Paul von Bartenwerffer

Paul Gustav Richard Michael von Bartenwerffer (born September 29, 1867 in Berlin , † September 18, 1928 in Potsdam ) was a Prussian major general in the First World War .

Life

He was the son of the later Prussian general of the infantry Conrad von Bartenwerffer (1835-1919) and his wife Marie, née Klessel (* 1846). His father was elevated to the hereditary Prussian nobility on April 25, 1885 by Wilhelm I. Gustav von Bartenwerffer (1872–1947), who later became a member of the Reichstag, was his younger brother.

After finishing school, Bartenwerffer joined the Prussian Army and trained as an officer there. In 1910 he was commander of the 2nd Battalion in the 1st Guards Regiment on foot . From 1912 Bartenwerffer was active in the General Staff in Berlin , most recently as head of department. It was here that he was promoted to colonel on April 22, 1914 . With the outbreak of World War I and the mobilization , he was appointed Chief of Staff of the newly established Guard Reserve Corps on August 2, 1914 . He held this position until February 10, 1915. From spring 1916 to October 1918 he was chief of the political department at the chief of the general staff of the field army and was promoted to major general in this position.

In addition, he was awarded an honorary doctorate .

Web links

• The minutes of the Prussian State Ministry 1817-1934 / 38. Volume 10 (1909-1918), p. 360. (PDF; 2.9 MB)
• Portrait in the digital collections of the Berlin State Library

Individual evidence

1. ^ Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels , Adelige Häuser B Volume XX, Volume 104 of the complete series, CA Starke Verlag, Limburg (Lahn) 1993, ISBN 3-7980-0700-4 , p. 9.
2. ^ Genealogical handbook of the nobility, CA Starke Verlag, Adelige Häuser Volume XXXV, 2014, Limburg, p. 56
3. ^ Marcelli Janecki : Handbook of the Prussian nobility. First volume, ES Mittler & Sohn , Berlin 1892, p. 50.
4. ↑ Battalion commanders of the 1st Guards Regiment on foot ( Memento of the original from January 31, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
5. ↑ Potsdam Chronicle (September 18, 1918) ( Memento of the original from March 3, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.