Sigmund von Imhoff

Sigmund von Imhoff (30 June 1881 – 7 July 1967) was a Generalmajor in the Luftwaffe during World War II.

Hans-Sigmund von Imhoff
Born30 June 1881
Metz
Died7 July 1967(1967-07-07) (aged 86)
Farchant (Oberbayern)
Allegiance German Empire
 Nazi Germany
Service/branch Imperial German Army
Balkenkreuz (Iron Cross) Luftwaffe
RankGeneral der Bayerischen Landespolizei
Battles/warsWorld War I
World War II
AwardsEhrenkreuz des Preußischen Johanniter-Ordens

Biography

Wilhelm Maria Sigmund Heinrich, Freiherr von Imhoff, was born a member of the Imhoff family in Metz, Lorraine, on 30 June 1881.[1] His father, Christoph Gustav Karl Sigmund was an officer at Metz, a border town of the German Empire.

Sigmund von Imhoff served as officer in the German Army during the First World War. After the War, von Imhoff served as officer in the Landespolizei Freistaates of Bayern, the Bavarian police. On 3 April 1933, Sigmund von Imhoff was promoted to the rank of Polizeigeneral, general in the police. His son, Sigmund, Major in the Heer, fell on the Russian front in August 1941.[2] Sigmund von Imhoff was later seconded to the Luftwaffe, with the rank of Generalmajor.

Wilhelm Maria Sigmund Heinrich, Freiherr von Imhoff, died in Farchant, Oberbayern, on 7 July 1967.[1]

References
  1. Wilhelm Maria Sigmund Heinrich von Imhoff on geneall.net
  2. 44.Infanterie-Division sur lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de.
Bibliography
  • Dieter Zinke, Andreas Schulz : Die Generale der Waffen-SS und der Polizei - volume 3, Biblio-Verlag, Bissendorf, 2008 (p645- 651).
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