Günther von Bresler

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Günther von Bresler (born November 28, 1867 in Zeitz ; † 1946 ) was a Prussian major general .

Life

origin

Günther was the son of Prussian captain Guido von Bresler (1818–1889) and his second wife Elise, nee Mengerßen (* 1840). His grandfather was the Prussian Lieutenant General Ernst von Breßler and on his mother's side he came from a large merchant family from the trade fair city of Leipzig .

Military career

After his upbringing in his parents' house and attending grammar schools in Dresden and Kösen , Bresler joined the 2nd Leib-Hussar Regiment No. 2 of the Prussian Army on September 25, 1886 and advanced to secondary lieutenant until mid-January 1888 . At the beginning of September 1896 he was promoted to prime lieutenant and from the end of January 1900 he was in command as adjutant of the 28th Cavalry Brigade . Leaving this command, Bresler was transferred to the Hussar Regiment "Graf Goetzen" (2nd Silesian) No. 6 on January 18, 1901, when he was promoted to Rittmeister . After being released from his command on July 20, 1904, he was appointed squadron chief in the hussar regiment "King Humbert of Italy" (1st Kurhessisches) No. 13 . This was followed in mid-October 1907 as an adjutant at the General Command of the V Army Corps in Posen . On January 27, 1909, he was promoted to major and in 1912 transferred to the staff of the 1st Badischer Leib-Dragoons Regiment No. 20 in Karlsruhe .

After the beginning of the First World War , he was promoted to lieutenant colonel on August 20, 1914, and as a colonel , Bresler was in command of the 10th Landwehr Infantry Brigade. In approval of his resignation request, he was put on the disposition after the end of the war on August 7, 1919 with the statutory pension and the character of major general .

family

Günther von Bresler married Elfriede Miketta (* 1877), daughter of Franz Miketta (1848–1912), colonel and commander of the 2nd Westphalian Hussar Regiment No. 11 in Düsseldorf on October 9, 1897 . The son Fürchtegott-Guido (* 1898) emerged from the marriage.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ August von Mackensen : Black Hussars. History of the 1st Leib-Hussar Regiment No. 1 and the 2nd Leib-Hussar Regiment Kaiserin No. 2. Mittler & Sohn, Berlin 1892, annex, p. 204.
  2. ↑ 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. 375.
  3. ^ Military weekly paper . No. 23 of August 21, 1919, p. 437.
personal data
SURNAME Bresler, Günther von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian major general
DATE OF BIRTH November 28, 1867
PLACE OF BIRTH Time
DATE OF DEATH 1946