Albert von Pfister

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Albert von Pfister.

Albert Pfister , von Pfister since 1888 , (born May 6, 1839 in Münster , † October 19, 1907 in Trossingen ) was a Württemberg major general and writer .

Life

family

Pfister was the eldest son of the pastor of Mergentheim . His grandfather was the historian and general superintendent of Tübingen Johann Christian von Pfister . On February 2, 1872, Pfister married Emma Fischer from Ludwigsburg, daughter of the brewery owner Adolf Fischer. She was born on February 20, 1852 and died on July 11, 1926 in Cannstatt. The couple is buried in Stuttgart.

Military career

First he attended the Latin school in Waiblingen and in 1853 entered the theological seminar in Blaubeuren . After four years, Pfister did not change to the university , but came to the war school in Ludwigsburg as a cadet . In 1859 he was employed as a porter ensign in the 8th Infantry Regiment of the Württemberg Army and in the same year he was promoted to lieutenant during the mobilization on the occasion of the Sardinian War . In 1862 he took a year off to visit the University of Tübingen . Pfister devoted himself to the study of history and was significantly influenced by the historian Reinhold Pauli who taught there . This was followed by his employment as a geography teacher at the Ludwigsburg War School. This activity was interrupted in 1866 through participation as first lieutenant and battalion adjutant during the war against Prussia . During the war against France , Pfister was a member of the Landwehr in Ulm in 1870/71 . In 1872 he was transferred to the 1st Württemberg Infantry Regiment No. 119 as a company commander while being promoted to captain . This is followed by use in closed 2nd Württemberg Infantry Regiment. 120 , where Pfister 1880 the character as a Major and on May 23, 1881 appointment as-budgetary staff officer , the patent was awarded to his rank. After serving as a battalion commander in the Grenadier Regiment "Queen Olga" (1st Württembergisches) No. 119, Pfister was commissioned on January 19, 1885 with the post of regular staff officer in the 8th Infantry Regiment No. 126. The award of the Cross of Honor of the Order of the Württemberg Crown , he was on 24 March 1888 King Charles in the personal nobility collected and was allowed after entry into the Adelsmatrikel call "Pfister".

On July 1, 1889, Pfister was commanded to Prussia as a lieutenant colonel under position à la suite of his regiment and appointed regular staff officer in the grenadier regiment "Graf Kleist von Nollendorf" (1st West Prussian) No. 6 in Posen . Released from this command on March 24, 1890, Pfister returned to Württemberg and on June 10, 1890 was appointed commander of the infantry regiment "King Wilhelm" (6th Württembergisches) No. 124 . Promoted to colonel in this position , he was put up for disposal at the beginning of March 1893 with the approval of his resignation letter and the status of major general with the statutory pension .

After his departure, Pfister received the Order of the Crown, 2nd class, on November 3, 1900, in recognition of his longstanding services .

writer

During his active military service, Pfister published various works on war history. After his departure he worked exclusively as a writer. After the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Tübingen awarded him an honorary doctorate in 1895 , Pfister was given the title of Dr. jur. hc from Johns Hopkins University , Baltimore .

Fonts

  • Memories from the Württemberg war history of the XVIII. and XIX. Century following the history of the 8th Infantry Regiment. Grüninger, Stuttgart 1868.
  • History of the 1st Württemberg Infantry Regiment (Queen Olga Grenadier Regiment) No. 119. Krin, Stuttgart 1875.
  • The infantry regiment Kaiser Wilhelm, King of Prussia (2nd Württ.) No. 120. Metzler, Stuttgart 1881.
  • The militia idea in Württemberg and the attempts to realize it. Kohlhammer Verlag , Stuttgart 1883.
  • The regiment on foot. Old Württemberg in imperial service in Sicily from 1719–1720. in: Military weekly paper. ES Mittler & Sohn , Berlin 1885
  • King Friedrich of Württemberg and his time. Kohlhammer Verlag, Stuttgart 1888.
  • Three Swabians in foreign military service. Count Harrsch , Herwarth von Bittenfeld, Joh. Jak. Wish . D. Gundert Verlag, Stuttgart 1895.
  • From the camp of the Rhine Confederation in 1812 and 1813. Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt , Stuttgart 1897.
  • From the allied camp in 1814 and 1815. Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Stuttgart 1897.
  • The German fatherland in the 19th century. German publishing company, Stuttgart 1900.
  • Pastor Albert, finds from the boyhood. Publishing house of the Union Deutscher Verlags-Gesellschaft, Stuttgart 1901.
  • German discord, memories from my lieutenant's days 1859–1869. Cotta Verlag , Stuttgart 1902
  • The American Revolution 1775–1783. History of the development of the foundations for the Free State and the World Empire, with emphasis on the German part. Two volumes, Cotta`sche Buchhandlung, Stuttgart / Berlin 1904.
  • To America in the service of Schiller. Dedicated to friendship between the people. Cotta'sche Buchhandlung Successor, Stuttgart 1906.
  • Kaiser Wilhelm I and his time. Velhagen & Klasing , Bielefeld 1906.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Family register registry office Stuttgart Mitte, Volume 125, p. 536 "Pfister / Fischer couple"
  2. ^ Military weekly paper. No. 28 of March 28, 1888, p. 564.
  3. ^ Military weekly paper. No. 103 of November 10, 1900, p. 2540.
personal data
SURNAME Pfister, Albert von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pfister, Albert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Württemberg major general and writer
DATE OF BIRTH May 6, 1839
PLACE OF BIRTH Muenster
DATE OF DEATH October 19, 1907
Place of death Trossingen