Georg von Waldstätten

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Georg Freiherr von Waldstätten of the FZM 1896

Georg Freiherr von Waldstätten (born August 24, 1837 in Karlstadt (Karlovac) , † October 24, 1918 in Vienna ) was an Austrian kuk Real Privy Councilor and officer, most recently Feldzeugmeister , and professor at the Central Cavalry School.

Life

Georg von Waldstätten, from the von Waldstätten family , was the son of Franz Georg Dominik and brother of Johann Baptist Freiherr von Waldstätten . After attending the Theresian Military Academy in Wiener Neustadt , on August 19, 1856 lieutenant in Infantry Regiment No. 39 Dom Miguel, he was admitted to the kk war school in September 1858 , first lieutenant on March 13, 1859 and already on June 15 of that year assigned to the general quarters staff in the rank of captain. For his achievements in further employment with the State General Command in Galicia he was given the expression of the utmost satisfaction (September 25, 1864). After serving in the military mapping, he went on the campaign against Prussia in March 1866 and earned the kk Military Merit Cross (KD) .

From May 1, 1870, Waldstätten was a major in the general staff and professor of terrain studies, situation drawing and mapping, then head of the practical reconnaissance exercises at the Central Cavalry School.

From May 1, 1875 Chief of Staff of the 25th Infantry troops Division, he arrived on 31 January 1876 in the newly formed General Staff Corps and was on 10 February of the year as Chief of Staff in the military command in Krakow divided, on November 1, where he for Colonel is promoted. On October 26, 1877, Waldstätten was found as Chief of Staff at the General Command in Vienna.

As Field Marshal Lieutenant and fortress commander in Krakow, owner of the Infantry Regiment. 97, he was honored with Most High resolution of 24 October 1894 by the award of the dignity of Privy Council., Eventually he became on March 1, 1896 Feldzeugmeister , then at 15 November 1918 as Titular General of the Infantry and retirement.

family

He married Mary Anna Holmes (1850–1926) in Vienna on December 16, 1871. He had four children with her:

Alfred Georg Heinrich Maria (1872–1952), Austrian field marshal lieutenant and German infantry general, married in 1900 to Bertha Malvine Antonia, daughter of Karl Freiherr Putz von Rolsberg and Bertha Freiin Lenk von Wolfsberg ,

Artur Johann Anton Maria Egon (1875–1951), knight of the Military Maria Theresa Order , kuk Rittmeister, married in 1903 to Erika Marie Helene Juliane, daughter of Gustav Franz Justus Pacher von Theinburg and Barbara Freiin von Gagern from the Hornau family ,

Johann Baptist Artur Georg Maria (1881–1974), kuk major of the 2nd mounted artillery division, 1922 titular lieutenant colonel, married 1907 to Helene Emilie (Lily) Bertha (1883–1955), daughter of kuk Rear Admiral Wilhelm Ritter von Boeckmann and Marie Hoffmann,

Emil Ernst Artur Georg Maria (1885–1969), Dr. jur., kuk colonel of the 2nd mounted artillery division, 1939 German general of the artillery and Ministerialrat.

medal

literature

  • Military schematic of the Austrian Empire for 1869, Imperial and Royal Military and Court Printing Works Vienna 1867.
  • Constantin von Wurzbach : Waldstätten, Georg Freiherr von . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 52nd part. Imperial and Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1885, p. 206 ( digital copy ).
  • Johann Svoboda: The Theresian Military Academy in Wiener Neustadt 1838–1893, Volume 1, Imperial and Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1897.
  • Johann Svoboda: The Theresian Military Academy in Wiener-Neustadt 1838–1893, Volume 2, Imperial and Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1897.
  • Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the baronial houses S – Z, FB, 1905, 1941.
  • August v. Doerr: The Hayek von Waldstätten, separate print from the yearbook of the kais. Heraldic Society "Adler", Carl Gerold's Sohn printing works, Vienna 1914.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Military newspaper XI. Vol. 82, September 25, 1858
  2. ^ V. Streffleur: Austrian military magazine 3rd volume, Carl Gerold's Sohn, Vienna 1864, p. 169
  3. ^ Johann Svoboda: The Theresian Military Academy in Wiener Neustadt, Druck- und Commissionsverlag FB Greitler, Vienna 1870, p. 917
  4. ^ Johann Svoboda: The Theresianische Militär-Akademie zu Wiener-Neustadt: and its pupils from the establishment of the institution up to our days, Volume 2, Imperial and Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1897, p. 298
  5. ^ Johann Svoboda: The Theresian Military Academy in Wiener-Neustadt 1838–1893, Volume 2, Imperial and Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1897, p. 20
  6. ↑ Handbook of the highest court and the court of his K. and K. Apostolic Majesty ..., imperial and royal court and state printing, Vienna 1903, p. 359
  7. ^ Genealogical paperback of the noble houses of Austria, Volume 1, Verlag O. Maas' Söhne 1905, p. 362
  8. ↑ Maximilian Mayerhoffer: Family tree and evidence of nobility of the Putz von Rolsberg family, Tannheim 1951
  9. ^ Gertrude Enderle-Burcel, Johannes Kraus: Mandatars in the corporate state: Christian - corporate - authoritarian: 1934 - 1938, Documentation Archive of the Austrian Resistance, 1991, p. 258
  10. ↑ Quays. Royal Military Schematism, K. k. Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1903, p. 171
personal data
SURNAME Waldstätten, Georg von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Waldstätten, Georg Freiherr von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian officer
DATE OF BIRTH August 24, 1837
PLACE OF BIRTH Karlstadt (Karlovac)
DATE OF DEATH October 24, 1918
Place of death Vienna