Sigmund von Imhoff (30 June 1881 – 7 July 1967) was a

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in the

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during

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Biography

Wilhelm Maria Sigmund Heinrich, Freiherr von Imhoff, was born a member of the Imhoff family in

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, Lorraine, on 30 June 1881.Wilhelm Maria Sigmund Heinrich von Imhoff o
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/ref> 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

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. 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 1941.44.Infanterie-Division
sur lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de. 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.

References

;Bibliography * Dieter Zinke, Andreas Schulz : ''Die Generale der Waffen-SS und der Polizei'' - volume 3, Biblio-Verlag, Bissendorf, 2008 (p645- 651). {{DEFAULTSORT:Imhoff, Sigmund von 1881 births 1967 deaths Luftwaffe World War II generals German Army personnel of World War I Bavarian nobility Military personnel from Metz Military personnel from Alsace-Lorraine German police chiefs German barons Major generals of the Luftwaffe