Zimmermann, Lothar Richard, Dr. (Inf.Rgt.420)
- Date of birth:
- January 20th, 1896 (Breisach/Baden, Germany)
- Date of death:
- July 1946 (Sušak - Croatia)
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
08.07.1914 : Fahnenjunker - Zugführer in the Inf.Rgt.114
30.03.1915 : Leutnant - Zugführer, Kompanieführer and Adjutant in the Inf.Rgt.114
22.12.1920 : Oberleutnant - IR.114
01.08.1934 : Hauptmann in the Reichswehr - IR.114
01.10.1937 : Major - IR.114 - I./ IR.56
01.01.1941 : Oberstleutnant - I./ IR.305 - IR.326
01.07.1942 : Oberst - IR.420
From November 1941, he was appointed to the Army Group South and then Kdr of the IR.420 from December 1941 to the 29.9.1942.
After wounding, he stayed at the hospital and then he was appointed to the Führerreserve.
From 30.3.1943 to 29.1.1945, he was appointed Commander of the Combat College Nisch in Bulgaria. After dissolution of the combat school in September 1944, he was commander of the Gren. Regt. "Belgrade Fortress" with about 1000 men.
From January 1945, he was combat commander of Fiume (Sušak today).
In January 1946 he was picked up from the hospital Preco in Croatia and executed and buried in Summer 1946 in Sušak-Trsat in Croatia.
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Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz (1918)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Rank:
- Leutnant (2nd Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- IR.114
- Awarded on:
- May 9th, 1915
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Rank:
- Leutnant (2nd Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- IR.114
- Awarded on:
- May 27th, 1915
Ritter II. Klasse zu dem Orden der Löwen von Zähringen
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Rank:
- Leutnant (2nd Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- IR.114
- Awarded on:
- June 19th, 1916
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Rank:
- Leutnant (2nd Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- IR.114
- Awarded on:
- September 6th, 1916
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Rank:
- Leutnant (2nd Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- IR.114
- Awarded on:
- June 26th, 1918
Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Rank:
- Hauptmann (Captain)
- Unit:
- J.R. Konstanz
- Awarded on:
- February 7th, 1935
- Rank:
- Hauptmann (Captain)
- Unit:
- Stab, 5. Division
- Awarded on:
- October 2nd, 1936
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Major
- Unit:
- Kommandeur, I. Bataillon, Infanterie-Regiment 305
- Awarded on:
- June 28th, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant-colonel)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur, I. Bataillon, Infanterie-Regiment 305
- Awarded on:
- June 30th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant-colonel)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur, I. Bataillon, Infanterie-Regiment 305
- Awarded on:
- August 20th, 1941
silver version
Ordinul Steaua Romaniei
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberst (Colonel)
- Awarded on:
- September 2nd, 1941
Order of Military Merit 3rd Class
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberst (Colonel)
- Awarded on:
- June 10th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberst (Colonel)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur, Infanterie-Regiment 420, 125. Infanterie-Division, Heer
- Awarded on:
- August 26th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberst (Colonel)
- Awarded on:
- September 5th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberst (Colonel)
- Unit:
- Stab, Infanterie-Regiment 420, 125. Infanterie-Division, Heer
- Awarded on:
- January 15th, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberst (Colonel)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur, Kampfschule Nisch
- Awarded on:
- April 2nd, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberst (Colonel)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur, Kampfschule Nisch
- Awarded on:
- July 19th, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberst (Colonel)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur, Kampfschule Nisch
- Awarded on:
- August 5th, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberst (Colonel)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur, Grenadier-Regiment "Veste Belgrad", Armee-Abteilung Serbien, Heer
- Awarded on:
- January 7th, 1945
5114th Award.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberst (Colonel)
- Awarded on:
- January 7th, 1945
Sources
- Photo: Wehrmacht großer Ordens- und Urkundennachlaß aus dem Besitz von Oberst Dr. Lothar Zimmermann, zuletzt Kommandeur der Kampfschule Nisch, Bulgarien (330470) - Decorations of the Wehrmacht Army - Military Antiques
- - DöRR, M., Die Inhaber der Anerkennungsurkunde des Oberbefehlshaber des Heeres 1941-1945, Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück, 1993.
- Vorläufiges Besitzzeugnis DKiG
- Wehrmacht großer Ordens- und Urkundennachlaß aus dem Besitz von Oberst Dr. Lothar Zimmermann, zuletzt Kommandeur der Kampfschule Nisch, Bulgarien (330470) - Decorations of the Wehrmacht Army - Military Antiques
- Axis History Forum via Awardholders / unit
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