Hans Karl August von Winterfeld
(27.02.1857 - 15.11.1914)
place of birth:  Prenzlau
 Königreich Preußen:  Div-Kdr,  General der Infanterie ch.
General Hans von Winterfeld served as the Military Governor of the Mainz Fortress during the early stages of World War One. Winterfeld entered military service in 1875 and served in Guards units in the Berlin area. He also later functioned on various general staffs. He ultimately rose to Generalleutnant and division-level commander beginning in 1912. In March 1914, Winterfeld was chosen to function as Military Governor overseeing the Fortress at Metz. He remained there following Germany's mobilization for the Great War in August 1914, but passed away before year's end. Hans Karl Winterfeld should not be confused with Generalleutnant and Ober-Quartiermeister Hans Karl von Winterfeldt (1862-1931.)

     
     
General der Infanterie  30.08.1914  (charakter)
 
 
 

  
 
Curriculum Vitae
   
20.03.1875 Offizier-Aspirant
20.03.1875 Garde-Füsilier-Regiment - Berlin
20.10.1875 Portepée-Fähnrich
17.10.1876 Sekonde-Lieutenant
13.02.1880 Garde-Füsilier-Regiment - Berlin  (Bn Adjutant)
01.10.1882 Preußische Kriegsakademie - Berlin  (Student at Royal Prussian War College)
18.02.1885 Premier-Lieutenant  (Patent ante-dated from 18.02.1886)
21.07.1885 Garde-Füsilier-Regiment - Berlin  (return from War College)
18.09.1886 34. Infanterie-Brigade (Großherzoglich Mecklenburgische) - Schwerin  (detached as Adjutant, à l.s. 4GdGR)
01.04.1888 3. Garde-Grenadier-Regiment „Königin Elisabeth“ - Spandau   (assigned)
01.04.1888 Großer Generalstab - Berlin   (detached to Prussian Great General Staff HQ, from 4GdGR)
24.03.1890 Hauptmann
24.03.1890 3. Garde-Grenadier-Regiment „Königin Elisabeth“ - Spandau   (Coy Cdr)
31.05.1892 Großer Generalstab - Berlin   (detached to Great General Staff HQ, from 3GdGR)
06.08.1892 Generalstab der Armee - Berlin  (assigned to General Staff of the Army)
06.08.1892 18. Infanterie-Division - Flensburg  (detailed as First General Staff Officer)
12.09.1895 Major
20.05.1896 X. Armee-Korps - Hannover  (detailed as Seebeck's First General Staff Officer)
25.03.1899 Großherzoglich Mecklenburgisches Grenadier-Regiment Nr. 89 - Schwerin   (Bn Cdr)
22.04.1902 Oberstleutnant
22.04.1902 Generalstab der Armee - Berlin  (assigned to General Staff of the Army)
22.04.1902 VII. Armee-Korps - Münster  (detailed as provisional Corps Chief of Staff)
18.04.1903 VII. Armee-Korps - Münster  (assigned as Frh von Bissing's Corps Chief of Staff)
16.03.1905 Oberst
22.04.1905 2. Badisches Grenadier-Regiment „Kaiser Wilhelm I.“ Nr. 110 - Mannheim   (Cdr)
20.02.1909 2. Infanterie-Brigade - Konigsberg i. Pr.  (provisional Cdr)
24.03.1909 Generalmajor
24.03.1909 2. Infanterie-Brigade - Konigsberg i. Pr.  (Cdr)
22.04.1912 Generalleutnant  =  Exzellenz
22.04.1912 35. Infanterie-Division - Graudenz   (Cdr, replaced Oldenburg)
04.02.1913 17. Infanterie-Division - Schwerin   (Cdr, replaced Rosenegk)
03.03.1914 Gouvernement der Festung Metz  (Military Governor of Fortress Mainz)
   
Great War
   
02.08.1914 Gouvernement der Festung Metz  (Military Governor of Fortress Mainz)
30.08.1914 General der Infanterie  (charakter)
15.11.1914 deceased
11.11.1918 Waffenstillstand von Compiègne  (Armistice)
   
   
 

06.05.1914
 

 

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