Rudolf Ganßer

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Rudolf Ganßer (born April 26, 1866 in Wiblingen , † August 11, 1904 at Waterberg ) was a Württemberg officer who was last in the service of the protection force for German South West Africa .

Life

Ganßer was the son of a ministerial director. After attending the Eberhard-Ludwigs-Gymnasium in Stuttgart , he joined the 7th Infantry Regiment No. 125 of the Württemberg Army on September 24, 1885 as a volunteer with the prospect of promotion . There Ganßer was promoted to second lieutenant on February 7, 1887 and as such was commanded to Prussia in mid-February 1892. Here he served as an educator at the Cadet House in Potsdam until mid-March 1896 .

During his service in German East Africa , he was known for his respectful treatment of black Africans , where he also had schools and wells built. He also made significant contributions to trigonometric surveying and building roads in the country.

Ganßner's diaries and letters from German East Africa from 1896 to 1902 were published in 1991 by Heinrich Dauber with the title I did not come here as an adventurer .

On April 4, 1904, Ganßer transferred to the protection force for German South West Africa . Here he fell at the head of the 11th Company of the 1st Field Regiment on August 11, 1904 in the Battle of Waterberg in the course of the suppression of the Herero and Nama uprising .

literature

  • Hermann Niethammer: The officer corps of the infantry regiment "Kaiser Friedrich, King of Prussia" (7th Württ.) No. 125. 1809–1909. Stuttgart 1909. pp. 90f.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Documentation "Kopfjagd in East Africa": The dream of a German world empire , accessed on January 8, 2010 at www.nachrichten.at
  2. ^ Military weekly paper 1904, 89th year, page 2632. Verlag ES Mittler & Sohn, Berlin
personal data
SURNAME Ganßer, Rudolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Wuerttemberg officer, colonial officer
DATE OF BIRTH April 26, 1866
PLACE OF BIRTH Wiblingen
DATE OF DEATH August 11, 1904
Place of death at the Waterberg