Austro-Hungarian Army Colonel Generals 1915-1918 (original) (raw)

The following article provides biographical details for all those officers who ultimately were promoted to the rank of Generaloberst, some 25 officers in all. A further 8 officers held this rank and were subsequently promoted to Feldmarschall. The rank of Colonel-General does not have a direct English equivalent but could be translated as a senior General. The rank was introduced in May 1915 and the first promotions were of Generals Archduke Eugen and Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf.

Name

Patent

Erzherzog Josef Ferdinand k.u.k. Hoheit

26 February 1916

Erzherzog Leopold Salvator k.u.k. Hoheit

20 May 1916

Friedrich Graf von Beck-Rzikowsky

26 February 1916

Eduard Graf Paar

27 February 1916

Arthur Freiherr von Bolfras

28 February 1916

Friedrich Freiherr von Georgi

06 May 1916

Karl Freiherr von Pflanzer-Baltin

08 May 1916

Viktor Graf Dankl

09 May 1916

Karl Tersztyánszky von Nádas

11 May 1916

Paul Freiherr Puhallo von Brlog

13 May 1916

Karl Graf von Kirchbach auf Lauterbach

10 November 1916

Adolf Freiherr Rhemen zu Barenfels

13 May 1917

Karl Graf Huyn

14 May 1917

Hermann Kusmanek von Burgneustädten

15 May 1917

KarlKritek

16 May 1917

Wenzel Freiherr von Wurm

10 August 1917

Samuel Freiherr von Hazai

11 August 1917

Leopold Freiherr von Hauer

12 August 1917

Viktor Graf von Scheuchenstuel

16 November 1917

Stephan Freiherr Sarkotic von Lovcen

17 November 1917

Josef Ritter Roth von Limanowa-Lapanów

25 February 1918

Arthur Freiherr Arz von Straussenburg

26 February 1918

Hugo Martiny von Malastów

10 May 1918

Rudolf Freiherr Stöger-Steiner von Steinstätten

11 May 1918

Alois Fürst Schönburg-Hartenstein

11 November 1918