Franz Xaver PFRENGLE
Brigadier General
Graduate Engineer
Born on 03 December 1956 in Furtwangen/Black Forest, married, three children
01 Jul 1975
Joined the Bundeswehr (German Armed Forces); Engineer Officer Training, Munich
Oct 76 – Feb 81
Pursued studies in mechanical engineering at the Bundeswehr University Hamburg;
Completed his officer training in Hanover and Munich
Feb 81 – Sep 83
Platoon Commander, Heavy Engineer Battalion 220, Munich
Oct 83 – Jun 85
Platoon Commander and Chief Instructor, Engineer School, Munich
Jul 85 – Mar 88
Company Commander, Engineer Pipeline Battalion 800, Wuppertal
Apr 88 – May 90
German General Staff Officers’ Training,
Bundeswehr Command and Staff College (FüAkBw), Hamburg
Jun 90 – Jun 92
French General Staff Officers’ Training, Ecole supérieure de guerre (French War
College) and Cours supérieur interarmées (Joint Service Advanced Course), Paris
Jul 92 – Sep 93
G2, 12th Armoured Division, Veitshöchheim
(during this period: participation in the UNOSOM mission in Somalia)
Oct 93 – Sep 96
Section Chief G3 Ops, HQ EUROCORPS, Strasbourg
Oct 96 – Sep 98
Battalion Commander, Heavy Engineer Battalion 12, Volkach
(during this period: PfP exercise MATI in Albania)
Oct 98 – Jun 2000 Assistant Branch Chief “Military Policy and Bilateral Relations” (Fü S III 1),
Federal Ministry of Defence, Bonn/Berlin
Jul 2000 – Mar 02 Course Director, Army General Staff Course (FüAkBw), Hamburg
Apr 02 – Jun 04
Assistant Director (Europe, ESDP, Africa), Policy Planning and Advisory Staff to the
German Minister of Defence, Berlin
Jul 04 – Aug 05
Studies at the Centre des hautes études militaires (Centre for Advanced Military
Studies) and the Institut des hautes études de la défense nationale (Institute for
National Defence Studies), Paris
Sep 05 – Sep 07
Deputy Commander and Commander German Contingent, French-German Brigade,
Müllheim (during this period: NRF 7)
Jun 07 – Jun 08
International Fellowship at the US Army War College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania
Jun 08 – Jun 11
Commander German Army Officer School, Dresden
Jul 11 – Jun 13
Head of Division II (Training) and General Army Training, German Army Office,
Cologne
Since Jun 2013
Deputy Chief of Staff Operations EUROCORPS, Strasbourg
Promotions
Hobbies and
interests
Oct 1977
2nd Lieutenant
May 1980
1st Lieutenant
Oct 1985
Captain
Oct 1990
Major
Oct 1993
Lieutenant Colonel
Oct 2000
Colonel
Nov 2008
Brigadier General
Sports (long-distance running, incl. marathons; football; downhill skiing), classic
cars, firefighting

Georg NACHTSHEIM