Eugen von Frauenholz

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Eugen Ludwig von Frauenholz (born August 17, 1882 in Munich , † January 5, 1949 in Landshut ) was a Bavarian officer and historian .

Life

origin

He was the son of the Kommerzienrat and later director of the mortgage and exchange bank Ludwig Frauenholz and his wife Christine, née Bertigkeit.

Military career

After his high school at the Luitpold-Gymnasium in his hometown came Fraunholz 1901 as a two-year volunteer and ensign in the 4th Infantry Regiment "King Wilhelm of Württemberg" of the Bavarian army one. He successfully graduated from the Munich War School and was subsequently promoted to lieutenant in 1903. Two years later he was transferred to the 2nd Heavy Rider Regiment "Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Este" and was employed here from 1908 to 1911 as a regimental adjutant. During this time, Frauenholz took a leave of absence to take part in the Spanish Moroccan campaign in 1909/10 and 1912. His training at the War Academy , which began in 1913 , he had to prematurely break off in 1914 as a first lieutenant after the end of the first course because of the outbreak of the First World War .

With the mobilization , Frauenholz came to the General Command of the 1st Army Corps as an orderly officer . He then took part in the fighting in Lorraine as a company commander in the infantry body regiment and was transferred back to the 2nd Heavy Rider Regiment "Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Este". As a squadron leader, he then fought in northern France and Belgium before he came with the regiment in April 1915 to Courland and Lithuania on the Eastern Front . In the same year, Frauenholz was promoted to Rittmeister and reassigned to the General Command of the I. Army Corps. After further staff assignments and as commander of the 2nd Battalion of Reserve Infantry Regiment 4, Frauenholz was assigned to the War Ministry in March 1918 . He was used as the Lecturing Council in the Department of Personal Affairs and headed Group 2, which dealt with service matters, complaints and lawsuits, deferrals, vacation, uniform wearing abroad, War Department personnel, indispensable, dismissals and leave of absence to take up the civilian profession or out for reasons of war economy. After the end of the war, Frauenholz was released from his position on December 24, 1918 and released from active service. The end of 1919 he was still the character as a Major .

historian

After his departure, Frauenholz began studying at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich , where he became a member of the Corps Franconia . On July 19, 1920 under Professor Grauert with the dissertation Imperator Octavianus Augustus in the history and legend of the Middle Ages to the Dr. phil. PhD. He then taught as a private lecturer in war and army history and wrote a large number of books and essays. He also published in the Völkische Presse.

By order of the Munich Administrative Court , Frauenholz was subsequently elevated to the nobility in 1926 .

Since 1927 Frauenholz was in-house counsel at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and since 1929 honorary professor at the University of Munich.

literature

Fonts

  • Overview of the history of the world war, Munich: Oldenbourg 1921
  • The army command of Field Marshal Prince Carl von Bayern in the campaign of 1866, Munich, Verlag des Bayerischen Kriegsarchivs 1925
  • Outlines of German War and Army History, Oldenbourg 1927
  • History of the Royal Bavarian Army from 1867 to 1914, Munich: Schick 1931
  • Guide to World War II literature, Berlin: Mittler 1932
  • Military catechism, Beck 1934
  • Prinz Eugen and the Imperial Army, Beck 1935
  • The armies of the early Germanic period, the Franconian Empire and the age of knights, Munich: CH Beck, 1935
  • The face of the battle: Tactics and technology in German war history, Stuttgart: Union 1935
  • The army during the Thirty Years' War, 2 parts, Munich: Beck 1938, 1939
  • Somewhat Arabic, Munich: Beck 1939
  • The Army in the Time of Absolutism, Development History of the German Army Volume 4, Munich: Beck 1940
  • The army of the 19th century, Munich: Beck 1941
  • German War History, Leipzig: Hiersemann 1942
  • World history, Stuttgart: Union 1948
  • The army in the time of free mercenaries, 2 parts, Beck 1949

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Konrad Krafft von Dellmensingen , Friedrichfranz Feeser : The Bavaria Book of World Wars 1914-1918. Volume 1. Chr. Belser AG. Stuttgart 1930. p. 228.
  2. ↑ The Munich Francs as at the end of the winter semester 1971/72 . [Munich 1972], pp. 406f. (No. 916).
  3. ↑ a b Wolf D. Gruner : The Bavarian Army 1825 to 1864. A critical analysis of the armed power of Bavaria from Ludwig I's accession to government until the eve of the German war. Military History Research Office (Ed.) Harald Boldt Verlag. Boppard am Rhein 1972. ISBN 3-7646-1562-1 . P. 11.
personal data
SURNAME Frauenholz, Eugen von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Frauenholz, Eugen Ludwig von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bavarian officer, historian
DATE OF BIRTH 17th August 1882
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich
DATE OF DEATH January 5, 1949
Place of death Landshut