Adolf von Rhemen zu Barensfeld

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von Rhemen zu Barensfeld in 1917

Adolf Freiherr von Rhemen zu Barensfeld , also: Barnsfeld , (* December 22, 1855 in Rastatt , according to another source in Radstadt ; † January 11, 1932 in Rekawinkel , Lower Austria ) came from a branch of the Westphalian aristocratic family Rhemen zu Barensfeld that had come to live in Austria , was Real Privy Councilor , Austro-Hungarian officer ( Colonel General ) and during the First World War Governor General in Serbia .

Life

The son of the Imperial and Royal Major General Peter Freiherr Rhemen zu Barensfeld (* around 1789; † November 20, 1872) attended the Theresian Military Academy in Wiener Neustadt from 1872 and was retired in 1876 as a lieutenant in Infantry Regiment No. 14 . Appointed first lieutenant in 1881 , he graduated from the Military Academy in Vienna from 1882 to 1884 and was then promoted to captain in the General Staff Corps.

He advanced rapidly in the ranking: 1894 major , 1899 colonel and chief of staff of the 13th Corps in Agram (Zagreb) and on November 1st, 1905 (rank of November 22nd of the year) major general . In this function he was first in command of the 72nd Infantry Brigade, then the 9th Mountain Brigade in Sarajevo , and finally in 1909 the 34th Infantry Division in Timișoara .

On May 1, 1910 (rank of May 5 of the year) he received his promotion to Lieutenant Field Marshal and was commandant of the 13th Corps for two years, in 1913 to become Real Privy Councilor and Commanding General in Agram.

As a general of the infantry (ranked April 24, 1914) he fought with his troops in Serbia, then in the Carpathian Mountains and in eastern Galicia from the beginning of the war, and on July 6, 1916, despite the objection of the Hungarian Prime Minister István Tisza, he became Governor General of Serbia.

On May 1, 1917, he was promoted to colonel general. He fought on the Macedonian front against the Entente powers under the command of the French general Louis Félix Marie Franchet d'Espèrey and had to withdraw from his positions at the end of October.

On October 3, 1918, the wife of the Serbian Lieutenant Boženović attempted a pistol attack on von Rhemen, which his staff adjutant was just able to prevent.

Among other things, the baron was the bearer of the Grand Cross of the Royal Hungarian Order of St. Stephen .

literature

  • Christoph TepperbergRhemen zu Barensfeld, Adolf Frh. Von (1855-1932), field marshal lieutenant. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 9, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1988, ISBN 3-7001-1483-4 , p. 113.
  • Antonio Schmidt-Brentano: The kk or kuk generals 1816-1918. Austrian State Archives, 1907 (211 pages).
  • Peter Broucek (ed.): An Austrian general against Hitler: FML Alfred Jansa - memories. Böhlauverlag, Vienna 2008 (835 pages).
  • Georg Freiherr von Frölichsthal: The nobility of the Habsburg monarchy in the 19th and 20th centuries. Degener-Verlag, Frankfurt a. M. 2008 (362 pages).
  • Hugo Kerchnawe: The military administration in the areas occupied by the Austro-Hungarian troops. Hölder-Pichler-Tempsky, Vienna 1928 (390 pages).
  • Johann Swoboda: The Theresian Military Academy in Wiener Neustadt and its pupils: 1838–1893, Volume 2, K. K. Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1897.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c Peter Broucek (ed.): An Austrian general against Hitler: FML Alfred Jansa - memories. Böhlauverlag, Vienna 2008, p. 336 f.
  2. ^ Johann Swoboda: The Theresian Military Academy in Wiener-Neustadt and its pupils: 1838–1893, Volume 2. K. K. Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1897, p. 671.
  3. ^ Theodor Ritter von Zeynek: An officer in the general staff remembers. Böhlau Verlag, Vienna / Cologne / Weimar 2009, p. 215.
  4. Ch. Tepperberg:  Rhemen zu Barensfeld, Adolf Frh. Von (1855-1932), Lieutenant Field Marshal. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 9, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1988, ISBN 3-7001-1483-4 , p. 113.
  5. ^ Hugo Kerchnawe: The military administration in the areas occupied by the Austro-Hungarian troops. Hölder-Pichler-Tempsky, Vienna 1928, p. 53 ff.
  6. ^ Antonio Schmidt-Brentano: The kk or kuk generality 1816-1918. Austrian State Archives, 1907, p. 150.
  7. Archive link ( Memento from June 20, 2014 in the Internet Archive )