Edmund Lober von Karstenrod
Edmund Lober Edler von Karstenrod (born November 3, 1857 in Brno , † December 24, 1930 in Graz ) was a Lieutenant Field Marshal in the Austro-Hungarian Army .
Life
Edmund Lober Edler zu Karstenrod, son of a factory director in Brno, studied for 3 years at the German Technical University in Brno , where he joined the Corps Marchia Brno in 1878 .
After being a one-year volunteer in the Austro-Hungarian Infantry Regiment No. 8, he started an officer career in the Austro-Hungarian Army in 1879 . In that year he passed the supplementary examination to become a career officer and was promoted to lieutenant . From 1880 to 1881 he completed the infantry equitation in Olomouc . In 1885 he was promoted to first lieutenant . After attending the army school, he was promoted to captain 2nd class in 1892 and to captain 1st class in 1894. In 1897 he took part in the Landwehr infantry course. In 1904 he was promoted to major , in 1905 to lieutenant colonel and in 1912 to colonel .
At the beginning of the First World War in 1914 he commanded the 17th Landwehr Regiment belonging to the Rzeszów garrison in Galicia . On September 1, 1915, he was promoted to major general and became military commander and inspecting general in Sibiu . At his request, he retired on August 1, 1917. One month before the end of the war, on October 8, 1918, he was appointed titular field marshal lieutenant. After the war he settled in Graz, where he also died.
Awards
Before the First World War
- War medal
- Military Medal of Merit on the Red Ribbon
- Military Merit Award for Armed Power
- Military anniversary cross
- Military Cross for Exquisite Service
In the first World War
- Military Merit Cross 3rd Class with Swords
- Knight's Cross of the Austrian Imperial Leopold Order with swords
- Order of the Iron Crown 3rd class with swords
literature
- Norbert Koniakowsky, Wolf Engert , Hadwin Elstner: Corps Marchia Brünn 1865–1995 , Trier 1995.
- Kösener corps lists 1960, 18 , 45
- Personal file Edmund Lober von Karstenrod in the Vienna Military History Archive
Web links
- Infantry regiments of the Ö.U. Army in May 1914
- The major generals of the Austro-Hungarian Army
- Antonio Schmidt-Brentano: The kk or kuk generals 1816-1918 , Vienna 2007
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lober von Karstenrod, Edmund |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lober Edler von Karstenrod, Edmund |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian field marshal lieutenant |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 3, 1857 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brno |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 24, 1930 |
| Place of death | Graz |