List of Austro-Hungarian colonel generals

The following is the List of Austro-Hungarian colonel generals of the Austro-Hungarian Army.

From 1915 – 1918 In the Austro-Hungarian Army the colonel general (German: Generaloberst ) was an officer rank second in high after the Generalfeldmarschall.

In the Bundesheer of the Republik Österreich there is no rank Generaloberst today.

Siehe also:
⇒ Insignias

List

See also: ⇒ de: List of the German Empire's colonel generals

These generals, promoted later to Generalfeldmarschall, are not included.

Promoted Name Born Died Notes
1916 Archduke Josef Ferdinand 1872 1942 Commander-in -Chief of the 4th Army, and Chief Inspector of the K.u.K. Luftfahrtruppen
1916 Friedrich Graf (Count) von Beck-Rzikowsky 1830 1920 Chief of the General Staff of the Austrian-Hungarian Army
1916 Eduard Graf Paar 1837 1919 Emperor's adjusant-general of Franz Joseph I
1916 Arthur Freiherr von Bolfras 1838 1922 Imperial General Adjutant, Chief of the Emperor’s Military Office
1916 Friedrich Freiherr von Georgi 1852 1926 Landesverteidigungsminister
1916 Karl Freiherr von Pflanzer-Baltin 1855 1925 Commander-in-Chief all of k.u.k. forces in the Armygroup Albania
1916 Viktor Graf von Dankl 1854 1921 Commander-in-Chief of the 1st Army
1916 Karl Tersztyánszky von Nádas 1854 1921 Commander-in-Chief of the 3th Army
1916 Paul Freiherr Puhallo von Brlog 1856 1926 Commander-in-Chief of the 1st Army
1916 Archduke Leopold Salvator 1863 1931 Artillery staff
1916 Karl Graf von Kirchbach auf Lauterbach 1856 1939 Commander-in-Chief of the 3rd, 4th Army
1917 Adolf Freiherr von Rhemen zu Barenfels 1855 1932 Govenor-genral Serbia
1917 Karl Graf Huyn 1857 1938 GCO XVII. Corps, Govenor-military of Galicia
1917 Hermann Kusmanek von Burgneustädten 1860 1934 Commandant of the fortress Przemyśl
1917 Karl Křitek 1861 1928 Commander-in-Chief of the 7th Army
1917 Wenzel Freiherr von Wurm 1859 1921 Commander-in-Chief of the 4th Army
1917 Samuel Freiherr von Hazai 1851 1942 k.u. Honvédminister, Chief of replacement, reinforcements including recruits (de: Chief of the Ersatzwesen)
1917 Leopold Freiherr von Hauer 1854 1933 GCO of a Cavalry Corps
1917 Viktor Graf von Scheuchenstuel 1857 1938 Commander-in-Chief of the 11th Army
1917 Stephan Freiherr Sarkotić von Lovčen 1858 1939 Commander-in Chier and Gouverneur of Bosnia and Herzegovina
1918 Josef Freiherr Roth von Limanowa-Lapanów 1859 1927 Commander-in-Chief of the XX. Army
1918 Arthur Freiherr Arz von Straussenburg 1857 1935 Chief of the General Staff of the Austrian-Hungarian Army
1918 Hugo Martiny von Malastów 1860 1940 GCO III. Korps
1918 Rudolf Freiherr Stöger-Steiner von Steinstätten 1861 1921 Minister of War (Austria-Hungary)
1918 Alois Fürst Schönburg-Hartenstein 1858 1944 Commander-in-Chief of the 6th k.u.k. Army

See also

⇒ Comparative officer ranks of World War II
⇒ List of Austrian field marshals
⇒ List of German colonel generals
⇒ List of Colonel Generals

Translation reference

This article incorporates information from the equivalent article on the German Wikipedia.