr-Infantry-Regiment (08 Feb 1917-14 May 1917)
Temporary Company-Leader in the 5th Bavarian Landwehr-Infantry-Regiment (14 May 1917-07 Jul 1917)
Company-Leader in the 5th Bavarian Landwehr-Infantry-Regiment (07 Jul 1917-03 Feb 1918)
Active-Officer (16 Feb 1918)
Observer-Training with the 1st Bavarian Flying-Replacement-Battalion (03 Feb 1918-20 Feb 1918)
Transferred to the Flying-Observer-School (20 Feb 1918-14 Apr 1918)
Transferred to the Exercise-Flying-Battalion Grafenwöhr (14 Apr 1918-14 May 1918)
Transferred to Army-Flight-Park 7 (14 May 1918-02 Jun 1918)
Detached to Flying-Battalion A 295 (02 Jun 1918-23 Jun 1918)
Transferred as Observer into Flying-Battalion A 295 (23 Jun 1918-28 Mar 1919)
Transferred to Volkswehr-Flying-Battalion Schmalschägl (28 Mar 1919-19 Apr 1919)
Wounded in the fighting at Dachau, in Hospital (19 Apr 1919-08 Jul 1919)
Transferred to Flying-Squadron 121 (08 Jul 1919-01 Oct 1919)
Transferred Processing-Office 1 Schleißheim (01 Oct 1919-15 Oct 1919)
Transferred to Territorial-Defence Bavaria (Einwohnerwehr Bayern) (15 Oct 1919)
With the Staff of Territorial-Defence Bavaria, Staff of Oberstleutnant Kriebel (15 Oct 1919-01 Mar 1921)
Transferred to Police Service (01 Mar 1921)
Unit-Officer with the State-Police Augsburg (01 Mar 1921-15 Jul 1921)
Course-Director with the State-Police Augsburg (15 Jul 1921-14 Oct 1922)
Sports-Officer with the Command of the State-Police Augsburg (14 Oct 1922-06 Oct 1924)
Leader of Watch-Command Niederschönenfeld (06 Oct 1924-27 Jan 1925)
Ski-Instructor of the State-Police Bavaria (27 Jan 1925-09 May 1930)
Detached as Instructor of the Selection-Courses for the Olympics at Munich (09 May 1930-01 Oct 1930)
Transferred to the Protection-Police Munich, Personnel-Advisor with Section-Command II, Munich (01 Oct 1930-01 Jun 1932)
Leader of the 4th Police-Unit of Protection-Police Munich (MG Company) (01 Jun 1932-01 Oct 1933)
Leader of the 4th Unit of the State-Police Munich (01 Oct 1933-07 Jul 1934)
Transferred into the SS-VT (01 Jul 1934)
Commander of SS-Standarte Deutschland, before Chief of 13th [IG]/Political Alarm Unit (07 Jul 1934-15 Oct 1935)
Transferred into Army Service (15 Oct 1935)
Chief of 4th (MG) Company of the 100th Mountain-Infantry-Regiment (15 Oct 1935-06 Oct 1936)
Commander of III. Battalion of the 99th Mountain-Infantry-Regiment & Mountain-Leader (06 Oct 1936-10 May 1939)
Special Leave (Round Trip of Africa) (10 May 1939-10 Aug 1939)
Commander of III. Battalion of the 99th Mountain-Infantry-Regiment & Mountain-Leader (10 Aug 1939-24 Feb 1940)
Commander of the 137th Mountain-Infantry-Regiment (24 Feb 1940-02 Mar 1942)
Delegated with the Leadership of the 2nd Mountain-Division (02 Mar 1942-20 Apr 1942)
Commander of the 2nd Mountain-Division (20 Apr 1942-23 Oct 1943)
Delegated with the Leadership of XIX. Mountain-Corps (23 Oct 1943-01 Jan 1944)
Commanding General of XIX. Mountain-Corps (01 Jan 1944-21 Apr 1944)
Detached to ther Personnel Office, OKH (21 Apr 1944-05 May 1944)
Chief of the NS-Guidance-Staff in OKH (15 May 1944-25 Jan 1945)
Delegated to take command of LIX. Army-Corps but was taken ill & command did not become effective (25 Jan 1945-08 May 1945)
In Captivity (08 May 1945-1947)
Released (1947)

