Carl Wintzer (General)

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Carl Wintzer (center) with his sons Karl Ulrich (left) and Heinrich (right)

Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Wintzer , also Karl Winzer , (born July 29, 1860 in Brooklyn , New York City , † November 26, 1943 in Detmold ), was a Prussian major general in the First World War .

Life

family

Carl Winzer was a son of the merchant Karl Wilhelm Winzer (1823–1898), who lived in New York for a few years, and his wife Helene, née Stallforth (1835–1906). His parents returned to East Westphalia from the USA around 1865 . By decision of the Prussian Minister of Justice on June 17, 1929, the name was changed from "Winzer" to "Wintzer".

Carl Winzer married Marie von Stillfried-Rattonitz (1870–1901) in Kassel in 1890 and had the following offspring with her:

In his second marriage he married Else Augustin (1877–1965) in Berlin in 1904 , with whom he had two other children:

Military career

On April 1, 1880, Winzer joined the Hessian Field Artillery Regiment No. 11 of the Prussian Army in Kassel. On September 16, 1881 he became second lieutenant in the Magdeburg Field Artillery Regiment No. 4 . In 1900 he was promoted to captain , he was a teacher at the Anklam War School and was placed à la suite with his previous regiment.

On January 27, 1907, he was promoted to major and on April 18, 1913 to lieutenant colonel , now with the Lauenburg Field Artillery Regiment No. 45 . On April 22, 1914, Winzer became the commander of the 3rd Guards Field Artillery Regiment in Berlin, with which he took part in the Battle of St. Quentin after the outbreak of the First World War . As the war continued, he was artillery commander of the 1st Guards Division and was last commander of the 1st Guards Field Artillery Brigade in Potsdam .

Wintzer was wounded several times during the First World War. With the Armistice of Compiègne he took his leave .

Awards

literature

  • Kurt Heydemann: The Battle of St. Quentin in 1914. Part 2: Guard and Hanoverians from August 28th to 30th. Salzwasser Verlag, Paderborn 1926, ISBN 978-3-84600-863-8 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c War Ministry (ed.): Ranking list of the Royal Prussian Army and the XIII. (Royal Württemberg) Army Corps for 1914. Mittler & Sohn, Berlin 1914, p. 423.
personal data
SURNAME Wintzer, Carl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Winemaker, Karl; Wintzer, Karl Friedrich Wilhelm (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian major general in the First World War
DATE OF BIRTH July 29, 1860
PLACE OF BIRTH Brooklyn , New York City
DATE OF DEATH November 26, 1943
Place of death Detmold