About: Walter Hörnlein   Sponge Permalink

An Entity of Type : dbkwik:resource/57M61t8UhqnTfVDn1WHt-A==, within Data Space : 134.155.108.49:8890 associated with source dataset(s)

Walter "Papa" Hörnlein (2 January 1893 – 14 September 1961) was a General der Infanterie in the Wehrmacht during World War II, and one of only 882 recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. This award was given to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or outstanding military leadership. He was the commander (1 April 1942 - 27 January 1944) of the Großdeutschland Division. Walter Hörnlein surrendered to American troops on 4 May 1945 and was held until 1947.

AttributesValues
rdf:type
rdfs:label
  • Walter Hörnlein
  • Walter Hörnlein
rdfs:comment
  • Walter "Papa" Hörnlein (2. tammikuuta 1893 – 14. syyskuuta1961)
  • Walter "Papa" Hörnlein (2 January 1893 – 14 September 1961) was a General der Infanterie in the Wehrmacht during World War II, and one of only 882 recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. This award was given to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or outstanding military leadership. He was the commander (1 April 1942 - 27 January 1944) of the Großdeutschland Division. Walter Hörnlein surrendered to American troops on 4 May 1945 and was held until 1947.
sameAs
dcterms:subject
dbkwik:military/pr...iPageUsesTemplate
serviceyears
  • 1912(xsd:integer)
Birth Date
  • 1893-01-02(xsd:date)
Commands
Branch
death place
  • Cologne
Nickname
  • "Papa"
Name
  • Walter "Papa" Hörnlein
Caption
  • Walter Hörnlein
dbkwik:fi.ww2books...iPageUsesTemplate
Birth Place
Title
  • Commander of XXVII. Armeekorps
  • Commander of Panzer-Grenadier-Division Großdeutschland
  • Commander of Infanterie-Division Großdeutschland
  • Commander of Infanterie-Regiment Großdeutschland
  • Commander of LXXXII. Armeekorps
Awards
death date
  • 1961-09-14(xsd:date)
Rank
Image size
  • 300(xsd:integer)
Allegiance
  • German Empire
  • Nazi Germany
  • Weimar Republic
Battles
Before
  • None
  • General der Artillerie Maximilian Felzmann
  • General der Artillerie Johann Sinnhuber
  • Generalleutnant Hermann Balck
  • Oberst Wilhelm Von Stockhausen
Years
  • --04-01
  • --04-14
  • --06-30
  • --08-10
  • --09-01
After
  • None
  • General der Infanterie Walther Hahm
  • Generalleutnant Hasso von Manteuffel
  • Generalleutnant Hermann Balck
  • Oberst Köhler
abstract
  • Walter "Papa" Hörnlein (2. tammikuuta 1893 – 14. syyskuuta1961)
  • Walter "Papa" Hörnlein (2 January 1893 – 14 September 1961) was a General der Infanterie in the Wehrmacht during World War II, and one of only 882 recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. This award was given to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or outstanding military leadership. He was the commander (1 April 1942 - 27 January 1944) of the Großdeutschland Division. Walter Hörnlein surrendered to American troops on 4 May 1945 and was held until 1947.
Alternative Linked Data Views: ODE     Raw Data in: CXML | CSV | RDF ( N-Triples N3/Turtle JSON XML ) | OData ( Atom JSON ) | Microdata ( JSON HTML) | JSON-LD    About   
This material is Open Knowledge   W3C Semantic Web Technology [RDF Data] Valid XHTML + RDFa
OpenLink Virtuoso version 07.20.3217, on Linux (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu), Standard Edition
Data on this page belongs to its respective rights holders.
Virtuoso Faceted Browser Copyright © 2009-2012 OpenLink Software