Theophil Andreas Luzius Sprecher von Bernegg (27 April 1850,
Maienfeld
Maienfeld ( rm, Maiavilla) is a municipality in the Landquart Region in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. It is a tourist destination in the Alps, both because of the local wine and because it was the setting of the story ''Heidi''.
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– 6 December 1927) was a
Swiss politician and military
Chief of the General Staff The Chief of the General Staff (CGS) is a post in many armed forces (militaries), the head of the military staff.
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* Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff ( United States)
* Chief of the General Staff (Abkhazia)
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(1905–1919).
At the outbreak of
World War I
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...
, he declined the
office of General, which led to Colonel
Ulrich Wille
Conrad Ulrich Sigmund Wille (5 April 1848 – 31 January 1925) was the General of the Swiss Army during the First World War. Inspired by the Prussian techniques that he had been able to observe at the time of his studies in Berlin, he attempted ...
being elected.
Sprecher was depicted on a Swiss stamp in 1950. A complete edition of his writings was published in 2002.
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1850 births
1927 deaths
People from Landquart District
Swiss Calvinist and Reformed Christians
Swiss military officers
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