Hohnhorst, Ludolf Günther Karl von.

Hohnhorst, Ludolf Günther Karl von, often called Hohnhurst, born 13-08-1899, in Oberau, Upper Franconia, son of Generalleutnant Ernst von Hohnhorst and Thelda von Hohnhorst, a noble family. After completing school, Hohnhorst joined the Imperial Navy as a volunteer at the beginning of October 1916 during the First World War. Ludolf graduated from the Mürwik

naval school and received his on-board training on the training ship Freya  and the liner ships Schleswig-Holstein and Hanover. As an ensign in the sea, Hohnhorst was a watch officer on the torpedo boat T 173, was on leave from November 30th to December 31st, 1918 after the end of the war and then released to the reserve. On 29-12-1925 he was transferred as an assistant to the lock test and training command in Kiel. On 29-09-1925 he was transferred as an assistant to the lock test and training command in Kiel. From October 1928 to October 1931 he was then assigned to the Defense Department in the Reichswehr Ministry in Berlin. With the outbreak of World War II he was a Fregattenkapitän and adviser in the Naval Signals Department until 30-06-1940.  He then was adviser in the Sub Department, Armistice Commission France to 18-04-1941. Chief of Staff in the Staff of Admiral Norwegian West Coast, to 22-09-1942. Detached to the Staff of Commanding Admiral Norway to 06-11-1942, under Admiral, Theodore Krancke

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  Hohnhorst was commandant of Sea Fortifications Polar Sea Coast  to 20-04-1944 and Chief of Staff in the Staff of Naval High Command Norway until 31-05-1945. He landed in captivity and released on 09-10-1947 and retired in Hemer, where he at the age of 78 died, on 14-05-1978 and is buried on the cemetery Kantstrasse, in Hemer.

   

                                       

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