Albert Wolfgang Friedrich Seekirchner
(24.08.1856 - 06.08.1921)
place of birth:  Bayreuth (Bavaria)
Königreich Bayern:  Div-Kdr, Generalleutnant a.D. (Art)


General Albert Seekirchner served as an artillery officer in the Royal Bavarian Military during the Great War. He went into semi-retirement as a brevetted Generalmajor for a five-year period prior to war's outbreak, but was then reactivated in December of 1914 to head up a Bavarian reserve artillery brigade. Having received a promotion to the rank of Generalleutnant, Seekirchner was then briefly in command of Bavaria's 8th Reserve Infantry Division. His son Albert also pursued a military career, serving as an artillery officer during World War Two.

 
 
Generalleutnant  25.01.1917
 
 
 

  
 
Curriculum Vitae
   
00.00.1876 Königlich Bayerisches 3. Feldartillerie-Regiment ,,Königin Mutter” - Grafenwöhr
01.12.1878 Sekonde-Lieutenant
19.12.1887 Premier-Lieutenant
01.10.1888 Bayerische Kriegsakademie - München  (graduated in Sept 1891)
05.12.1891 Hauptmann
05.12.1891 Königlich Bayerisches 2. Feldartillerie-Regiment ,,Horn” - München  (Bty Cdr)
15.05.1894 Königlich Preußische Artillerie-Prüfungskommission - Wilmersdorf Berlin   (detached from Bavaria)
12.05.1896 Königlich Bayerisches 1. Feldartillerie-Regiment ,,Prinz-Regent Luitpold” - München  (Bty Cdr)
30.06.1898 Königlich Bayerische Artillerie- und Ingenieur-Schule - München/Marsfeld  (instructor)
01.10.1900 Königlich Bayerisches 7. Feldartillerie-Regiment ,,Prinz-Regent Luitpold” - München  (Rgt Staff)
17.05.1901 Königlich Bayerisches 4. Feldartillerie-Regiment ,,Königin” - Augsburg  (Abteilung Cdr)
13.09.1901 Major
01.04.1903 Inspektion der Technischen Institute - München  (on staff)
08.03.1905 Oberstleutnant
27.05.1905 Königlich Bayerisches 7. Feldartillerie-Regiment ,,Prinz-Regent Luitpold” - München  (Cdr)
08.03.1907 Oberst
05.08.1908 2. Königlich Bayerische Feldartillerie-Brigade - Augsburg  (Cdr)
21.11.1909 Generalmajor
12.03.1913 zur Disposition gestellt 
   
Great War
   
02.08.1914 zur Disposition
22.09.1914 Armeeabteilung "A", Landsturm-Inspekteur   (aka:  Army Detachment Falkenhausen)
28.12.1914 8. Königlich Bayerische Reserve-Feldartillerie-Brigade  =  6. Armee
08.07.1915 Generalleutnant  (charakter)
12.01.1917 8. Königlich Bayerische Reserve-Division  (replaced Hermann Frh von Stein)
25.01.1917 Generalleutnant 
12.04.1917 außer Dienst
   
   
 

08.06.1909
 

 

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