Kurt Gieser

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Kurt Gieser (born June 5, 1909 , † December 21, 1973 ) was a German officer , Colonel of the Wehrmacht , most recently Brigadier General of the Bundeswehr .

Life

Kurt Gieser joined the Reichswehr in 1928 . During the Second World War he was promoted to the rank of colonel, was among other things commander of the 2nd battalion in the 16th Panzer Artillery Regiment in the 16th Panzer Division and, shortly before the end of the war, led the People's Throwing Brigade 17 .

After the war in 1945 Gieser Regierungsrat in Ulm . It was followed from 1952 to the resolution in June 1952 to be used as a head of artillery in office Blank and he was in this position, instrumental in the new participating branch of service of the artillery troops for later Bundeswehr prepare. He was transferred to the newly created Federal Ministry of Defense in Bonn . In 1956 he was head of the artillery department in the troop office in Cologne for a year . His successor in this position was Colonel Wilhelm Prilipp . He then became an artillery officer in the troop office . Since 1956 he was also stage manager of the artillery , which he remained until 1963. From 1959 to September 1963 he was used as a newly created general of the artillery troops after his promotion to brigadier general . He was then deputy commander of the 1st Airborne Division until September 1965 . From October 1965 until his retirement in 1967 he was the successor of Raban von Canstein (West) German (military) authorized representative for the Territorial Command South . He then left the Bundeswehr on September 30, 1967.

After leaving the Bundeswehr, he worked for BASF in Ludwigshafen and dealt with the development and lobbying marketing of audiovisual teaching equipment for the troops.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Clemens Range: The tolerated army: 50 years of the Bundeswehr . Translimes Media, 2005, ISBN 978-3-00-015382-2 , pp. 273 ( google.de [accessed on March 22, 2020]).
  2. ↑ Wolfgang Werthen, Kameradschaftsbund 16 Panzer und Infanterie-Division Kameradenhilfswerk: History of the 16th Panzer Division, 1939-1945 . H.-H. Podzun, 1958, p. 107 ( google.de [accessed on March 22, 2020]).
  3. ^ A b Institute for German Military History (Germany): Bundeswehr, Army of Revenge: Problems of the Development of the Bundeswehr . German Military Publishing House, 1965, p. 44 ( google.de [accessed on March 22, 2020]).
  4. ↑ Helmut R. Hammerich, Dieter H. Kollmer, Martin Rink, Rudolf J. Schlaffer: Das Heer 1950 to 1970: conception, organization and installation . Oldenbourg Verlag, 2014, ISBN 978-3-486-71187-5 , pp. 285 ( google.de [accessed on March 22, 2020]).
  5. ↑ Head of Artillery Department (1956–1959). In: Reinhard Teuber: The Bundeswehr 1955–1995. Patzwall, Norderstedt 1996, p. 38.
  6. ↑ Reinhard Teuber: The Bundeswehr 1955-1995 . Militair-Verlag KD Patzwall, 1996, p. 39 ( google.de [accessed on March 22, 2020]).
  7. ↑ Reinhard Teuber: The Bundeswehr 1955-1995 . Militair-Verlag KD Patzwall, 1996, p. 56 ( google.de [accessed on March 22, 2020]).
  8. ↑ a b Wehrkunde: organ of the Society for Wehrkunde . Verlag Europäische Wehrkunde, 1967, p. 437 ( google.de [accessed on March 22, 2020]).
  9. ^ DIE ZEIT (archive): Wanderer between the fronts . In: The time . November 4, 1977, ISSN  0044-2070 ( zeit.de [accessed on March 22, 2020]).
personal data
SURNAME Gieser, Kurt
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German officer, most recently Brigadier General of the Bundeswehr
DATE OF BIRTH June 5, 1909
DATE OF DEATH December 21, 1973