Konrad von Goßler (General)

Konrad von Goßler (born November 8, 1881 at Gut Zichtau , Gardelegen district ; † September 9, 1939 in Berlin-Grunewald ) was a German cavalry general .

Life

Origin and family

Konrad von Goßler was the fourth of six children of the couple Karl Ferdinand Konrad von Goßler , district administrator of the district Gardelegen and Elisabeth Ernestine Rabe von Pappenheim born (* 1853) on the Country Estate Good Zichtau. He came from the Goßler family .

Konrad von Goßler was married and had four children.

Entry into the army and First World War

Konrad von Goßler joined the Prussian army at the end of 1901 with the rank of Fahnenjunker . He first served in the 1st Brandenburg Dragoon Regiment No. 2 in Schwedt an der Oder , where he was promoted to lieutenant in 1902 and served in the newly established Jäger-Regiment on Horseback No. 5 in Mulhouse from 1908 until the beginning of the First World War .

During the First World War, Konrad von Goßler last served with the rank of Rittmeister in various general staffs and received numerous awards for his work, even later.

Activities in the Reichsheer

Konrad von Goßler was accepted into the transitional army after the First World War and in the spring of 1920 he was transferred to the general staff of the newly established 1st Cavalry Division in Frankfurt an der Oder . With the formation of the Reichswehr in 1921, he became a general staff officer in the staff of the 3rd Cavalry Division with stationing in Kassel until the end of 1922 . Here he served under the chief of staff Gerd von Rundstedt as an I a officer. Until he was transferred to the General Staff of the 5th Division in Stuttgart in mid-1925, he worked in various functions in the 14th Reiter Regiment in Ludwigslust . He remained on the General Staff of the 5th Division until he was transferred to Breslau , where he became Chief of Staff of the 2nd Cavalry Division under the command of Gerd von Rundstedt at the end of 1929 . At the beginning of 1931 he became commander of the 7th Cavalry Regiment , but at the end of 1932 he was transferred to the Reichswehr Ministry as head of the T1 Army Department for two years .

At the beginning of 1934 he succeeded Colonel Erwin von Witzleben as Infanterieführer VI (cover name for the division commander of the 6th Infantry Division ) in Hanover . At the beginning of 1935 he was appointed Artillery Leader VI (cover name for the division commander of the 19th Infantry Division ).

After the unmasking of the associations, he officially became the commander of the 19th Infantry Division as major general at the end of 1935 . In February 1938 he was promoted to general of the cavalry. With the handover of command to Günther Schwantes on March 1, 1938, he came to the Army High Command in Berlin as inspector of the cavalry. He gave up this post at the end of 1938 and was released from active service on March 31, 1939.

Awards (selection)

Knight's Cross III. Class with swords of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern
Grand Ducal Oldenburg Friedrich August Cross 1st class
Commander II class with swords of the Albrecht Order
Commander II class with swords of the Frederick Order
Knight's Cross II class with swords of the Order of the Zähringer Lion
Knight of the House Order of the Wendish Crown
Austrian Military Merit Cross III. Class with the war decoration
Wehrmacht service award, 1st class
Military Merit Officer (Bulgaria)

1914: Iron Cross , 1st class

literature

Dermot Bradley , Karl-Friedrich Hildebrand, Markus Rövekamp: The generals of the army . Volume 4: Fleck – Gyldenfeldt. Biblio-Verlag, Osnabrück 1996, ISBN 3-7648-2488-3 , pp. 366-367.

Web links

Konrad von Goßler at Deutsche Biographie

credentials

↑ ^a ^b Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the letter aristocratic houses - page - ULB Düsseldorf. P. 271 , accessed on March 28, 2018 .
^ ^A ^b Germany Reichswehr Ministry: Ranking list of the German Reichsheeres . ES Mittler & Sohn., 1930, p. 18 ( google.de [accessed on March 29, 2018]).
^ Occupation in the Reichsheer: May 16, 1920, October 1, 1920, October 1, 1921 . Biblioverlag, 1968, p. 125 ( google.de [accessed on March 28, 2018]).
^ Albert Praun: Albert Praun - a German (soldier) life: 1894-1975 . H. Praun, 2004, p. 48 ( google.de [accessed on March 29, 2018]).
^ Dietrich Eichholtz: The way to war: Studies on the history of the pre-war years, 1935/36 to 1939 . Pahl-Rugenstein, 1989, ISBN 978-3-7609-1309-4 , pp. 113 ( google.de [accessed on March 28, 2018]).
↑ ^a ^b Josef Folttmann, Hanns Möller-Witten: Sacrifice of the generals: the losses of the generals and admirals and the other officers and Beaten in the same rank in the Second World War . Bernard and Graefe, 1959, p. 104 ( google.de [accessed on March 28, 2018]).

personal data
SURNAME	Goßler, Konrad von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German general
DATE OF BIRTH	November 8, 1881
PLACE OF BIRTH	Zichtau , Gardelegen district
DATE OF DEATH	September 9, 1939
Place of death	Berlin-Grunewald

[:0-1] Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the letter aristocratic houses - page - ULB Düsseldorf. P. 271 , accessed on March 28, 2018 .

[:2-2] A ^b Germany Reichswehr Ministry: Ranking list of the German Reichsheeres . ES Mittler & Sohn., 1930, p. 18 ( google.de [accessed on March 29, 2018]).

[3] Occupation in the Reichsheer: May 16, 1920, October 1, 1920, October 1, 1921 . Biblioverlag, 1968, p. 125 ( google.de [accessed on March 28, 2018]).

[4] Albert Praun: Albert Praun - a German (soldier) life: 1894-1975 . H. Praun, 2004, p. 48 ( google.de [accessed on March 29, 2018]).

[5] Dietrich Eichholtz: The way to war: Studies on the history of the pre-war years, 1935/36 to 1939 . Pahl-Rugenstein, 1989, ISBN 978-3-7609-1309-4 , pp. 113 ( google.de [accessed on March 28, 2018]).

[:1-6] Josef Folttmann, Hanns Möller-Witten: Sacrifice of the generals: the losses of the generals and admirals and the other officers and Beaten in the same rank in the Second World War . Bernard and Graefe, 1959, p. 104 ( google.de [accessed on March 28, 2018]).