List of Austro-Hungarian colonel generals

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Rudolf Stoger-Steiner von Steinstatten as colonel general (Generaloberst). Rudolf Stoger-Steiner von Steinstatten.jpg
Rudolf Stöger-Steiner von Steinstätten as colonel general (Generaloberst).
Insignia of an Austro-Hungarian Army colonel general Kuk ColGen 1918.svg
Insignia of an Austro-Hungarian Army colonel general

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

From 1915 to 1918 in the Austro-Hungarian Army, colonel general (German : Generaloberst , Hungarian : Vezérezredes) was an officer rank second only to the rank of field marshal (German : Feldmarschall , Hungarian : Tábornagy) .

In the Austrian Armed Forces of today, there is no rank of colonel general.

List

This is a list of Austro-Hungarian colonel generals. Those generals later promoted to field marshal are not included. For colonel generals later promoted to field marshal, see List of Austrian field marshals.

PromotedNameBornDiedNotes
1916 Archduke Josef Ferdinand of Austria 18721942Commander-in -Chief of the 4th Army and Chief Inspector of the Austro-Hungarian Imperial and Royal Aviation Troops (German : K.u.K. Luftfahrtruppen)
1916 Friedrich Graf von Beck-Rzikowsky 18301920Former Chief of the General Staff of the Austrian-Hungarian Army (1881–1906)
1916 Eduard Graf Paar 18371919 Emperor's adjutant general of Franz Joseph I
1916 Arthur Freiherr von Bolfras 18381922Imperial Adjuntant General, Chief of the Emperor’s Military Office
1916 Friedrich Freiherr von Georgi 18521926 Minister of War (German : Landesverteidigungsminister)
1916 Karl Freiherr von Pflanzer-Baltin 18551925Commander-in-Chief 7th Army. Later, Commander-in-Chief all of Imperial and Royal forces in Army Group Albania
1916 Viktor Graf von Dankl 18541921Commander-in-Chief of the 1st Army
1916 Karl Tersztyánszky von Nádas 18541921Commander-in-Chief of the 4th Army (succeeded Archduke Joseph Ferdinand)
1916 Paul Freiherr Puhallo von Brlog 18561926Commander-in-Chief of the 1st and 3rd Armies
1916 Archduke Leopold Salvator of Austria 18631931Artillery staff
1916 Karl Graf von Kirchbach auf Lauterbach 18561939Commander-in-Chief of the 3rd and 4th Armies
1917 Adolf von Rhemen 18551932 Governor-general of Serbia
1917 Karl Graf Huyn 18571938 Commanding General XVII Corps, Military Governor of Galicia
1917 Hermann Kusmanek von Burgneustädten 18601934 Commandant of the Przemyśl Fortress
1917 Karl Křitek 18611928Commander-in-Chief of the 7th Army
1917 Wenzel Freiherr von Wurm 18591921Commander-in-Chief of the 4th Army
1917 Samuel Freiherr von Hazai 18511942 Royal Hungarian Honvéd Minister, Chief of the Ersatzwesen (replacements, reinforcements, and recruits)
1917 Leopold Freiherr von Hauer 18541933Commanding General of a Cavalry Corps
1917 Viktor Graf von Scheuchenstuel 18571938Commander-in-Chief of the 11th Army
1917 Stephan Freiherr Sarkotić von Lovčen 18581939Commander-in-Chief and Governor of Bosnia and Herzegovina
1918 Josef Freiherr Roth von Limanowa-Lapanów 18591927Commander-in-Chief of the XX Corps
1918 Arthur Freiherr Arz von Straussenburg 18571935Chief of the General Staff of the Austrian-Hungarian Army 1917–1918
1918 Hugo Martiny von Malastów 18601940Commanding General III Army Corps
1918 Rudolf Freiherr Stöger-Steiner von Steinstätten 18611921Minister of War
1918 Alois Fürst Schönburg-Hartenstein 18581944Commander-in-Chief of the 6th Army

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