Anton Goldbach von Sulittaborn

Knight's Cross of the Military Maria Theresa Order

Anton Goldbach , since 1917 Goldbach Edler von Sulittaborn (born June 26, 1866 in Neuschloss near Böhmisch-Leipa , † August 28, 1924 in Neugarten (today Zahradky / Česká Lípa )) was an Austro-Hungarian officer who served in the First World War of the kuk Belonged to generals and was awarded the Military Maria Theresa Order in 1922 .

biography

1866 to 1914

Anton Goldbach joined the Tyrolean Jägerregiment as a simple hunter on September 30, 1883 at the age of seventeen. In 1886 he was retired as a lieutenant in Feldjägerbataillon 1, later transferred to the General Staff and served in various General Staff assignments. In 1910 he became a colonel and commander of infantry regiment No. 31. Between May 1911 and April 1914 he was chief of staff of the kuk XII. Corps.

First World War

On August 1, 1914 promoted to major general, Goldbach was also appointed commander of the 32nd Infantry Brigade. With this brigade he fought in the association of the 16th Infantry Troop Division (ITD) as part of the Kövess army group during the battle in Galicia on the Gnila Lipa .

In September 1914 he took over the leadership of the 16th division at short notice, which he had to hand over to Major General Schariczer after the defeat at the Wereszyca .

From June to September 1915 Goldbach was the leader of the Gendarmerie Troop Division. In September 1915 he became commander of the 70th Honved Division, which covered the Transylvanian border as part of the kuk Korps Szurmay .

Goldbach von Sulittaborn coat of arms , awarded during the ennoblement in 1917

In August 1916 he took over the 71st Honved Division in the new Romanian theater of war . With this unit he defended the city of Schäßburg after the Romanian attack and took part in the counter-offensive of the German 9th Army . For his achievements during the fighting in Transylvania he was awarded the Military Maria Theresa Order after the end of the war .

As kuk field marshal lieutenant and commander of the 71st Infantry Division, Goldbach was elevated to the Austrian nobility as " Noble von Sulittaborn" by the highest resolution of Emperor Charles I in Laxenburg Palace on June 19, 1917 ; the corresponding diploma was issued on August 1, 1917 in Vienna. Like other Austro-Hungarian officers, Goldbach seems to have made use of the officers' privilege for more than 30 years of military service .

In November 1917 Goldbach took over the 53rd Honved Division on the new Piavefront in Italy, in June 1918 this division stood as a reserve of the 11th Army in the section of the plateau of the seven communities . At the end of the war, from October 1918, he still led a corps group to protect the Transylvanian border.

1918 to 1924

On January 1, 1919, Goldbach was retired and lived in Zahradky near Česká Lípa until his death on August 28, 1924 . When he received his 189th doctorate for the Military Maria Theresa Order on June 27, 1922, the Order Chapter awarded him the Knight's Cross of the Military Maria Theresa Order "for his achievements during the fighting in Transylvania in September and October 1916".

literature

Goldbach from Sulittaborn Anton. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 2, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1959, p. 21.
Antonio Schmidt-Brentano: The KK or KuK Generality 1816–1918 (PDF) , Austrian State Archives , Vienna 2007, p. 56.
Michal Fiala, Goldbach ze Sulittaborn , in: Jan Županič, Nová šlechta v českých zemích a podunajské monarchii.
Karel Vavřínek, Almanach Českých Šlechtických a Rytířských Rodů, volume 2022, page 103.
Arno Kerschbaumer, Nobilitations under the reign of Emperor Karl I / IV. Károly király (1916–1921), page 100.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c Antonio Schmidt-Brentano: The KK or KuK Generality 1816–1918 ( Memento of the original from October 4, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Austrian State Archives, Vienna 2007, p. 56 (PDF). @1@ 2

↑ Promotion to the FML took place on August 1, 1917, see Antonio Schmidt-Brentano: Die KK or KuK Generalität 1816–1918 ( Memento of the original from October 4, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked . Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Austrian State Archives, Vienna 2007, p. 56 (PDF). @1@ 2

↑ Arno Kerschbaumer, Nobilitations under the reign of Emperor Franz Joseph I. / I. Ferenc József király (1914–1916) . Graz 2017, ISBN 978-3-9504153-2-2 , pp. 253-255.

personal data
SURNAME	Goldbach von Sulittaborn, Anton
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Goldbach, Anton
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Bohemian nobleman and officer in the Royal Imperial Army in the First World War
DATE OF BIRTH	June 26, 1866
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bohemian Leipa
DATE OF DEATH	August 28, 1924
Place of death	Česká Lípa

[Schmidt-Brentano-1] Antonio Schmidt-Brentano: The KK or KuK Generality 1816–1918 ( Memento of the original from October 4, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Austrian State Archives, Vienna 2007, p. 56 (PDF). @1@ 2

[2] Promotion to the FML took place on August 1, 1917, see Antonio Schmidt-Brentano: Die KK or KuK Generalität 1816–1918 ( Memento of the original from October 4, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked . Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Austrian State Archives, Vienna 2007, p. 56 (PDF). @1@ 2

[Kerschbaumer2017-3] Arno Kerschbaumer, Nobilitations under the reign of Emperor Franz Joseph I. / I. Ferenc József király (1914–1916) . Graz 2017, ISBN 978-3-9504153-2-2 , pp. 253-255.