Oskar Bezzel

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Oskar Bezzel (born August 9, 1870 in Wald , † March 30, 1941 in Munich ) was a Bavarian officer and historian .

Life

origin

He was the son of the Protestant pastor Ludwig Bezzel and his wife Emma, ​​nee Frauenknecht. His brother was the Protestant theologian Hermann Bezzel .

Military career

After graduating from a humanistic grammar school , Bezzel joined the Bavarian Army as a volunteer in August 1888 . He graduated from the Munich War School , was subsequently promoted to secondary lieutenant in 1890 and rose to major in the 9th Infantry Regiment "Wrede" by 1912 .

At the outbreak of the First World War and the mobilization , Bezzel became the commander of the III. Battalion of the Reserve Infantry Regiment 8 and took part in the fighting on the Western and Eastern Fronts. Promoted to lieutenant colonel in August 1917 , Bezzel was appointed as such on March 5, 1918 as inspector of the field recruiting depots of the 6th Army . In addition to both classes of the Iron Cross , he was awarded the Military Merit Order III for his achievements . Class with swords.

After the war, his transfer was followed in the war archive and presentation of the character as a colonel retired Bezzel 1919 from active military service.

historian

After his departure, Bezzel was employed by the war archives. He took a degree at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich and received his doctorate on 26 February 1925, Professor Michael Doeberl with the dissertation studies the history of Bavaria at the time of the liberation war to Dr. phil. He then worked for the war archives until his retirement and wrote a large number of books and articles.

Fonts

  • History of the Electoral Palatinate Army. (History of the Bavarian Army 6.1), Munich 1925.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ludwig Turtur:  Bezzel, Hermann. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 2, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1955, ISBN 3-428-00183-4 , p. 213 ( digitized version ).
  2. ↑ Bavarian War Ministry (ed.): Ranking list of officers of the Royal Bavarian Army. Munich 1918. p. 25.
  3. ↑ Wolf D. Gruner: Oskar Bezzel. In: Military History Research Office (Hrsg.): Das Bayerische Heer 1825 to 1864. A critical analysis of the armed power of Bavaria from the accession of Ludwig I to the eve of the German war. Harald Boldt Verlag, Boppard am Rhein 1972, ISBN 3-7646-1562-1 , p. 12.
personal data
SURNAME Bezzel, Oskar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bavarian officer, historian
DATE OF BIRTH August 9, 1870
PLACE OF BIRTH Forest
DATE OF DEATH March 30, 1941
Place of death Munich