Fritz von Weller

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Fritz Louis von Weller (born May 3, 1848 in Brandenburg an der Havel , † November 8, 1928 ) was a Prussian lieutenant general .

Life

origin

Fritz was a son of the Prussian Major General Gustav von Weller (1820-1891) and his wife Auguste, née Schwickart (1824-1866).

Military career

Weller joined the Guard Fusilier Regiment of the Prussian Army on October 1, 1867 and was promoted to Second Lieutenant by early February 1869 . As such, he took part with the 1st Battalion in 1870/71 during the war against France in the battle of Gravelotte , the battle of Beaumont and the siege of Paris . At Sedan's he was wounded in the right hand by a gunshot.

Awarded the Iron Cross, 2nd class, he was assigned to the Guard Pioneer Battalion after the peace treaty in June / July 1872 . From the middle of May to the end of September 1875 Weller served as a battalion adjutant and then completed the war academy for three years for further training . In the meantime, he was promoted to prime lieutenant , on December 3, 1881, under position à la suite of his regiment, he was transferred as a teacher to the Hanover War School and in this capacity was promoted to captain in mid-May 1882 . In June 1885 Weller took part in the general staff training trip of the X Army Corps . At the end of the year he returned to service with the appointment of company commander in the 5th Thuringian Infantry Regiment No. 94 (Grand Duke of Saxony) . Mid-May 1891 received Weller the character as a Major and two months later the patent to his rank. On March 25, 1893 he was transferred to Kassel in the infantry regiment "von Wittich" (3rd Hessian) No. 83 . Weller acted from April 18, 1893 to March 21, 1897 as commander of the 2nd Battalion, was then appointed director of the Hersfeld War School under the position of his regiment and was promoted to lieutenant colonel in mid-June 1897 . Under promotion to Colonel , he was the on March 29, 1900 5. Hanoverian Infantry Regiment. 165 initially aggregated and on April 18, 1900. Commander of this association appointed. This was followed on April 18, 1903, as a major general and commander of the 83rd Infantry Brigade in Erfurt . In this position he received the Reussian Cross of Honor 1st Class, the Cross of Honor from Schwarzburg 1st Class and on the occasion of the Order Festival in January 1905 the Red Eagle Order 2nd Class with Oak Leaves. On April 22, 1905, Weller was put up for disposition with the statutory pension in approval of his resignation request.

During the First World War Weller was reused as Lieutenant General zD in the military government in occupied Belgium .

family

Weller married Klara Michels (1868–1937) on May 29, 1882. The marriage remained childless.

literature

  • Wallmüller: List of officers of the Royal Prussian Infantry Regiment von Wittich (3rd Kurhessisches) No. 83. 1866–1903. ES Mittler & Sohn, Berlin 1903, pp. 235-236.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dermot Bradley (Ed.), Günter Wegner: Occupation of the German Army 1815-1939. Volume 1: The higher command posts 1815–1939. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1990, ISBN 3-7648-1780-1 , p. 309.
  2. ↑ Loss lists of the Royal Prussian Army and the Grand Ducal Baden Division from the campaign of 1870–1871. Berlin 1871, p. 746.
  3. ^ Military weekly paper . No. 111 of September 15, 1904, p. 2663.
  4. ^ Military weekly paper. No. 115 of September 22, 1904, p. 2775.
  5. ^ Military weekly paper. No. 11 of January 26, 1905, p. 219.
  6. ^ Military weekly paper. No. 50 of April 25, 1905, p. 1185.
  7. ↑ German Officer Association (Ed.): Honor ranking list of the former German Army. ES Mittler & Sohn, Berlin 1926, p. 695.
personal data
SURNAME Weller, Fritz von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Weller, Fritz Louis von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian lieutenant general
DATE OF BIRTH May 3, 1848
PLACE OF BIRTH Brandenburg on the Havel
DATE OF DEATH November 8, 1928