Franz Höfer von Feldsturm
Franz Ritter Höfer von Feldsturm (born July 9, 1861 in Komotau , † January 22, 1918 in Vienna ) was Imperial-Royal Lieutenant Field Marshal in the Austro-Hungarian Army during the First World War and author of the official army reports.
Life
Franz Ritter Höfer von Feldsturm was a son of the castle administrator Franz Höfer and his wife Augustine Vizentia Matschego from Türmitz ( Trmice ) near Aussig an der Elbe ( Ústí nad Labem ) in Bohemia , who was a captain of the Austro-Hungarian army with the Order of the Iron Crown III. Class awarded and according to the statutes of the order with a diploma of June 2, 1869 with the predicate "von Feldsturm" was raised to the Austrian nobility or knighthood.
After attending the military lower secondary school in Sankt Pölten , the military upper secondary school in Mährisch-Weißkirchen, the technical military academy in Vienna , the higher artillery course and the kuk artillery shooting school , Franz Ritter Höfer von Feldsturm became an officer in 1912 and 1913 Deputy of the chief of the general staff of the Austro-Hungarian army Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf and finally reached the rank of field marshal lieutenant. Together with August Urbański von Ostrymiecz , Maximilian Ronge and the military judge Wenzel Vorlicek , Franz Ritter Höfer von Feldsturm was a member of the commission that, on the orders of Conrad von Hötzendorf, was supposed to quietly settle the case of Alfred Redl .
From 1914 to 1918, as section head in the War Ministry in Vienna, he was the author of the official army reports (Höfer reports) in the First World War .
Franz Ritter Höfer von Feldsturm was the husband of the writer Irma von Höfer ( Irmgard Höfer von Feldsturm ), née Sölch.
literature
- Höfer von Feldsturm Franz. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 2, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1959, p. 351.
- Biographical encyclopedia on the history of the Bohemian countries, edited by Heribert Sturm on behalf of the Collegium Carolinum , Munich 1979, volume 2, page 647.
- Wilhelm Kosch: The Catholic Germany, Biographical - Bibliographical Lexicon, Volume 1, Augsburg 1933.
- Sepp Seifert: The face of your home. A Chomutov picture book, 1959, Chomutov , page 37.
- Sölch lineage from Zettendorf district of Eger in Bohemia, German Gender Book , Volume 214, 58th General Volume, 2002, CA Starke Verlag Limburg an der Lahn, page 1021.
Web links
- Entry on Franz Höfer von Feldsturm in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Höfer von Feldsturm, Franz |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Höfer von Feldsturm, Franz Ritter (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | imperial-royal field marshal lieutenant |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 9, 1861 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chomutov in western Bohemia |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 22, 1918 |
| Place of death | Vienna |