Paul Bieß

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Paul Bieß
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Birth name Paul Georg Alfred Bieß
Birth date 26 December 1872(1872-12-26)
Place of birth Gut (estate) Ossig,[1] Kreis Lüben, Province of Silesia, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire
Death date 6 January 1949 (aged 76)
Place of death Berlin-Zehlendorf, Allied-occupied Germany
Allegiance  German Empire
 Weimar Republic
 National Socialist Germany
Service/branch War and service flag of Prussia (1895–1918).png Prussian Army
Iron Cross of the Luftstreitkräfte.png Imperial German Army
Freikorps Flag.jpg Freikorps
War Ensign of Germany (1921–1933).png Reichswehr
Balkenkreuz.jpg Heer
Years of service 1893–1927
1939–1943
Rank Lieutenant General
Battles/wars World War I
World War II
Awards Order of Franz Joseph
Red Eagle Order
Iron Cross
Bavarian Military Merit Order
House Order of Hohenzollern
War Merit Cross (1939)
Relations ∞ Susanne Ellen Adolfine Schumann (b. 1901)[2]

Paul Georg Alfred Bieß (26 December 1872 – 6 January 1949) was a German officer of the Prussian Army, the Imperial German Army, the Reichswehr and the Wehrmacht, finally Lieutenant General in WWII. On 27 August 1939, Tannenbergtag, he received the Charakter (brevet) as honorary Major General of the Wehrmacht.

Military career (chronology)

