Hans Gollnick

Hans Gollnick
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Born	(1892-05-22)22 May 1892 Gut Gursen in Pomerania
Died	15 February 1970(1970-02-15) (aged 77) Schönau am Königssee
Allegiance	German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Heer
Years of service	1913-1945
Rank	General der Infanterie
Commands held	36. Infanterie-Division 36. Panzer Grenadier Division
Battles/wars	World War I World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves

Hans Gollnick (22 May 1892 – 15 February 1970) was a German general.

Gollnick was born at Gut Gursen in the Province of Pomerania as the son of Paul Gollnick, lord of the manor of Gursen, and Elisabeth Peglow descendant from the ducal house of Pomerania.

Gollnick entered military service on 22 March 1912, and served in World War I as a Leutnant. At the beginning of World War II, Gollnick was commander of Infanterie-Regiment 76 in the Skirmish of Krojanty. During the war, he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross in 1942, and promoted to General on 1 October 1943. In January 1945 he escaped to Denmark, and was a British POW from January 1946 for a month until 5 February.

Gollnick died in Schönau am Königssee.

Awards

• Iron Cross (1914) II. und I. Class
• Wound Badge (1918) in Schwarz
• Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
• Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis I. Klasse
• Spange zum Eisernen Kreuz II. und I. Klasse
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross on 27 November 1942 as Generalmajor and commander of the 36. Infanterie-Division (mot.)
  • 282nd Oak Leaves on 24 August 1943 as Generalleutnant and commander of the 36. Panzergrenadier-Division
• Medaille Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/42
• Mentioned in the Wehrmachtbericht on 26 February 1945

Hans Gollnick was recommended for the Swords to the Knight's Cross for his defensive efforts in East Prussia in April 1945. However, the request was not processed before the war ended.

References

Citations

Bibliography

• Berger, Florian (1999). Mit Eichenlaub und Schwertern. Die höchstdekorierten Soldaten des Zweiten Weltkrieges. Selbstverlag Florian Berger. ISBN 3-9501307-0-5.
• Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000). Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945. Friedburg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5.
• Prerdovich (1978). Generalität des deutschen Heeres.
• Schaulen, Fritjof (2003). Eichenlaubträger 1940 - 1945 Zeitgeschichte in Farbe I Abraham - Huppertz (in German). Selent, Germany: Pour le Mérite. ISBN 3-932381-20-3.

External links

• Biography of Hans Gollnick