Awards and decorations
08.05.1915 1914 Eisernes Kreuz II.Klasse
01.08.1917 1914 Eisernes Kreuz I.Klasse
27.08.1917 Königlich Bayerische Militär-Verdienstorden IV.Klasse mit Schwertern
00.00.191_ Ritterkreuz des Königlich Preussische Hausordens von Hohenzollern mit Schwertern
04.06.1918 Königlich Bayerische Flugzeugbeobachter-Abzeichen
17.07.1918 Ehrenbecher dem Sieger im Luftkampf
00.09.1918 Königlich Bayerische Militär-Verdienstorden IV.Klasse mit Schwertern und mit der Krone
29.10.1918 Ritterkreuz des Königlich Bayerische Militär-Max-Joseph-Ordens
00.00.191_ Verwundetenabzeichen 1918 in Gold
03.09.1924 Deutsches Reichssportabzeichen in Bronze
05.01.1929 Deutsches Reichssportabzeichen in Silber
00.00.193_ Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer 1914-1918
02.10.1936 Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis II.Klasse
06.10.1936 Heeresbergführer-Abzeichen
20.04.1937 Deutsche Olympia-Erinnerungs-Medaille
00.00.193_ Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 13. März 1938
21.09.1939 1939 Spange zum 1914 Eisernes Kreuz II.Klasse
29.09.1939 1939 Spange zum 1914 Eisernes Kreuz I.Klasse
00.00.194_ Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung I.Klasse
25.08.1941 Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes #449, as Oberstleutnant and Kommandeur Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 137 / 2.Gebirgs-Division
00.00.1942 Medaille “Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/1942” (Ostmedaille)
13.05.1943 Vapaudenristin ritarikunta (Finland), 1st Class with Swords
20.06.1944 Deutsches Kreuz in Gold #587/3

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Georg Ritter von Hengl (21 October 1897 – 19 March 1952) joined the German army as an ensign in 1914, aged 16, serving initially in Reserve Infantry Battalion Nr. 21 near Ypres in 1914. The following year saw him transferred to the Eastern Front to serve in Russia. In October 1915, he was transferred south to the Serbian sector. He transferred back to France in 1916, to serve near Verdun; on 23 March he was promoted into the officer's ranks as a Leutnant. He then returned to duties in Russia. After requesting a transfer to aviation duty, he started aerial observer's training on 23 February 1918. Upon graduation, he was posted to the Kingdom of Bavaria's FA(A) 295. His usual pilot in the two-seater reconnaissance aircraft was Johann Baur. The duo were credited with six confirmed aerial victories together, beginning with a double victory over SPADs on 17 July 1918 over Courton Wood. The aircrew of Hengl and Baur were shot down behind British lines during the Third Battle of the Aisne; however, they were rescued from captivity by troopers from Württemberg. The pair would score another four victories in October 1918, with Hengl scoring a seventh while crewing for another pilot.

Georg Hengl emerged from World War I having been awarded both classes of the Iron Cross and the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern. His native Kingdom of Bavaria also bestowed the Military Order of Max Joseph upon him; one of the entitlements of this decoration was an award of lifetime nobility for him, signified by the addition of the phrase "Ritter von" to one's name. Georg Hengl thus became George Ritter von Hengl.

In 1919 Hengl left the army and entered the police. Recalled for military service, in 1936 he was given command of a battalion of the 99th Gebirgsjager Regiment, leading this unit in the first campaigns of World War II.

For much of the war, Hengl was stationed on the Arctic front against the Soviet Union. Initially he commanded the 137th Gebirgsjager Regiment, receiving the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes in August 1941. From March 1942 to October 1943 he commanded the 2nd Mountain Division, and then the XIX Mountain Corps until April 1944. In February 1945 he was designated to take over command of LIX Army Corps on the Eastern Front, but he did not take up the post.

Hengl ended the war with the rank of General of Mountain Troops (German: General der Gebirgstruppe).

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