Friedrich Brettner

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Friedrich Brettner with his service dog

Friedrich Brettner (born April 3, 1935 in Gloggnitz ) is an Austrian gendarme , most recently gendarmerie district inspector , and as such also a chronicler and author.

Life

After attending compulsory school, he learned the profession of electrical installer . In 1955 he joined the Austrian Federal Gendarmerie and since that time has been active in the executive service as a gendarmerie dog handler. At the Gendarmerie Central Command in Vienna he acted as a trainer for service dog handlers and trainer for service dogs and as an expert for the service dog system of the Austrian Federal Gendarmerie in the Federal Ministry of the Interior . Friedrich Brettner has been retired since November 1994. His last rank was gendarmerie district inspector .

As a student, Brettner experienced the final battles of World War II in his home country. In 1984 he wrote a chronicle about the fighting in the Semmering area and published his first book, which was followed by more.

His works on the end of the Second World War in Lower Austria and the publications on the history of the gendarmerie are listed in military schools in almost all European countries, in America, Australia, New Zealand and Japan. Through his research, more than 100 soldiers, often still lying in field graves, were identified. Brettner has been doing this work for the Austrian Black Cross since 1982. The last three salvages took place on August 27, 2012 in the Puchberg and Grünbach area .

From 1990 to 2010 he headed the Museum for Younger Contemporary History in the Karl Renner Villa in Gloggnitz, where he designed the following special exhibitions:

  • 1995: Utensils made in captivity
  • 1996: From the B-Gendarmerie to the Federal Army
  • 1998: War dead - recovery - identification
  • 2008: the 1940s
  • 2009: What we stand and walk on - streets - squares in Gloggnitz, whose names and meaning are mostly unknown to the population.

Works

  • 1985: The last fighting of the Second World War in the Semmering area . Foreword by the Colonel of the Federal Border Police, Horst Grunwald
  • 1989: Fates admonish 1938–1955. Connection - end - occupation time .
  • 1994: DINGO service dog - My most successful dogs. History of the service dog . Foreword by Gendarmerie General Johann Seiser
  • 1995: Hurray air raid alarm - my childhood a. Adolescence .
  • 1997: For Heimat Volk and Honor. Establishment of the gendarmerie in 1945 . Preface by Governor of Lower Austria, Erwin Pröll
  • 1999: The last fights d. Second World War in southern Lower Austria . Foreword: Commander of the Theresian Military Academy, General Adolf Erwin Felber
  • 2000: The last fights d. Second World War - Pinka - Lafnitz - Hochwechsel . Preface: General of the Infantry Leeb
  • 2002: The last fights d. Second World War in the Semmering area - revised . Preface by Colonel of the German Federal Border Police, Horst Grunwald
  • 2003: The last fights d. Second World War Steinfeld - Wienerwald - Tullnerfeld - Traisental . Foreword: Military Commander of Lower Austria, General Johann Culik
  • 2004: The last fights d. Second World War Neusiedler See - Danube - March - Thaya . Foreword: Military Commander of Burgenland, Brigadier Johann Luif
  • 2005: refugees - displaced - occupied . Foreword: Security Director for Lower Austria, Hofrat Franz Prucher
  • 2007: Soldiers' fates . Preface: Univ. Prof. Dr. Stefan Karner
  • 2008: Hurray air raid alarm . - 2nd edition revised
  • 2009: Enzenreith - Gloggnitz - Prigglitz. Fateful years 1938–1955
  • 2009: Schottwien - Breitenstein - Semmering. Fateful Years Foreword: District Captain of Neunkirchen, Heinz Zimper
  • 2010: Payerbach - Reichenau - Schwarzau / Geb. Fateful Years Foreword: District Police Commander Lieutenant Colonel Johann Neumüller
  • 2011: Wimpassing - Pottschach - Ternitz. Fateful Years Foreword: Rupert Dworak, Member of Parliament, Mayor of Ternitz
  • 2012: Kirchberg - Otterthal - Trattenbach. Fateful Years Foreword, Mayor of Kirchberg aW, Willibald Fuchs
  • 2012: Höflein - Grünbach - Puchberg. Fateful Years Foreword: Mayor of Puchberg, High School Councilor Michael Knabl
  • 2013: Photo book 1 The last battles of World War II - Pinka - Lafnitz - Hochwechsel - Semmering area - southern Lower Austria Foreword: General Norbert Sinn, commander of the Theresian Military Academy and garrison commander of the statutory city of Wiener Neustadt
  • 2013: Photo book 2 The last battles of World War II - Steinfeld - Wienerwald - Tullnerfeld - Traisental. From Lake Neusiedl to the Danube - March and Thaya. Soldiers' graves - rescue - identification . Foreword: Military Commander of Burgenland, Brigadier Johann Luif.
  • 2013: Schwarzau am Steinfeld - Breitenau - Neunkirchen - Würflach. Fateful Years Foreword: District Captain of Neunkirchen, Alexandra Grabner-Fritz
  • 2013: Zöbern - Aspang Markt - Aspangberg - Mönichkirchen . Foreword: Mayor of Aspang Markt, Hans Auerböck
  • 2014: Refugees - Expelled - Occupied , illustrated book. Preface: Colonel Ernst Schuch
  • 2015: The gendarmerie in Austria 1955-2005. Working for the security of our homeland ; Foreword: Governor of Lower Austria. Erwin Pröll, and State Police Director of Lower Austria. Councilor Franz Prucher
  • 2016: Gendarmerie, police, flight police: daily on duty for security and help , Kral-Verlag, Berndorf 2016, ISBN 978-3-99024-466-1
  • 2018: Dogs in action: saving lives - fighting crime , Kral-Verlag, Berndorf 2018, ISBN 978-3-99024-760-0

Awards

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personal data
SURNAME Brettner, Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian chronicler and author
DATE OF BIRTH April 3, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH Gloggnitz