Friedrichfranz Feeser

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Friedrichfranz Feeser (born January 14, 1875 in Aschaffenburg , † September 24, 1938 in Munich ) was a German officer , most recently major general of the Reichswehr and a military author.

Life

origin

Feeser was the son of a high school professor . In 1916 he married Elisabeth Roth, with whom Feeser had a child.

Military career

After attending a humanistic grammar school , Feeser joined the 4th field artillery regiment "König" of the Bavarian Army in Augsburg on July 16, 1894 as a flag junior . There he was promoted to secondary lieutenant on February 27, 1896 after attending military school . Feeser then graduated from the artillery and engineering school from October 1, 1897 to July 12, 1898 and was transferred to the 6th field artillery regiment "Prince Ferdinand of Bourbon, Duke of Calabria" in Fürth in October 1900 . From 1901 to 1904 Feeser graduated from the military academy . This was followed by commandments as first lieutenant in the General Staff in Munich and then in the General Staff in Berlin. After his promotion to captain , Feeser was transferred to the Central Office of the General Staff on May 4, 1910. From October 1, 1912 he was employed as a battery chief in the 2nd field artillery regiment "Horn" and at the same time from mid-February to the end of May 1914 he was assigned to the field artillery shooting school Jüterbog .

After the outbreak of the First World War , Feeser and his regiment were deployed in conjunction with the 4th Infantry Division during the border battles on the Western Front . From December 24, 1914 to the beginning of January 1915, he was employed as a general staff officer at the General Command of the II Army Corps . Then Feeser was transferred to the General Staff of the Army High Command South on the Eastern Front and promoted to major on January 15, 1915 . After a year Feeser returned to the Western Front and worked here from February 9 to August 20, 1916 as the first general staff officer in the staff of the 39th Reserve Division during the trench warfare in the Vosges . He was then reassigned to the staff of the Army High Command South. From August 31, 1917 to February 10, 1918, Feeser was First General Staff Officer of the I. Reserve Corps and then rose to become Chief of the General Staff of the XXXX. Reserve Corps .

After the armistice of Compiègne and the return home, Feeser was made available to the Ministry of Military Affairs in Munich at the end of December 1918 . In February 1919 he was assigned to the War History Department of the Great General Staff in Berlin and, after the department was closed, he was assigned to the Reichswehr Ministry . At the end of November 1919, Feeser was transferred here as a consultant and promoted to lieutenant colonel on October 1, 1920 . On February 1, 1923, he was commander of the 1st Division in the 7th (Bavarian) Artillery Regiment and on February 22, 1924, with seniority from December 1, 1923, promoted to colonel . As such, Feeser was commandant of Munich from April 1, 1924. On February 28, 1927, he was retired from active service with the character of major general.

Author and teaching activity

After his departure, Feeser worked as a military author of war history writings. Together with the former artillery general Konrad Krafft von Dellmensingen , he wrote the two-volume work Das Bayernbuch vom World Wars 1914–1918 .

From 1936 until his death, Feeser was a lecturer at the University of Würzburg for military studies and war history .

Awards

literature

  • Dermot Bradley (Ed.), Ernest Henriot: Die Generale der Heeres 1921-1945 The military careers of the generals, as well as the doctors, veterinarians, intendants, judges and ministerial officials in the general rank. Volume 3: Dahlmann-Fitzlaff. Biblio Publishing House. Osnabrück 1994. ISBN 3-7648-2443-3 . Pp. 423-424.
  • Othmar Hackl : The Bavarian War Academy (1867-1914). CH Beck´sche publishing house bookstore. Munich 1989. ISBN 3-406-10490-8 . Pp. 433-434.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j Ranking list of the German Imperial Army. Ed .: Reichswehr Ministry . Mittler & Sohn publishing house . Berlin 1924. p. 115.
personal data
SURNAME Feeser, Friedrichfranz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Feeser, Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German major general, military author
DATE OF BIRTH January 14, 1875
PLACE OF BIRTH Aschaffenburg
DATE OF DEATH September 24, 1938
Place of death Munich