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Albert von Schnürlen
(06.05.1843 - 19.02.1926)
place of birth: Tübingen, Württemberg
Königreich
Württemberg: Kriegsminister,
KG, General der Infanterie
Albert von Schnürlen was the son of a Tübingen-based
physician and entered military service for the Württemberg
Army in April 1864. He participated in the Franco-Prussian War of
1870-71 as a Premier-Lieutenant with the 6. Infanterie-Regiment from Ulm.
After the war, he worked his way through the ranks and was promoted to
colonel in 1893, when he took command of the 121. Infanterie-Regiment
headquartered in Ludwigsburg.
General von Schnürlen then received command of the 53rd Infantry Brigade
in Ulm from 1896 to 1900, after which Kaiser Wilhelm appointed him commander of
the 26. Infanterie-Division in
Stuttgart. In 1901, von Schnürlen succeed Freiherr Schott von Schottenstein as Württemberg's
Minister of War. He was promoted to General der Infanterie in February of
1904, and remained at the War Ministry until retiring from active duty
in June 1906. Schnürlen passed away in Stuttgart in February 1926.
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Kriegsminister |
15.04.1901
- 11.06.1906 |
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General
der Infanterie |
25.02.1904 |
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Kriegs-Denkmünze |
Deutscher Krieg 1866 (Königreich
Württemberg) |
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Kriegsveteran |
Deutsch-Französischer
Krieg 1870–1871 |
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