Julius
Friedrich Riemann
(16.04.1855 - 15.06.1935)
place of birth: Graudenz,
Westpreußen
(Grudziadz, PL)
Königreich
Preußen: KG,
General der Infanterie
Imperial German general Julius
Riemann served during the Great War as a corps
commander. Germany's mobilization day saw General Riemann in
charge of 15th Division, subordinate to VIII. Army Corps (Fourth Army).
Two months into the hostilities, he replaced General Tülff von Tschepe
und Weidenbach as commander of VIII. Corps. Riemann was promoted to
General der Infanterie on the Kaiser's birthday in early 1915 as his
troops remained involved in heavy fighting in the Champagne
region near Perthes. Kaiser Wilhelm visited the
area himself in March 1915, when he personally presented Riemann with
the Pour le Merite medal in recognition of his
outstanding leadership.
After the fighting settled in late March,
VIII. Army Corps was transferred to the Artois to
support Sixth Army headquarters during the springtime battles fought at
La Bassée
and Arras. Riemann and his corps then fought in the
trenches along the River Aisne from September
through November subordinate to Germany's Seventh Army. Shortly before
Christmas 1916, General von Riemann left for the Eastern Front to head
up VI. Army Corps fighting in support of Heeresgruppe
Linsingen in the Pripyat Swamp region
near Stochid (Ukraine). In September 1917, Riemann and his corps moved
north to assist Eighth Army in the successful assault on
Riga, Latvia. General Riemann thereafter was placed on
reserve status and remained in that capacity until retiring in March
1918. After the War, the National Socialists named the army barracks in
Düren in
Riemann's honor. The highly-decorated general passed away in Wiesbaden
at 80 years of age.
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General
der Infanterie |
27.01.1915 |
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Pour
le Mérite |
16.03.1915 |
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