Major Bieß, signature as Commandant of the Airport Warsaw (marriage permission), 20 May 1917
General Paul Bieß (second from left) as commander of the POWs in Military District IX, then the generals Rudolf Schniewindt (1875–1954) and Hans Ehrenberg (1888–1947).
  • Cadet Corps
  • Joined the 12th Company/Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 135 in Diedenhofen, Reichsland Elsaß-Lothringen (22 Mar 1893)
    • renamed 3. Lothringisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 135 on 27 January 1902
  • Rank List 1895 9th Company/Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 135
  • Rank List 1896 8th Company/Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 135
  • Rank List 1897 3rd Company/Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 135
  • Rank List 1898 2nd Company/Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 135
  • Rank List 1899 9th Company/Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 135
  • Detached as an educator (Erzieher) to the Cadet House in Potsdam (01 Oct 1899-31 Dec 1901)
  • Rank List 1902 2nd Company/3. Lothringisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 135
  • Rank List 1903 6th Company/3. Lothringisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 135
  • Rank List 1905 3rd Company/3. Lothringisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 135
    • Regimental Court-Officer (1905-1906)
  • Rank List 1906 7th Company/3. Lothringisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 135
  • Rank List 1907 6th Company/3. Lothringisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 135
  • Rank List 1908 5th Company/3. Lothringisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 135
  • Commander of the 6th Company/3. Lothringisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 135 (01 Apr 1910-01 Oct 1913)
  • Commander of the 1st Company/Rheinisches Jäger-Bataillon in Schlettstadt, Reichsland Elsaß-Lothringen (01 Oct 1913-06 Aug 1914)
  • Detached for training as a pilot of the Fliegertruppe (15 Apr 1914-06 Aug 1914)
  • At the Flying-School Mühlhausen, Elsaß (06 Aug 1914-05 Sep 1914)
  • Leader of the 5th Field-Flying-Battalion (Feldflieger-Abteilung 5) as successor to the fallen Captain Werner Kerksieck[3] (05 Sep 1914-01 Mar 1915)
  • Stabsoffizier der Flieger (Stofl) 10 or Staff Officer of the Pilots with Army High Command 10 or 10th Army (01 Mar 1915-01 Feb 1916)
  • Stabsoffizier der Flieger (Stofl) 4 or Staff Officer of the Pilots with Army High Command 4 or 4th Army (01 Feb 1916-01 Nov 1916)
  • Commander of the Flying Weapons Department of the Inspektion der Flieger (Idflieg) or Inspection of Flying (01 Nov 1916-01 Feb 1917)
  • Commandant of Airport Warsaw (01 Feb 1917-01 Aug 1917)
  • Commander of the Fliegerersatz-Abteilung 9 (FEA 9) or 9th Flying-Replacement-Battalion (01 Aug 1917-28 Oct 1917)
  • Commander of the III. Battalion of the 151st Infantry-Regiment (28 Oct 1917-02 Jun 1918)
  • Wounded (02 Jun 1918-30 Jun 1918)
  • Commander of the I. Battalion of the 147th Infantry-Regiment (30 Jun 1918-15 Jul 1918)
  • Wounded, in Hospital (15 Jul 1918-13 Aug 1918)
  • Delegated with the Leadership of the 37th Reserve-Infantry-Division (13 Aug 1918-04 Oct 1918)
  • Leader of the 151st Infantry-Regiment (04 Oct 1918-21 Oct 1918)
  • Commander of the 17th Reserve-Infantry-Regiment (01 Nov 1918-29 Dec 1918)
  • Leader of Border-Guard-Section Puppen (Province of East Prussia) of the Grenzschutz Ost (27 Jan 1919-01 Aug 1919)
  • With the General-Staff of I. Army-Corps (01 Aug 1919-01 Feb 1921)
    • Instructor with the Reserve-Officers-Course Arys
    • Rail-Guard Lyck-Prostken, Surrender of Zeppelins and Aircraft
    • Commander of the III. Battalion of the 39th Infantry-Regiment
    • Leader of Detachment Elbing (Freikorps von der Goltz)
  • Commander of the I. Battalion of the 2nd Infantry-Regiment (01 Feb 1921-31 Jan 1927)
  • Commandant of the Troop-Exercise-Grounds (Truppenübungsplatz) Hammerstein (01 Feb 1925-31 Jan 1927)
  • Retired (31 Jan 1927)
  • Placed to Disposal of the Heer (31 Jan 1939)
  • At Disposal of the General-Command of VIII. Army-Corps (31 Jan 1939-20 Jun 1940)
  • Commandant of POW-Officers-Camp Silberberg (Offizierslagers VIII B/Oflag VIII B; 20 Jun 1940)
  • Commander of POWs in Military-District IX (01 Oct 1940)
  • Leader Reserve (Führer-Reserve) Wehrkreis VIII (25 Apr 1942)
  • Abolition of mobilization use or Mobilmachungsverwendung aufgehoben (30 Jun 1942)
  • Retired (30 Jan 1943)

Promotions

  • 22 March 1893 Sekondeleutnant (2nd Lieutenant)
  • 22 April 1902 Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)
  • 27 January 1910 Hauptmann (Captain)
  • 18 April 1916 Major
  • 1 April 1921 Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant Colonel)
    • 1 February 1922 received new Rank Seniority (RDA) from 1 March 1921
  • 1 August 1925 Oberst (Colonel)
  • 27 August 1939 Charakter als Generalmajor z. V. (Honorary Major General zur Verfügung or at disposal of the army)
  • 1 February 1941 Generalmajor z. V. (full Major General zur Verfügung or at disposal of the army)
  • 10 April 1942 Generalleutnant z. V. (Lieutenant General zur Verfügung or at disposal of the army) with Rank Seniority (RDA) from 1 April 1942

Awards and decorations

Rank List 1914
Rank List 1926

References

  1. ↑ Familie Bieß owned two estates in the District of Lüben: Muckendorf (Landrat Julius Bieß, later Lieutenant Bernhard Bieß) and Ossig (Oskar Bieß).
  2. ↑ Paul and Ellen Bieß had at least one daughter, born 1929, and probably a son.
  3. ↑ 26 August 1914: Hauptmann Kerksieck (Commander of FFA 5), as observer and commandant, was killed in aircombat. His pilot was nevertheless able to crash land the aircraft because of the severe damages.
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