Ferdinand von Bauer

Ferdinand von Bauer, lithograph by Adolf Dauthage , 1882

Coat of arms of Bauer on the occasion of his elevation to the baron class, 1881

Ferdinand Bauer , since 1881 Ferdinand Freiherr von Bauer (born March 7, 1825 in Lemberg ; † July 22, 1893 in Vienna ) was a general in the Austro-Hungarian Army and Reich Minister of War .

Life

Ferdinand Bauer entered the Imperial and Royal Engineering Academy in 1836, was promoted to lieutenant in the engineering corps in 1841 and as a captain to the troops in 1848 . In 1849 he took part in the fighting in Hungary , became a major in 1859 and fought as a brigade commander in the Third Italian War of Independence in 1866 .

From 1869 to 1871, Bauer was the fortress commander of Timisoara and between 1878 and 1881 he was the military commander in Sibiu , then until 1888 the commanding general in Vienna. Promoted to Feldzeugmeister in 1881 , he became the owner of Infantry Regiment No. 84. On March 16, 1888, Bauer was appointed Reich Minister of War.

Ferdinand Freiherr von Bauer died unexpectedly on July 22, 1893 after a short illness . On July 25, 1893, in the presence of Emperor Franz Joseph I , his corpse was officially given the last escort with a funeral conduit leading from the Austro-Hungarian War Ministry (today: Am Hof ​​2) to the Augarten Bridge . The coffin was brought from the Augartenbrücke to the kk Nordbahnhof , from where it was transported to the family crypt in Lemberg . 

Awards, honors

• Military Merit Cross for personal achievements in the Battle of Solferino , 1859 
• Knight's Cross of the Austrian Imperial Leopold Order due to personal achievements in the Battle of Custozza , 1866
• Order of the Iron Crown 2nd class and, upon request, elevation to the hereditary baron status , 1878 
• Knight of the Order of the Iron Crown 1st Class, 1884 
• Grand Cross of the Austrian-Imperial Leopold Order , 1887 

literature

• Oscar Criste:  Bauer, Ferdinand Freiherr von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 46, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1902, pp. 237-239.
• Farmer Ferdinand Frh. Von. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1957, p. 55.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} † Minister of War Freiherr v. Farmer. In:  Neue Freie Presse , Morgenblatt, No. 10386/1893, July 23, 1893, p. 2, top left. (Online at ANNO ). .
2. ^ Anton Peter Petri: Biographical Lexicon of the Banater Deutschtums . Breit Druck und Verlag GmbH, Marquartstein 1992, ISBN 3-922046-76-2
3. ↑ ^{a b c d} † Reich Minister of War Feldzeugmeister Freiherr v. Farmer. In:  The Vedette. Journal for the Austrian military veteranship. Official organ of the North Bohemian Military Veterans Association, the Styrian Warrior Association and the North West Bohemian Military Veterans Association , No. 48/1893 (XXV. Year), July 30, 1893, p. 1. (Online at ANNO ). .
4. ↑ The funeral of War Minister Baron Bauer. In:  Neue Freie Presse , Morgenblatt, No. 10389/1893, July 26, 1893, p. 5, center right. (Online at ANNO ). .
5. ^ Reich Minister of War FZM. Baron v. Farmer †. In:  Militär-Zeitung , No. 26/1893 (XLVIII. Volume), July 26, 1893, pp. 201 ff. (Online at ANNO ). .

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• † Minister of War Freiherr v. Farmer. In:  Neue Freie Presse , Abendblatt, No. 10387/1893, July 24, 1893, p. 2, center left. (Online at ANNO ). .
• Minister of War Freiherr v. Farmer. In:  Neue Freie Presse , Morgenblatt, No. 10388/1893, July 25, 1893, p. 5, top right. (Online at ANNO ). .
• Little chronicle. (...) Reich Minister of War FZM. Baron v. Farmer. In:  Neue Freie Presse , Abendblatt, No. 10388/1893, July 25, 1893, p. 1, bottom left. (Online at ANNO ). .
• Little chronicle. (...) Reich Minister of War Baron Bauer. In:  Neue Freie Presse , Abendblatt, No. 10389/1893, July 26, 1893, p. 1, bottom left. (Online at ANNO ). .