Georg von Lehmann

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Georg von Lehmann

Georg Freiherr von Lehmann (born November 2, 1856 in Cegléd , Pest county , † September 14, 1936 in Vienna ) was an Austro-Hungarian general of the cavalry , commander of the 8th Cavalry Division and a secret council during the First World War .

biography

Years of development

The son of Rittmeister August Edlen von Lehmann († 1880) from Hennersdorf near Deutsch Gabel in Böhmen came from the cadet school in Eisenstadt to the Theresian Military Academy in Wiener Neustadt in 1871 and became a lieutenant in the Dragoon Regiment Alexander Prince of Hesse and Rhine No. 6 in 1875 retired. On May 1, 1880 he was promoted to first lieutenant , on November 1, 1888 to Rittmeister 2nd and on May 1, 1891 to that 1st class. At that time he frequented the military riding instructor institute between 1878 and 1880, was employed as a riding instructor in cavalry brigade officer's schools for several years and was a teacher in the cavalry cadet school in Mährisch Weißkirchen from September 10, 1888 to September 1, 1890 , then until 1892 assigned to the cavalry cadet school in Wiener Neustadt.

In 1896 Major , he was transferred to the Imperial and Royal Galician Uhlan Regiment “von Böhm-Ermolli” No. 13 and, from June 1899 promoted to Lieutenant Colonel, he was a riding instructor at the war school. After he was promoted to colonel in March 1903 , he took over regiment No. 13 as commander until 1908, after which he was given supreme command of the 17th Cavalry Brigade.

On April 1, 1907, he received the Order of the Iron Crown 3rd Class from Emperor Franz Joseph I. and on the same day he set up the "Foundation of Colonel Georg Edlen von Lehmann for meritorious NCOs of the kuk Uhlan Regiment No. 13" in gratitude an initial capital of 2,000 kroner (to be issued on August 17th of the year).

As a general

With rank of April 28, 1910, he advanced to major general and commander of the 8th Cavalry Division in Stanislau . Immediately (rank of April 30, 1913) he advanced to field marshal lieutenant and division general of the 8th Cavalry Troop Division.

Winter battle in the Carpathian Mountains

At the beginning of the First World War , he had the task of clearing up enemy movements and disguising the Austro-Hungarian deployment. At the end of 1914, his division acted as a foot troop securing the Carpathian crossings and pursuing the tsarist troops after the battle of Limanowa-Lapanow (December 1 to 12, 1914). In 1915 the general took part in the fighting on the Dniester in June and July, and then in the offensive in eastern Galicia . The prospects for relieving the burden on the east wing of the 3rd Army were by no means favorable, but the army unit under Lehmann's leadership (his 8th cavalry division reinforced by infantry division No. 56 and some battalions of 18th Corps) held its own in the Baligród area . For the excellent leadership of his troop division he was decorated with the Order of the Iron Crown 2nd Class with the War Decoration (KD.). During the offensive of Brest-Litovsk the corps of crossed Siegmund von Benigni in Müldenberg on July 13 with the combined 13 infantry and cavalry battalions strong battle groups of the Feldmarschalleutnants Alois Schoenburg-Hartenstein and Colonel Gheri (Infantry Regiment. 97) the bow and won by Overcoming the Russian bank position by dawn, the line between the Sereth estuary and Sinkow. To continue the attack, the 8th and 6th Cavalry Divisions were deployed on foot on the right wing and placed under the command of the Gheri Georg von Lehmann group. As the commander of the cavalry corps of his name, the field marshal lieutenant also fought in the battle of Czatorijsk from October 16 to November 14, 1915.

On March 20, 1916 he was entrusted with the overall management of the military training of all replacement bodies of the Army Cavalry and the Austrian Landwehr and in this position advanced to the rank of General of the Cavalry from November 10 of that year.

The trench warfare finally put an end to the amalgamation and use of larger cavalry formations. In 1917 the officer, who also received the Knight's Cross of the Austrian Leopold Order , retired at his own request after 42 years of service and was honored with the title of a Privy Councilor. Finally, in 1918 , Emperor Karl I elevated him to the status of hereditary-Austrian baron. The general died shortly before his 80th birthday of serious illness, leaving behind his wife and a daughter.

Coat of arms of the nobles von Lehmann 1780

coat of arms

1780: Through a rising silver tip, in this one on the green ground a natural owl turned to the right; split by gold and red. In front a black eagle, behind a silver lion. Four ostrich feathers - silver-red-gold-black - spring from the crowned helmet. The covers are black and gold on the left and red and silver on the right.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Adalbert Stifter Society: "Sudetendeutsches Jarbuch", Sudetendeutsche Anstalt für Landes- und Volksforschung, Liberec 1937, p. 156
  2. ↑ Johann Svoboda: “The pupils of the Wiener Neustädter Military Academy from the establishment of the institution to our days”, Volume 2, KK Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1894, p. 649
  3. ↑ Command of the K. and K. War School (eds.): "The K. and K. War School 1852–1902", Verlag LW Seidel & Sohn, Vienna 1903, p. 236
  4. ↑ a b ÖBL
  5. ^ Ordinance sheet for the kuk army - normal ordinances, No. 27, of August 28, 1907, p. 1
  6. ^ A b c Antonio Schmidt-Brentano: The kk or kuk Generalität 1816–1918, Austrian State Archives, 1907, p. 103
  7. ^ Austro-Hungarian Army
  8. ^ Edmund Glaise von Horstenau, Rudolf Kiszling: "Austria-Hungary's Last War 1914–1918", Volume 2, Part 1: "From the end of the battle at Limanowa-Łapanów to the capture of Brest-Litowsk", Verlag der Militärwissenschaftlichen Mitteilungen , Vienna 1931, p. 75
  9. ↑ Sport und Salon No. 21, from Saturday, May 22, 1915, p. 7
  10. ^ Edmund Glaise von Horstenau, Rudolf Kiszling: "Austria-Hungary's Last War 1914–1918", Volume 2, Part 1: "From the end of the battle at Limanowa-Łapanów to the capture of Brest-Litowsk", Verlag der Militärwissenschaftlichen Mitteilungen , Vienna 1931, p. 614
  11. ↑ Neue Freie Presse No. 25871, from Saturday, September 19, 1936, p. 6
  12. ^ Rudolf J. Graf von Meraviglia-Crivelli: The Bohemian Adel , in Siebmacher'schen Wappenbücher Volume IV, 9 Department, Nuremberg 1886, p. 235, T. 104
personal data
SURNAME Lehmann, Georg von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lehmann, Georg Freiherr von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian general and riding instructor
DATE OF BIRTH November 2, 1856
PLACE OF BIRTH Cegléd , Pest county
DATE OF DEATH September 14, 1936
Place of death Vienna