Walter von Bergmann

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Walter von Bergmann
Walter von Bergmann (1864-1950).jpg
Birth name Walter Friedrich Adolf Bergmann
Birth date 16 April 1864(1864-04-16)
Place of birth Magdeburg, Province of Saxony, Kingdom of Prussia, German Confederation
Death date 7 March 1950 (aged 85)
Place of death Berlin-Dahlem, West Germany
Allegiance  German Empire
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 the Reichswehr, 1919 - 1935.png Reichswehr
Years of service 1882–1922
Rank General der Infanterie
Battles/wars World War I
Awards Iron Cross, Pour le Mérite
Relations ∞ 1900 Marie Luise Wilhelmine Kauffmann; 2 children

Walter Friedrich Adolf Bergmann, since 1887 von Bergmann (1864–1950), was a German officer of the Prussian Army, the Imperial German Army and the Reichswehr as well as an honorary general of the Reichswehr after 1925 and the Wehrmacht.

Chronology

Generaloberst Alexander von Kluck, Commander-in-Chief of the 1. Armee, Generalmajor Hermann von Kuhl, Chief of the General Staff, and Senior-Quartermaster Oberst Walter von Bergmann; Ia was Oberstleutnant Paul Friedrich Gottlieb Grautoff.
Signature as commander of the 113th Infantry-Division
Generalleutnant von Bergmann
Walter von Bergmann with the troop flags of the Infanterie-Regiment „Graf Bose“ (1. Thüringisches) Nr. 31 (the tradition was maintained by the 4. Kompanie/6. Infanterie-Regiment) on 23 October 1925 on their way to Schloß Gottrof
General der Infanterie a. D. Walter von Bergmann visiting his Infanterie-Regiment 90 at the Palace of Versailles in France 1940
  • Cadet of the Cadet Corps (Kadettenkorps)
  • Entered Army Service with the 2. Thüringisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 32 in Meiningen/Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen (15 Apr 1882)
  • Adjutant of the I. Bataillon/2. Thüringisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 32 (06 Oct 1888-25 Oct 1889)
  • Adjutant of the III. Bataillon/Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 145 in Metz/Reichsland Elsaß-Lothringen (01 Oct 1890-25 Mar 1893)
  • At the same time detached to the War Academy or Kriegsakademie (01 Oct 1891-31 Jul 1894)
  • Transferred into the 2nd Company/Brandenburgisches Jäger-Battalion Nr. 3 in Lübben (25 Mar 1893-22 Mar 1895)
  • Detached to the Grand General Staff or Großer Generalstab (22 Mar 1895-19 Mar 1896)
  • Hauptmann in the Secondary-Allocation of the Grand General Staff (19 Mar 1896-01 Apr 1898)
  • Transferred into the Grand General Staff (01 Apr 1898-16 Dec 1899)
  • Commander of the 10th Company/1. Badisches Leib-Grenadier-Regiment Nr. 109 in Karlsruhe (16 Dec 1899-22 Apr 1902)
  • Transferred back into the Grand General Staff (22 Apr 1902-17 May 1902)
  • Chief of Operations (Ia) in the General-Staff of 30th Division (17 May 1902-24 Apr 1904)
  • Chief of Operations (Ia) in the General-Staff of XVI. Army-Corps (24 Apr 1904-30 Jan 1906)
  • Transferred back into the Grand General Staff and Detachd to the War Ministry or Kriegsministerium (30 Jan 1906-27 Jan 1908)
  • Commander of the III. Battalion of the 19th Infantry-Regiment (27 Jan 1908-22 Mar 1910)
  • Transferred into the Staff of the Infanterie-Regiment „von Courbière“ (2. Posensches) Nr. 19 in Görlitz (22 Mar 1910-22 Nov 1910)
  • Chief of the General Staff (Chef des Generalstabes) of XV. Army-Corps in Straßburg (22 Nov 1910-01 Dec 1911)
  • Detached to the War Ministry (01 Dec 1911-19 Dec 1911)
  • Chief of the Army-Department in the War Ministry (19 Dec 1911-04 Jul 1913)
  • Commander of the Infanterie-Regiment „Graf Bose“ (1. Thüringisches) Nr. 31 in Altona (04 Jul 1913-01 Aug 1914)
  • Senior-Quartermaster (Oberquartiermeister) of 1st Army (01 Aug 1914-13 May 1915)
  • Chief of the General Staff of 12th Army (13 May 1915-01 Jul 1915)
  • Chief of the General Staff of Army-Group Lochow (01 Jul 1915-17 Sep 1915)
  • Senior-Quartermaster of 12th Army (17 Sep 1915-24 Nov 1915)
  • Chief of the General Staff of 12th Army (24 Nov 1915-10 Oct 1916)
  • Chief of the General Staff of 8th Army (10 Oct 1916-16 Nov 1916)
  • Officer of the Army (16 Nov 1916-28 Nov 1916)
  • Chief of the General Staff of Military Administration Romania (28 Nov 1916-25 Feb 1917)
  • Commander of the 113th Infantry-Division (25 Feb 1917-22 Sep 1918)
  • Delegated with the Leadership of Special-Purpose-General-Command 66 or Generalkommando z. b. V. 66 (22 Sep 1918-15 Dec 1918)
  • Officer of the Army (15 Dec 1918-19 Jan 1919)
  • Commander of the 13th Division (19 Jan 1919-01 Feb 1919)
  • Leader of Corps Bergmann in the Western Industrial Area in Westphalia (01 Feb 1919-08 Oct 1919)
  • Commander of the Military-District (Wehrkreis) V, Stuttgart (08 Oct 1919-08 Apr 1920)
  • Leader of Reichswehr-Group-Command 1 (08 Apr 1920-27 Sep 1920)
  • Commander-in-Chief of Group-Command I, Berlin (27 Sep 1920-21 Dec 1922)
  • Retired (21 Dec 1922)
  • The uniform of the 6. Infanterie-Regiment[2] of the Reichswehr was bestowed upon him (31 Oct 1925)
  • The uniform of the Infanterie-Regiment 90[3] of the Wehrmacht was bestowed upon him (20 Apr 1937)

