Martin von Dittelberger

Martin Dittelberger , knight of Dittelberger since 1914 (born December 13, 1871 in Waldfenster , † December 17, 1945 in Munich ) was a German major general and knight of the Military Max Joseph Order .

Life

Dittelberger occurred on August 9, 1890 as a volunteer and officer candidates in the 18th Infantry Regiment "Prince Louis Ferdinand" the Bavarian Army one was there on January 1, 1891 Sergeant transported and after simultaneous appointment as Portepee Ensign on March 1 In 1891 he was assigned to the Munich War School. On his return he became second lieutenant on March 5, 1892 . From June 5 to August 3, 1895, Dittelberger was commanded to attend a riding course with the Chevaulegers squadron in Zweibrücken and from June 1 to 28, 1897 to a pioneer course. On September 19, 1900 he was promoted to first lieutenant . In the following years he was alternately assigned to the military shooting school before he was transferred here as an assistant on October 1, 1902. At the same time as he was promoted to captain on June 23, 1910, he was employed as a company commander in the "Crown Prince" 2nd Infantry Regiment . On March 9, 1910 there was another command at the military shooting school. From June 16 to 19, he was assigned to the Prussian military shooting school and subsequently to the Prussian rifle examination committee until June 25, 1913 .

With the outbreak of World War I , Dittelberger was given a company in the Reserve Infantry Regiment 2 as chief and was deployed with it on the western front . In this function he became major on September 10, 1914 . On February 18, 1915, Dittelberger took over the 1st Battalion and finally became regimental commander on May 21, 1917.

Here he stayed after the end of the war until demobilization . Dittelberger then joined the Epp Freikorps for a short time before he was transferred to the military shooting school on May 9, 1919. He then joined the staff of the Reichswehr Rifle Regiment 42 on September 29, 1919 and was appointed commander of the Bavarian military shooting school on December 13, 1919. From there, Dittelberger was transferred to the Reichswehr Ministry on January 9, 1920 , where he was employed as a department head for the inspection of weapons and equipment. In this function was carried out on 18 May 1920, promoted to lieutenant colonel and on 1 July 1921, Colonel . Dittelberger was appointed commander of the 19th (Bavarian) Infantry Regiment in Munich on November 1, 1923 . At the same time he was promoted to major general on January 31, 1925 he retired from active service.

literature

• Dermot Bradley (ed.), Karl-Friedrich Hildebrand, Markus Rövekamp: The Generals of the Army 1921–1945. Volume 3: Dahlmann-Fitzlaff. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1994, ISBN 3-7648-2443-3 , pp. 152-153.