Brüggen, Baron von der, Alexander

Date of birth:: June 26th, 1913 (Saint-Petersburg, Russia)
Date of death:: April 8th, 1989 (Bad Bodendorf/Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany)
Nationality:: German

Biography

Alexander von der Brüggen married Vendla Ellen Jenny Käthe von Grumme-Douglas in Hindelang (Bavaria) on December 12th, 1945. She was a daughter of Rear Admiral (ret.) Ferdinand von Grumme-Douglas, once the adjutant of the Kaiser. The couple was divorced on February 25th, 1958 in Munich.

Alexander Baron von der Bruggen served after the war with the Bundeswehr reaching the rank of Oberst im Generalstab in 1966. In 1966-1967 he served as German military attache in Athens, Greece. From 1970 on he was in the staff of CENTAG.

Promotions:
April 20th, 1936: Leutnant;
March 1st, 1939: Oberleutnant (RDA -344-);
?: Hauptmann;
July 1st, 1943: Major (RDA -35-);
?: Oberstleutnant (Bundeswehr);
1966: Oberst im Generalstab (Bunderwehr).

Career:
?: Panzerjäger-Abteilung 23;
?: Panzerjäger-Abteilung 333;
September 10th, 1942: Führerreserve;
December 7th, 1942: Kommandeur Panzerjäger-Abteilung 304;
October 15th, 1943: Führerreserve;
November 29th, 1943: Panzerjäger-Abteilung 46;
January 10th, 1944: Führerreserve;
February 12th, 1945: kommandiert zur Panzerjäger-Schule Neuhammer zur späteren Verwendung als Kommandeur der Offiziers-Umschulungslehrgangs;
March 10th, 1945: Stab Panzerjägerschule Grafenwöhr;
April 15th, 1945: Regiment Major von der Brüggen, XIII. Panzerkampfgruppe (Kampfgruppe von Massenbach / Panzerbrigade Bamberg);
1956: Kommandeur Panzerjäger-Schule, Bremen-Gröpelingen;
1966-1967: German military attache, Athens, Greece;
1970: Staff CENTAG.