Hohberg was born in
Wismar,
Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and started a career as a
Cavalry officer in the
German Imperial Army. He served throughout
World War I as a
Rittmeister (captain) and was retired after 1918. After his dismissal, he went to his family's manor in
Dulzen near
Preussisch Eylau,
East Prussia, where he started to work as a farmer. In 1909 he married Gertrud von Rheinbaben (1888–1949), daughter of
Prussian Minister of Interior and Finances , but divorced in 1912 after a duel with Horst
von Blumenthal, whom she then married. Around 1930 he joined the
National Socialist German Workers' Party and was temporarily a member of the staff of East Prussian SS leader
Erich von dem Bach–Zelewski, but came into personal conflicts with him. On 14 May 1934, Hohberg was dismissed as SS–
Oberabschnittsreiterführer (regional SS Cavalry leader) with a rank of SS-
Obersturmführer (first lieutenant). During the
Night of the Long Knives, von dem Bach gave the order to kill Hohberg. Most probably on 2 July 1934, Hohberg was shot in his manor house in Dulzen by
SS-Scharführer Zummach (von dem Bach's chauffeur) and SS-
Obersturmführer Carl Reinhard. Hohberg was one of the few SS-members, and probably the highest-ranking one, killed in the Röhm-Putsch. ==Aftermath==