Albert von Fritsch

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Albert Hermann von Fritsch (born April 29, 1856 in Freistett , † November 18, 1922 in Nonnenhorn ) was a Württemberg lieutenant general in the First World War .

Life

On April 7, 1873, Fritsch entered the field artillery regiment "King Karl" (1st Württembergisches) No. 13 of the Württemberg Army in Ulm as an ensign . On September 8, 1874, he was transferred to Ludwigsburg in the field artillery regiment "Prince Regent Luitpold von Bayern" (2nd Württembergisches) No. 29 and shortly afterwards on October 7, 1874 promoted to secondary lieutenant. From October 1, 1877 to September 30, 1884, Fritsch acted as regimental adjutant, was promoted to prime lieutenant on October 13, 1883 , and as such was then assigned to the Prussian War Academy until June 19, 1887 . He then continued to serve in his regiment and was then assigned to the General Staff on April 1, 1888 . As captain , Fritsch was transferred back on January 12, 1889, and on February 9, 1889, he was transferred to the field artillery regiment "King Karl" (1st Württembergisches) No. 13 as battery chief . Already on March 26, 1889 he was assigned to the General Staff of the XIII. (Royal Wuerttemberg) Army Corps and from September 28, 1890 he acted there as Second General Staff Officer . As the first general staff officer , Fritsch switched to the general staff of the 26th Division (1st Royal Württembergische) on March 31, 1891 . He stayed there until April 20, 1893 and then became battery chief in the field artillery regiment "Prince Regent Luitpold von Bayern" (2nd Württembergisches) No. 29. After a year he was transferred to the staff of the field artillery regiment "King Karl" (1st . Württembergisches) No. 13. At the same time as his promotion to major , Fritsch became commander of the III. Department of the field artillery regiment "Prince Regent Luitpold von Bayern" (2nd Württembergisches) No. 29. Another year later Fritsch came again to the field artillery regiment "König Karl" (1st Württembergisches) No. 13, where he initially acted as commander of the IV. Department, then from January 1, 1899 as Commander of the I. Department. On May 18, 1901, Fritsch was finally appointed commander of the field artillery regiment "Prince Regent Luitpold von Bayern" (2nd Württembergisches) No. 29, which he led until February 24, 1907. In the meantime, they had him on April 22, 1902 Lieutenant Colonel and on 22 April 1905 Colonel promoted. As such, Fritsch became commander of the 30th Field Artillery Brigade in Strasbourg on February 25, 1907 . After Fritsch was promoted to major general on April 20, 1909 , he was put up for disposition a year later .

First World War

After the outbreak of World War I and the mobilization , Fritsch made himself available, but initially received no use. This only took place on September 11, 1914, when he was appointed commander of the ammunition columns and the Trans des XIII. (Royal Württemberg) Army Corps appointed. On March 8, 1915, Fritsch became the commander of the 58th (Royal Saxon) Field Artillery Brigade. With this he participated first on the western front in the spring battle at La Bassée and Arras . Then the brigade was transferred to the Eastern Front and fought on the Narew and Bobr and in the battles on the Nyemen and Vilna . In March 1916 the brigade returned to the western front in front of Verdun . After the trench warfare, the brigade took part in the Battle of the Somme . After its termination, Fritsch was appointed commander of the 26th Reserve Division (1st Royal Württembergische) while being promoted to Lieutenant General.

After the end of the war, he led the division back home, where it was demobilized . Albert von Fritsch's military career ended on December 16, 1918, and he was retired on that date.

Awards

literature

  • Karl-Friedrich Hildebrand, Christian Zweng: The knights of the order Pour le Mérite of the First World War. Volume 1: A-G. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1999, ISBN 3-7648-2505-7 , pp. 444-445.
  • Hanns Möller: History of the knights of the order pour le mérite in the world war. Volume I: A-L. Bernard & Graefe Verlag, Berlin 1935, pp. 339–341.
  • Otto von Moser : The Wuerttembergians in the World War. Belser-Verlag, Stuttgart 1927.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Prussian War Ministry (ed.): Ranking list of the Royal Prussian Army and the XIII. (Royal Württemberg) Army Corps for 1909. ES Mittler & Sohn , Berlin 1909, p. 95.
  2. ↑ Otto von Moser : Die Württemberger in the world wars. 2nd expanded edition, Chr.Belser AG, Stuttgart 1928, p. 113.
  3. ^ Württembergisches Kriegsministerium (Ed.): Königlich Württembergisches Militär-Verordnungsblatt. No. 70 of November 10, 1915, p. 646.
  4. ^ Württembergisches Kriegsministerium (Ed.): Königlich Württembergisches Militär-Verordnungsblatt. No. 33 of August 2, 1918, p. 267.
  5. ^ Württembergisches Kriegsministerium (Ed.): Königlich Württembergisches Militär-Verordnungsblatt. No. 42 of October 10, 1918, p. 353.
personal data
SURNAME Fritsch, Albert von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fritsch, Albert Hermann von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Württemberg Lieutenant General in the First World War
DATE OF BIRTH April 29, 1856
PLACE OF BIRTH Freett
DATE OF DEATH November 18, 1922
Place of death Nun's horn