Family

Walter was the son of the later Prussian General der Infanterie and Gouverneur von Straßburg Rudolf Maximilian Julius von Bergmann (1834-1908) and his wife Hermine Friederike Johanna, née Goering (b. 21 March 1844). He had two younger sisters: Margarete Friederike and Elisabeth Johanne Auguste. His father Julius was raised to hereditary nobility on 22 March 1887 by Kaiser Wilhelm I in Berlin, along with his wife and children.

Marriage

On 9 October 1900, Hauptmann von Bergmann married his fiancé Marie Luise Wilhelmine Kauffmann (b. 17 November 1874 in Danzig) in Bonn. They had two children:

  • Hildegard Therese Ida Hermine (b. 4 August 1901 in Karlsruhe)
  • Friedrich Karl Julius Georg (b. 2 August 1904 in Metz, Reichsland Elsaß-Lothringen).
    • Friedrich Karl was drafted into military service on 22 February 1940 as a corporal, served in the 5th Company/Infantry Regiment 90, was with the 20th Infantry Division during the Battle of France in 1940 (his father visited the regiment there) and then took part took part in the Operation Barbarossa, where he earned the Iron Cross 2nd Class and the Infantry Assault Badge. On 10 November 1941, Unteroffizier von Bergmann fell (⚔) near Oleschenka on the Eastern Front. He rests in the war cemetery in Sologubovka; Final grave location: block 10, row 17, grave 2247.

Promotions

  • Portepée-Fähnrich (Officer Cadet) on 15 April 1882
  • Sekondeleutnant (2nd Lieutenant) on 16 October 1882
  • Premierleutnant (1st Lieutenant) on 22 March 1891
  • Hauptmann (Captain) on 19 March 1896
  • Major on 12 September 1902
  • Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant Colonel) on 22 May 1909
  • Oberst (Colonel) on 22. April 1912
    • received rank as Brigade Commander (Rang als Brigadekommandeur erhalten) on 24 September 1914
  • Generalmajor on 24 December 1914
  • Generalleutnant on 15 July 1918

Reichswehr

  • General der Infanterie on 18 December 1920 with rank seniority (Rangdienstalter) from 1 October 1920

Awards, decorations and honours

Rank lists (Ranglisten) 1914 (left) and 1931 (right)

WWI

Wehrmacht

  • The Walter-von-Bergmann-Kaserne in Wentorf near Hamburg was named after him.[5]

External links

References

  1. ↑ Schmitz-Voigt, Paul
  2. ↑ 6. Infanterie-Regiment
  3. ↑ Infanterie-Regiment 90
  4. ↑ General der Infanterie Walter von Bergmann
  5. ↑ Bose-Bergmann-Kaserne (Archive)
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