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    Posted

    Hi all, 

    I just bought a pic with General Stabs Arzt Dr Hopfengärtner , dated Dez 8 1915 

    Does anyone have any info about him?

    ( sellers pic)

    Christer

     

    arzt.JPG

    Posted (edited)

    Some results of a quick google books research:

    Felix Hopfengärtner

     

    Geb. am 3. Dezember 1866 in Murrhardt (Württemberg) als Sohn des Oberförsters Hermann Hopfengärtner, gehörte der K.W.-A. an vom 22.10.1884 bis 15.2.1889, wurde promoviert am 28.7.1888, zum Ass.-Arzt befördert am 12.9.1890, verheiratete sich am 20.2.1906. Er war bei der K.W.-A. tätig vom 14.9.1898 bis .30.9.1902, erhielt Kommando an der Universitäts-Kinderklinik der Charite in Berlin in der Zeit vom 24.8.1900 bis 30.9.1902. Er ist zur Zeit [1910] Oberstabsarzt beim K. Württ. Kriegsministerium in Stuttgart. 

    Stammliste der Kaiser Wilhelms-Akademie für das Militärärztliche Bildungswesen (1.1.1910)  

    Königlich Württembergisches Sanitätskorps.
    Den 7. August 1904
    Es erhalten ein Patent ihres Dienstgrades vom 17. Mai 1904:

    Dr. Hopfengärtner, Stabsarzt und Bats.-Arzt im Gren.-Regt. Königin Olga Nr. 119 (1. Württembergisches)

    Deutsche militärärztliche Zeitschrift 1904, p. 86

     

    PS: I lost the fight with the online editor.

    Edited by Hermann
    Posted

    Aha, Thanks Hermann!  :cheers:

     

    So he was a Würtemberger , I found him with PRAO III and Würtemberg Kron Orden III in Ranklist 1913

    Christer

     

     

    Posted

    Interesting. During his education at the military medical academy, he was assigned for 2 years at the children's hospitel of the Charite in Berlin. Normaly children aren't soldiers.

    Posted

    Christer,

    Here is his complete career

    Hermann,

     

    his two years at the Childrens Clinic were long after he completed training.  It was very common for military medical officers to spend several years at a civilian hospital. particularly when assigned to the Kaiser Wilhelm Academy.  No doubt this was to keep the doctors up-to-date on medical procedures, but also to given them practical experience in areas outside duty with the troops. 

     

    The Prussian army was always chronically short of medical officers (active and reserve/Landwehr) , and it did all it could to attract and retain qualified medical officers.  One way to do this was to give them non-military assignments.  Having traced the careers of all the medical officers from the Ober Stab Arzt onwards in the 1914 Rangliste, I can assure you that such assignments were very common.

     

    Andy

     

     

    Dr. Felix Hopfengärtner  (03.12.1866-??)

    29.09.18           d. Absch. m. Pens. u.d. Erlaubn. z. Tr. sr. bish. Unif. bew.

    08.02.18           v.d. Komdo. nach Preußen enthoben u.d. Chef d. San.

                       Korps zu weiterer Verwendung z. Verfügung gestellt

    00.07.14           PKrO3 als Div. Arzt d. 38. Div.

    19.06.14           m. dem 01.08.1914 nach Preußen behufs Verwendung

                       als Div. Arzt d. 38. Div.

    25.02.08-01.08.14  Referent in der Versorungs u. Justiz Abtl.

                       d. württ. Kr. Min.

    22.04.05-25.02.08  R. Arzt d. Inf. R. 125  (Stuttgart)

    01.10.02-22.04.05  Batl. Arzt d. III./Gren. R. 119  (Stuttgart)

    [24.08.00-30.09.02 k.z. Universitäts Kinderklinik d. Charité]

    01.10.98-30.09.02  St. Arzt a.d. Kaiser Wilhelms Akad.

    22.03.97-01.10.98  Batl. Arzt d. III./Gren. R. 119  (Stuttgart)

    05.05.93-22.03.97  in d. etatsm. Stelle b.d. Gen. u. Corps Arzt

                       d. XIII. AK

    14.10.91-05.05.93  in Gren. R. 119

    12.09.90-14.10.91  in Feldart. R. 13

    17.06.90-12.09.90  m. Wahrn. einer vakanten Assist. Arztstelle

                       b. Feldart. R. 13  beauftr.

    15.02.89-17.06.90  Unterarzt b. Feldart. R. 13

    28.07.88           zum Doktor promoviert

    22.10.84-15.02.89  Studierender a.d. Kaiser Wilhelms Akad.

     

    01-10-13 Aa        Gen. Ob. Arzt

    20-07-04 -         Ob. St. Arzt

    12-09-95 A         St. Arzt

    11-03-92           Assist. Arzt 1. Kl.

    12-09-90           Assist. Arzt 2. Kl.

     

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