Franz Rohr from Denta
Franz Rohr , from 1917 Baron Rohr von Denta (born October 30, 1854 in Arad , Austrian Empire , † December 9, 1927 in Rodaun near Vienna ) was an Austrian field marshal .
Life
Franz Rohr was born as the son of an imperial and royal captain and paymaster in the city and county of Arad in the Kingdom of Hungary.
He attended the Theresian Military Academy in Wiener Neustadt in 1876 and, after successfully completing his degree, was assigned to the 3rd Galician Uhlan Regiment as a lieutenant . Later he attended the kuk war school . He was promoted to colonel in 1896 and accepted into the General Staff Corps . From 1909 Rohr was Inspector General of the Military Education and Training Institutions and was promoted to General of the Cavalry in 1911 . Just two years later he was appointed commanding general of the Honved .
In 1914 he was regiment owner of the Austro-Hungarian infantry regiment "Rohr" No. 48 stationed in Sopron . With the beginning of the First World War , Rohr was given command of all troops in the General Command Graz - Styria , Carinthia , Krain and the troop commandos Innsbruck - Tyrol and Vorarlberg . With Italy's declaration of war on the Central Powers in May 1915, Rohr received command of the army group that bore his name. He successfully defended Carinthia because he managed to hold the Carnic Main Ridge .
At the beginning of 1916 tube became the Colonel-General conveyed and received on the supreme command over the 10th Army , the section of the Julian Alps to the South Tyrolean mountain front has been extended. Relieved in this section by FML Scotti , Rohr took over command of the 11th Army in Trentino on June 18, 1916 . On February 28, 1917, he handed this army over to General von Scheuchenstuel and was recalled to the Romanian theater of war on the Eastern Front . In early March took pipe at the Moldavian front, the 1st Army of Arz Strauss castle , that of Emperor Charles I to the chief of staff of the entire Austrian Armed Forces was appointed. His task was to defend Transylvania and Bukovina with this army , which he succeeded in spite of the Russian Kerensky offensive taking place at the same time . On April 14, 1917 he was promoted to Baron Rohr von Denta and promoted to field marshal on January 30, 1918 after Romania left the war . After the end of the dual monarchy , Rohr was also appointed Hungarian field marshal .
Franz Baron Rohr von Denta died on December 9, 1927, at the age of 73, in Rodaun near Vienna and was buried in the local cemetery. Since 1891 he was married to Maria Szilva von Szilvas , a daughter of the kuk Lieutenant Colonel von Szilvas. The couple had two sons who were both naval officers until 1918. The pipe barracks in Villach was named after Franz Baron Rohr von Denta .
literature
- Peter Broucek : Rohr von Denta Franz Frh .. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815-1950 (ÖBL). Volume 9, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1988, ISBN 3-7001-1483-4 , p. 214 f. (Direct links on p. 214 , p. 215 ).
Web links
- Franz Rohr von Denta in the German biography
- Franz Rohr von Denta on Austrian Commander (English)
- Sound recording by Franz Rohr von Denta in the online archive of the Austrian Mediathek
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rohr from Denta, Franz |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rohr von Denta, Franz Baron |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian field marshal |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 30, 1854 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Arad (Romania) , Banat |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 9, 1927 |
| Place of death | Rodaun , Austria |