Werner von Bülow

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Werner von Bülow (born July 4, 1898 in Körchow near Parchim, † August 30, 1943 near Taganrog , Soviet Union ) was a German major general .

Life

Werner von Bülow belonged to the Wehningen line of the extensive, primeval von Bülow family . He joined on 15 June 1916 during the First World War as an officer cadet in the 4th Guards Regiment walk the Prussian army one. From mid-September 1916 to mid-January 1917, Bülow completed a Fahnenjunker course in Döberitz and was transferred to the regiment on the western front at the end of February 1917 . Here he was promoted to lieutenant on May 31, 1917 with a patent from March 24, 1916 and served as a company officer in the 3rd MG company and as an orderly officer with the staff of the Fusilier battalion. Transferred to the Infantry Training Regiment at the beginning of February 1918, Bülow was from March as a machine gun and intelligence officer with the staff of III. Battalions. On October 1, 1918, he was taken prisoner by the French , from which von Bülow was not released until mid-February 1920.

After his return he was given leave of absence and Werner von Bülow was retired from military service on April 12, 1920. He then joined the Bremen Police on August 2, 1920 and was employed in the command of the Police in the news collection point. Here, above all, personal and factual information from the territory of Bremen with relevance for maintaining public order and security was collected. This concerned news about unconstitutional activities, politically and criminally significant issues and, in particular, about organizations, individuals and incidents from the left and right that were viewed as a threat to the continued existence of the Weimar Republic. The central client for this was the authority of the Reich Commissioner for the Monitoring of Public Order (RKO) , which is subordinate to the Reich Ministry of the Interior . The RKO was founded on March 28, 1920, when the information that was of importance to the Weimar state came together. All other messages that were important for the region were passed on to the police authority of the state of Bremen. On July 15, 1921, von Bülow was promoted to first lieutenant of the police and was promoted to deputy riot police in Bremen until 1924. The internal organization of the news collection points was divided into the areas of news gathering, registration and evaluation, as well as passing on the information obtained. In the years that followed, there was an increasing consolidation of news gathering and analysis, which was mainly characterized by regular written reports between the regional offices, participation in news conferences and the expansion of information networks. From February 1928, von Bülow rose to the higher authority and became deputy head of the news collection point in the high command of the Bremen police. Two years later, on July 1, 1930, he joined the Prussian Police and took over the 191 police station in Berlin-Steglitz / -Zehlendorf as a district officer. That was connected with attending the higher police school from September to December 1930 in Potsdam-Eiche. From March 1, 1931, he was assigned to the Berlin-Kreuzberg police station and became a stand-by officer. He carried out this area of ​​responsibility for another two years and was transferred to the Berlin-Schöneberg State Police Department on April 1, 1933. In October of the same year he moved to the Berlin-Charlottenburg / Tiergarten police station.

Werner von Bülow used the restructuring of the state police authorities that began in 1933/1934 for an application to the Reichswehr , which was accepted and taken on from December 1, 1934 with the rank of captain . His first post was with the staff of the Döberitz Infantry Regiment, where he was deployed as a regimental intelligence officer. After the formation of the Wehrmacht , he was appointed company commander in the 48th Infantry Regiment on October 15, 1935 . On August 1, 1936, Bülow advanced to major and was deployed on November 10, 1938 as commander of the 1st Battalion in the 27th Infantry Regiment in Güstrow . In this position he took part in the attack on Poland after the beginning of World War II and rose to lieutenant colonel on January 1, 1940 . Von Bülow also led his battalion in the western campaign . After the fighting in France was over, he was appointed commander of his regiment on September 9, 1940, and from December 10, 1940 to February 9, 1942, he was active in the same capacity with the 252 Infantry Regiment. With this regiment he was involved in the attack on the Soviet Union and had meanwhile received the German Cross in Gold on December 19, 1941 . Subsequently transferred to the Führerreserve and promoted to colonel on February 15, 1942 with RDA from March 1, 1942 , Bülow was appointed commander of the 686 infantry regiment on March 2, 1942. October 21, 1942 to April 14, 1943, he was once again in the driver's Reserve and was subsequently re-commander of his temporarily renamed Grenadier Regiment 686 Association . On August 15, 1943, he was appointed commander of the 111th Infantry Division . He has been missing from Taganrog since August 30, 1943 and is believed to have been killed. Bülow was subsequently promoted to major general on November 8, 1943 with RDA from August 1, 1943.

literature

  • Carsten Dams, State Security in the Weimar Republic, Tectum Verlag Marburg, 1996
  • Dermot Bradley , Karl-Friedrich Hildebrand, Markus Rövekamp: The Generals of the Army 1921-1945. The military careers of the generals, as well as the doctors, veterinarians, data officers, judges and ministerial officials with the rank of general. Volume 2, Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1993, ISBN 3-7648-2424-7 , pp. 340–341.
  • Dirk Edmunds, From the Protection of the Republic to the Protection of the Constitution? The Reich Commissioner for Monitoring Public Order in the Weimar Republic, Verlag Dr. Kavac, Hamburg 2017, Series of publications by the Federal University for Public Administration Volume 5,
  • Ernst Ritter (Ed.) Reich Commissioner for the Monitoring of Public Order and Information Collection Centers in the Reich Ministry of the Interior. Situation reports (1920–1929) and reports (1929–1933), Federal Archives Koblenz, inventory R 134, Munich 1979.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Dermot Bradley , Karl-Friedrich Hildebrand, Markus Rövekamp: Die Generale des Heeres 1921–1945. The military careers of the generals, as well as the doctors, veterinarians, data officers, judges and ministerial officials with the rank of general. Volume 2, Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1993, ISBN 3-7648-2424-7 , p. 340f.
  2. ↑ Dirk Edmunds, From the Protection of the Republic to the Protection of the Constitution? The Reich Commissioner for Monitoring Public Order in the Weimar Republic, Verlag Dr. Kavac, Hamburg 2017, series of publications by the Federal University for Public Administration Volume 5, pp. 20ff.
  3. ↑ Ernst Ritter (Ed.) Reich Commissioner for the Supervision of Public Order and Information Collection Centers in the Reich Ministry of the Interior. Situation reports (1920–1929) and reports (1929–1933), Federal Archives Koblenz, inventory R 134, Munich 1979
  4. ^ Dermot Bradley , Karl-Friedrich Hildebrand, Markus Rövekamp: Die Generale des Heeres 1921–1945. The military careers of the generals, as well as the doctors, veterinarians, data officers, judges and ministerial officials with the rank of general. Volume 2, Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1993, ISBN 3-7648-2424-7 , p. 340f.
personal data
SURNAME Bülow, Werner von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German major general in the Wehrmacht
DATE OF BIRTH 4th July 1898
PLACE OF BIRTH Koechow
DATE OF DEATH August 30, 1943
Place of death Taganrog , Soviet Union