Date of birth:

August 1st, 1895 (Königsberg/East-Prussia, Germany)

Date of death:

April 26th, 1979 (Westerland-Sylt/Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)

Nationality:

German

Promotions:
Fahnenjunker-Gefreiter (11 Mar 1914);
Fahnenjunker-Unteroffizier (22 Apr 1914);
Fähnrich (18 Jul 1914);
Leutnant (28 Sep 1914);
Oberleutnant (01 Sep 1924);
Hauptmann (01 Apr 1929);
Major (01 Aug 1935);
Oberstleutnant (01 Apr 1938);
Oberst (01 Apr 1941);
Generalmajor (20 Jun 1944)

Career:
Entered Army Service (24 Nov 1913)
Fahnenjunker in the 1st Pioneer-Battalion (24 Nov 1913-05 Oct 1916)
Detached to the War-School Danzig (01 Jul 1914-02 Aug 1914)
Detached to the Army-Gas-School Berlin (09 Nov 1915-13 Nov 1915)
Detached to Mortar-Course in Unterlüß (11 Mar 1916-12 Apr 1916)
Leader of Pioneer-Company Bülowius with the 78th Reserve-Division (05 Oct 1916-16 Dec 1916)
Transferred back into the 1st Pioneer-Battalion (16 Dec 1916-27 Aug 1917)
Adjutant of the 1st Pioneer-Battalion (27 Aug 1917-13 Feb 1919)
Director of the Department for War-Files and Prison-Affairs in Königsberg (13 Feb 1919-01 Jul 1919)
Court and Weapons Officer of the 1st Reichswehr-Pioneer-Battalion (01 Jul 1919-01 Jan 1921)
Platoon-Leader in the 1st Pioneer-Battalion (01 Jan 1921-01 Apr 1922)
Transferred into the 1st Infantry-Regiment (01 Apr 1922-01 May 1923)
Transferred back into the 1st Pioneer-Battalion (01 May 1923-04 Aug 1923)
Adjutant in the 1st Pioneer-Battalion (04 Aug 1923-01 Nov 1924)
Transferred into the 1st Artillery-Regiment and Detached to the Pioneer-School (01 Nov 1924-01 Sep 1925)
Detached to the 1st Pioneer-Battalion (01 Sep 1925-01 Nov 1925)
Transferred back into the 1st Pioneer-Battalion (01 Nov 1925-01 Apr 1928)
Chief of the Bridge-Construction-Column of the 1st Pioneer-Battalion (01 Apr 1928-01 Apr 1932)
Detached to Gas-Protection-Course, Berlin (05 Nov 1928-18 Nov 1928)
Detached to Course for Physical-Training in Wünsdorf (09 Mar 1931-21 Mar 1931)
Detached to the Commander of Fortifications at Lötzen (01 Mar 1932-01 Apr 1932)
Pioneer-Officer with the Commander of Fortifications in Lötzen (01 Apr 1932-01 Mar 1934)
Staff-Officer of Pioneers with the Staff of the 6th Division (01 Mar 1934-01 Oct 1934)
Staff-Officer of Pioneers in Military-District-Command VI (01 Oct 1934-15 Oct 1935)
Advisor in the Inspection of Pioneers and Fortresses, RKM, from 04 Feb 1938, OKH (15 Oct 1935-01 Oct 1939)
Fortress-Pioneer-Advisor in the Staff of the General of Pioneers and Fortresses with the Commander-in-Chief of the Army (01 Oct 1939-07 Jun 1941)
Commander of the 413th Pioneer-Regiment (07 Jun 1941-11 Jan 1942)
Führer-Reserve OKH (11 Jan 1942-10 May 1942)
Fortress-Pioneer-Commander XVII (Southern Norway-Oslo) (10 May 1942-24 Jan 1943)
Fortress-Pioneer-Commander II (Greece-Salonika) (24 Jan 1943-06 Jun 1944)
At the same time, Detached to the Staff of Army-Group B (05 Nov 1943-18 Dec 1943)
Detached to the Staff of the Inspection of Land-Fortifications South-West (Italy) (06 Jun 1944-19 Oct 1944)
Inspector of Land-Fortifications South-West (Italy) (19 Oct 1944-02 May 1945)
In US captivity (02 May 1945-29 Sep 1947)
Released (29 Sep 1947)

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• Photo 1:
• - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
  - Patzwall K., Scherzer V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Geschichte und Inhaber Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001, ISBN 3-931533-45-X
  - Generalmajor Stephan Bülowius - Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek