Bernhard Boeß

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Bernhard Karl Friedrich Boeß , born as Carl Friedrich Bernhard Boёss, also Boess or Boëß , (born January 1, 1856 in Wernigerode ; † August 10, 1929 ) was a German lieutenant general .

Life

Bernhard Boeß was born at Wernigerode Castle , where his father, Chamber Councilor Carl Friedrich Boёss, was in the service of Count Otto zu Stolberg-Wernigerode . He attended the Graeflich-Stolberg'sche Gymnasium in Wernigerode, which he left at Easter 1874, and then embarked on a military career.

In 1875 he was a non-commissioned officer in the 8th Brandenburg Infantry Regiment No. 64 and remained there, in 1890 as Premier-Lieutenant , until at least 1897. Later he served as a company commander in Infantry Regiment No. 16 . In 1901 he was assigned to Infantry Regiment No. 155 as Railway Line Commissioner and previously promoted to Major à la suite and sent directly to the Railway Department of the Great General Staff . He stayed there until 1907 and was then assigned as a lieutenant colonel to the 99th Infantry Regiment as battalion commander.

As a colonel , he became commander of the 3rd Lower Alsatian Infantry Regiment No. 138 in mid-March 1910 , which he remained until the end of January 1913. Before that he had served as a staff officer in Infantry Regiment No. 17 . Boeß became the commander of the 24th Infantry Brigade and handed it over to Hermann von der Heyde in mid-1914 . He gained fame primarily through his participation as major general in the Battle of Tannenberg in 1914. There he was in command of the 4th Infantry Brigade in the 2nd Infantry Division of the 1st Army Corps . At the end of 1914 he took over the newly established 79th Reserve Division as Lieutenant General , which he led until mid-1916, including in the winter battle in Masuria . He then became commander of the 200th Infantry Division . From September 1917 to June 1918 he was then commander of the 11th Reserve Division with which he fought in Flanders .

In February 1914 he was attacked and injured by two soldiers. The soldiers fled and subsequently killed themselves. These suicides were discussed in the Reichstag at the request of Matthias Erzberger .

Boeß was on the honorary committee of the German Scout Association . He was married to Gertrud Förtsch († 1916), a daughter of Richard Förtsch .

Awards (selection)

The following awards are given for the state of 1914:

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Entry in the church book of St. Pantaleon in Wernigerode
  2. ^ A b Günter Wegner: Occupation of the German armies 1815-1939 . Biblio Verlag, 1990, p. 216 ( google.de [accessed on May 9, 2020]).
  3. ^ Fürstlich-Stolberg'sches Gymnasium (Wernigerode): Annual report: 1874/75 (1875) . 1875, p. 45 ( google.de [accessed on May 9, 2020]).
  4. ↑ Military weekly: independent magazine for the German armed forces . Mittler, 1875, p. 1849 ( google.de [accessed on May 9, 2020]).
  5. ↑ Seniority list of officers in the Royal Prussian Army and the XIII (Royal Württemberg Army Corps) . Mittler and Son., 1901, p. 157 ( google.de [accessed on May 10, 2020]).
  6. ↑ Guido von Frobel: Military weekly paper . ES Mittler., 1901, p. 70 ( google.de [accessed on May 10, 2020]).
  7. ^ Prussia (Germany) War Ministry: Ranking list of the royal Prussian army . 1907, p. 1081 ( google.de [accessed on May 10, 2020]).
  8. ^ Military weekly paper . ES Mittler., 1910, p. 857 ( google.de [accessed on May 9, 2020]).
  9. ^ Günter Wegner: Occupation of the German Armies 1815-1939 . Biblio Verlag, 1990, p. 250 ( google.de [accessed on May 9, 2020]).
  10. ^ Reichsarchiv (Germany): The World War, 1914 to 1918 . 1925, p. 358 ( google.de [accessed on May 11, 2020]).
  11. ↑ W. Walther: The Reserve Infantry Regiment 265 in attack and defense, 1914/18: based on the official war diaries and personal records. of fellow campaigners . B. Sporn, 1933, p. 2 ( google.de [accessed on May 9, 2020]).
  12. ^ Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Department General State Archives Karlsruhe - Finding aid 456 F 14: 200th Infantry Division - Introduction. Retrieved May 9, 2020 .
  13. ^ Germany Reichstag: Negotiations: Stenographic reports . Reichsdruckerei, 1914, p. 9189 ( google.de [accessed on May 11, 2020]).
  14. ↑ Alexander Lion: Young Germany's Boy Scout Book . Springer-Verlag, 2013, ISBN 978-3-662-33925-1 , p. iv ( google.de [accessed on May 11, 2020]).
  15. ↑ Military weekly: independent magazine for the German armed forces . Mittler, 1916, p. 791 ( google.de [accessed on May 11, 2020]).
  16. ^ Prussia (Germany) Army: Ranking list of the Royal Prussian Army and the XIII (Royal Württemberg Army Corps) . ES Mittler., 1914, p. 72 ( google.de [accessed on May 10, 2020]).
personal data
SURNAME Boss, Bernhard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Boess, Bernhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lieutenant general
DATE OF BIRTH January 1, 1856
PLACE OF BIRTH Wernigerode
DATE OF DEATH August 10, 1929