Ferdinand von Bauer

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Ferdinand von Bauer, Lithograph by Adolf Dauthage, 1882
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Coat of arms granted to Bauer on his elevation to Freiherr status, 1881

Ferdinand von Bauer, born Ferdinand Bauer (7 March 1825 - 22 July 1893) [1] was a general of the Austro-Hungarian Common Army and the Imperial and Royal Minister of War from 1888 until his death in 1893.

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Life

Ferdinand Bauer enrolled in the Imperial and Royal academy of engineers in 1836, was commissioned as a lieutenant in the corps of engineers in 1841, and was placed on active service as a Hauptmann in 1848. In 1849 he fought for the Habsburgs in the Hungarian Revolution. He was promoted to major in 1859 and fought as a brigade commander in the Third Italian War of Independence.

From 1869 to 1871, Bauer was garrison commander at Temeswar [2] and between 1878 and 1881 he was military commander at Hermannstadt (both in modern Romania). Then he served as Commander-General in Vienna until 1888. In 1881 we was appointed General of the Artillery and given command of the 84th Infantry Regiment. [3] On 16 March 1888, Bauer was named as Imperial and Royal Minister of War.

Bauer died "unexpectedly after a short illness" on 22 July 1893. [1] His funeral procession from the Imperial and Royal Ministry of War (now Am Hof 2) to the Augartenbrücke took place on 25 July 1893, with Emperor Franz Joseph I in attendance. From the Augartenbrücke his coffin was taken to the k.k. Nordbahnhof and from there to his family crypt in Lemberg (now Lviv in Ukraine). [4]

Awards and honours

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References

  1. 1 2  Kriegsminister Freiherr v. Bauer . In:  Neue Freie Presse , 23 July 1893, p. 02 (Online at ANNO )
  2. Anton Peter Petri: Biographisches Lexikon des Banater Deutschtums. Breit Druck und Verlag GmbH, Marquartstein 1992, ISBN   3-922046-76-2
  3. 1 2 3 4  Reichs-Kriegsminister Feldzeugmeister Freiherr v. Bauer . In: Die Vedette. Zeitschrift für die Militär-Veteranenschaft Oesterreichs. Officielles Organ des Nordböhmischen Militär-Veteranenbundes, des Steiermärkischen Kriegerbundes und des Nordwestböhmischen Militär-Veteranenbundes, 30 July 1893, p. 01 (Online at ANNO ).
  4. Das Leichenbegängniß des Kriegsministers Baron Bauer . In:  Neue Freie Presse , 26 July 1893, p. 05 (Online at ANNO ).
  5. Reichs-Kriegsminister FZM. Freiherr v. Bauer  . In: Militär-Zeitung, 26 July 1893, p. 01 (Online at ANNO ).

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