Ernst Ritter von Brunner

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Ernst Ritter von Brunner 1916

Ernst Karl August Brunner , from 1915 Ritter von Brunner (born October 31, 1867 in Prenzlau , † September 12, 1929 in Munich ) was a Bavarian colonel .

Life

family

Ernst was the son of the chief customs inspector Ernst Brunner and his wife Creszentia, nee Panzer. On December 17, 1867, he was baptized in St. Nicholas Church. Brunner married Wilhelmine Freiin von Reitzenstein on November 20, 1893 in Bayreuth; the marriage resulted in a son. After his wife died in 1909, Brunner married Berta Nordhoff on December 19, 1912. From this marriage three sons and one daughter were born.

Military career

Brunner graduated from the humanistic grammar school in Hof and joined the 7th Infantry Regiment “Prince Leopold” of the Bavarian Army as a three-year-old volunteer in August 1885 . There he was in March 1886 Ensign appointed and September 12, 1887 Lieutenant promoted. On October 1, 1892, he was assigned to the topographic office of the General Staff. There he was promoted to Premier Lieutenant on June 11, 1895 . On October 1, 1897, he returned to his regular regiment. There he was promoted to captain and company commander in May 1903 . In October 1905 he was transferred to the topographical office of the General Staff as head of the aerial photography department , where he was promoted to major in March 1911 .

With the outbreak of the First World War , Brunner was appointed commander of the 1st Battalion in Reserve Infantry Regiment 10 on August 3, 1914 and deployed with it on the Western Front. For his military successes he received the Knight's Cross of the Military Max Joseph Order on May 9, 1915 . Associated with this was the elevation to the personal nobility and he was allowed to call himself Ritter von Brunner after his entry in the nobility register .

From 11 August to 31 October 1915, he was a lieutenant colonel and 11 March 1916 to 9 April 1917 as a colonel commander of the Reserve Infantry Regiment 2 . For his services in the Battle of the Somme in the summer of 1916 he was awarded the Order of Military Merit IV Class with Crown and Swords. In between, from January 31 to March 11, 1916, he was briefly given command of the 3rd Reserve Infantry Regiment .

At the end of the war Brunner was in command of Reserve Infantry Regiment 10. Since April 9, 1918, he was missing. Brunner was captured. After the end of the war he was commander of the 6th Infantry Regiment "Kaiser Wilhelm, King of Prussia" from February 8, 1919 , before he was retired from active service on December 31, 1920.

Works

  • The KB Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 2. Co-author with Max Helbling, Martin Ritter von Dittelberger, Volume 41 of the memorial sheets of German regiments, Verlag Bayerisches Kriegsarchiv, 1926 [1]

literature

  • Rudolf von Kramer, Otto Freiherr von Waldenfels: VIRTUTI PRO PATRIA. The Royal Bavarian Military Max Joseph Order. Acts of War and Book of Honor 1914-1918. Self-published by the Royal Bavarian Military Max Joseph Order, Munich 1966, pp. 124, 271f.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Church book 1631-1944. Evangelical Church of Sankt Nikolai in Prenzlau.
  2. ↑ Eduard Ritter von Herold: The KB Reserve Field Artillery Regiment. Verlag M. Schick, 1927. p. 156. ( excerpt )
  3. ↑ Otto Schaidler: The k. B. 7th Infantry Regiment Prince Leopold. Bavarian War Archives, 1922. p. 126. ( excerpt )
personal data
SURNAME Brunner, Ernst Ritter von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Brunner, Ernst Karl August (birth name); Ernst Karl August Ritter von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bavarian Colonel
DATE OF BIRTH October 31, 1867
PLACE OF BIRTH Prenzlau
DATE OF DEATH September 12, 1929
Place of death Munich