Date of birth:

January 18th, 1893 (Nesselwang, Germany)

Date of death:

June 26th, 1973 (Bad Kreuznach, Germany)

Nationality:

German

On August 1, 1913 Schlemmer was assigned to the 2nd Pioneer Battalion of the
Bavarian Army. With the beginning of the First World War Schlemmer moved with
the 5th Field Artillery Regiment "King Alfonso XIII. from Spain " , in the function of
a train and battery leader, from Landau into the field.
This was followed by promotions to Lieutenant (December 1914) and Lieutenant (April 1918).
In 1934 Schlemmer was promoted to Major. A year later, he was assigned as a group leader at the Army Weapons Office due to the rearmament to the Reich Ministry of War.
On March 16, 1937, the promotion to lieutenant colonel followed. After the Blomberg-Fritsch crisis in 1938 he was appointed to the Army High Command. In the same year he was given command of the Mountain Artillery Regiment 111 in Innsbruck, which he led after his promotion to Colonel in 1939 during the Polish campaign. Afterwards Schlemmer received the command of the artillery regiment 7, with which he participated in the west campaign.
As of December 17, 1941, he commanded the 134th Infantry Division on the eastern front in the Moscow area.
In 1942 he was first promoted to Major General, 1943 Lieutenant General.
In 1944 he was given command of the LXXV. Army Corps, which fought in Italy at the side of Marshal Graziani. In the same year he received the rank of general of the mountain troops.
At the end of the war, he fell into American captivity, from which he was released on 17 June 1947.
Schlemmer died in Bad Kreuznach and is buried in the city cemetery there.

06.12.1914 Leutnant
06.04.1918 Oberleutnant
01.07.1922 neues RDA vom 20.06.1918 (48) erhalten
xx.xx.192x neues RDA vom 22.03.1918 (35a) erhalten
01.07.1926 Hauptmann (6)
01.08.1934 Major (12)
01.03.1937 Oberstleutnant (2)
20.04.1939 neues RDA vom 01.10.1936 (46a) erhalten
01.08.1939 Oberst (11)

10.11.1938 Kommandeur der III. / Gebirgsartillerieregiment 111 (Hall)
01.10.1939 Kommandeur des Artillerieregiments 7
05.03.1941 Artilleriekommandeur 148
01.01.1942 Kommandeur der 134. Infanteriedivision (bis 01.03.1942 mFb)
15.04.1944 mit der stellvertretenden Führung des VIII. Armeekorps beauftragt (bis 12.05.1944)
19.05.1944 mit der stellvertretenden Führung des XXIII. Armeekorps beauftragt
01.06.1944 Führerreserve OKH (IV)
12.06.1944 kommandiert zum 2. Lehrgang für Kommandierende Generale (bis 08.07.1944)
01.09.1944 Kommandierender General des LXXV. Armeekorps (bis 01.11.1944 mFb)

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