Wintergerst, Karl

Date of birth:: April 15th, 1892 (Schleißheim/Bavaria, Germany)
Date of death:: 1945
Nationality:: German

Biography

Promotions:
7th July 1911: Fähnrich;
26th October 1913: Leutnant (Patent 29th October 1912);
17th January 1917: Oberleutnant;
1st February 1923: Hauptmann;
1st May 1933: Major;
1 st January 1936: Oberstleutnant;
1st June 1938: Oberst;
1st April 1942: Generalmajor;
1st April 1943: Generalleutnant.

Career:
1905 - 1911: Kadett Königliches Bayerisches Armee;
7th July 1911: 1.bayrischen Fußartillerie-Regiment;
1914 - 1918: Zugführer 1.bayrischen Fußartillerie-Regiment, Batterie-Führer 4.Fußartillerie-Regiment;
1st October 1919: Reichswehr-Artillerie-Regiment 20;
1st October 1920: Artillerie-Regiment 7;
1st February 1923: Batterie-Chef 6. / Artillerie-Regiment 7;
1927: Stab der 7.Infanterie-Division;
1st April 1934: Abteilungs-Kommandeur II. / Artillerie-Regiment 7;
1st October 1935: Abteilungs-Kommandeur I. / Artillerie-Regiment 69;
1st October 1937: Kommandeur Gebirgs-Artillerie-Regiment 79, Garmisch-Partenkirchen / 1.Gebirgs-Division;
25th May 1940 - 1st April 1942: Artillerie-Kommandeur (Arko) 132;
15th July 1942: Kommandeur Divisions-Stabs z.b.V. 210. (210.Infanterie-Division);
15th February 1944: Führereserve;
26th March 1944: 225.Infanterie-Division;
25th July 1944: Höherer Artillerie-Kommandeur 304 (HArko 304) / 17.Armee;
May 1945: American POW camp near Písek- Tábor (Czechoslovakia);
Camp was turned over to Soviets, no further data known.