Paul Ritter von Köberle
(19.5.1866 - 4.2.1948)
place of birth:  Memmingen, Bayern  (Bavaria)
Königreich Bayern:  Mil-Bevollm, Div-Kdr, Generalmajor


Royal Bavarian general officer Ritter von Köberle replaced Scanzoni von Lichtenfels as commander of 6th Bavarian Reserve Division in early 1917. Köberle lead this division through a very critical phase in Flanders during the summer of 1917. For his bravery and meritorious leadership in battle, he was awarded the Ritterkreuz (Knight's Cross) of Bavaria's highest military order - the Militär-Max-Joseph-Orden, although he was not officially presented with the decoration until 14.01.1918. One of the division's subordinate units, Reserve Infantry Regiment 16, was the home unit of Corporal Adolf Hitler. Ritter von Köberle was later transferred to Spa, Belgium, where he spent the final months of the War engaged as Bavaria's military plenipotentiary at Imperial Germany's Supreme Command Headquarters. Upon his retirement, Ritter von Köberle was brevetted to the rank of Generalleutnant.

 
 
Generalmajor  10.09.1914
Verdst-Ord Bayr-Krone 00.00.0000  Ritter

Militär-Max-Joseph  31.07.1917  Ritter
 
 
 

  
 
Curriculum Vitae
   
21.08.1884 Königlich Bayerisches 2. Pionier-Bataillon - Speyer  (Dreijährig-Freiwilliger)
08.06.1886 Sekonde-Lieutenant
00.00.1893 Königlich Bayerisches 2. Pionier-Bataillon - Speyer  (Bn Adjutant)
06.11.1894 Premier-Lieutenant
01.10.1895 Bayerische Kriegsakademie - München  (graduated Sept 1898)
00.00.1898 Fortifikation Ingolstadt   (detached to Fortress Ingolstadt)
21.03.1900 Hauptmann
21.03.1900 Königlich Bayerisches 1. Pionier-Bataillon - München  (Coy Cdr)
00.00.1900 II. Königlich Bayerisches Armeekorps - Würzburg  (on General Staff)
00.00.1902 Bayerischer Generalstab - München  (Zentralstelle)
00.00.1903 Kgl. Bayerisches 6. Infanterie-Regiment ,,Kaiser Wilhelm König von Preußen - Amberg (Coy Cdr)
00.00.1904 4. Königlich Bayerische Infanterie-Division - Würzburg   (on General Staff)
00.00.1905 Bayerischisches Kriegsministerium - München
08.03.1907 Major
00.00.1909 Infanterie-Leib-Regiment - München  (Bn Cdr)
25.07.1910 Oberstleutnant
26.05.1911 Bayerischisches Kriegsministerium: Armeeabteilung I - München  (Section Chief in Bavarian War Ministry)
23.01.1913 Oberst
   
Great War
   
02.08.1914 Bayerischisches Kriegsministerium: Armeeabteilung I - München  (Section Chief in Bavarian War Ministry)
10.09.1914 Generalmajor
09.02.1916 6. Armee  (General of Combat Engineers on Prince Rupprecht's Staff)
12.01.1917 6. Königlich Bayerische Reserve-Infanterie-Division  (replaced Scanzoni von Lichtenfels)
00.00.1917 in den persönlichen Adelstand erhoben  (elevated into the Bavarian nobility, VOBK)
29.05.1918 Großes Hauptquartier, Bayerischer Militärbevollmächtigter  (Bavarian Military Liaison at German Great HQ, replaced von Hartz)
22.08.1919 zur Disposition gestellt
22.08.1919 Generalleutnant  (charakter)
   
   
 

16.05.1914

 

 

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