List of Austro-Hungarian colonel generals

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

Rudolf Stöger-Steiner von Steinstätten as colonel general (Generaloberst).
Insignia of an Austro-Hungarian Army colonel general

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.

PromotedNameBornDied Notes
1916Archduke Josef Ferdinand of Austria18721942Commander-in -Chief of the 4th Army and Chief Inspector of the Austro-Hungarian Imperial and Royal Aviation Troops (German: K.u.K. Luftfahrtruppen)
1916Friedrich Graf von Beck-Rzikowsky18301920Former Chief of the General Staff of the Austrian-Hungarian Army (until 1906)
1916Eduard Graf Paar18371919Emperor's adjutant general of Franz Joseph I
1916Arthur Freiherr von Bolfras18381922Imperial Adjuntant General, Chief of the Emperor’s Military Office
1916Friedrich Freiherr von Georgi18521926Minister of War (German: Landesverteidigungsminister)
1916Karl Freiherr von Pflanzer-Baltin18551925Commander-in-Chief 7th Army. Later, Commander-in-Chief all of Imperial and Royal forces in Army Group Albania
1916Viktor Graf von Dankl18541921Commander-in-Chief of the 1st Army
1916Karl Tersztyánszky von Nádas18541921Commander-in-Chief of the 4th Army (succeeded Archduke Joseph Ferdinand)
1916Paul Freiherr Puhallo von Brlog18561926Commander-in-Chief of the 1st and 3rd Armies
1916Archduke Leopold Salvator of Austria18631931Artillery staff
1916Karl Graf von Kirchbach auf Lauterbach18561939Commander-in-Chief of the 3rd and 4th Armies
1917Adolf Freiherr von Rhemen zu Barenfels18551932Governor-general of Serbia
1917Karl Graf Huyn18571938Commanding General XVII Corps, Military Governor of Galicia
1917Hermann Kusmanek von Burgneustädten18601934Commandant of the Przemyśl Fortress
1917Karl Křitek18611928Commander-in-Chief of the 7th Army
1917Wenzel Freiherr von Wurm18591921Commander-in-Chief of the 4th Army
1917Samuel Freiherr von Hazai18511942Royal Hungarian Honvéd Minister, Chief of the Ersatzwesen (replacements, reinforcements, and recruits)
1917Leopold Freiherr von Hauer18541933Commanding General of a Cavalry Corps
1917Viktor Graf von Scheuchenstuel18571938Commander-in-Chief of the 11th Army
1917Stephan Freiherr Sarkotić von Lovčen18581939Commander-in-Chief and Governor of Bosnia and Herzegovina
1918Josef Freiherr Roth von Limanowa-Lapanów18591927Commander-in-Chief of the XX Corps
1918Arthur Freiherr Arz von Straussenburg18571935Chief of the General Staff of the Austrian-Hungarian Army 1917–1918
1918Hugo Martiny von Malastów18601940Commanding General III Army Corps
1918Rudolf Freiherr Stöger-Steiner von Steinstätten18611921Minister of War
1918Alois Fürst Schönburg-Hartenstein18581944Commander-in-Chief of the 6th Army

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