Julius von Ostenburg-Morawek

Julius von Ostenburg-Morawek ( Hungarian Osztenburg-Morawek Gyula ; born December 2, 1884 in Neumarkt am Mieresch ; † January 12, 1944 in Budapest ) was an Austro-Hungarian officer and later a legitimist Freikorps leader.

biography

Origin and family

Julius von Ostenburg-Morawek was born Julius Morawek in Transylvania in the Kingdom of Hungary in 1884 . His father, the imperial officer Wenzel Morawek, was a retired colonel of emperor and king Franz Joseph I. with diploma of 7 April 1904 as Edler von Morawek elevated to the hereditary Austrian nobility, after which his son could use this title. Wenzel von Morawek later achieved the rank of kuk titular major general . In September 1918, Emperor Karl I allowed father and son to call themselves Ostenburg Edle von Morawek and Gratten "while maintaining their previous nobility and coat of arms" .

Julius von Ostenburg-Morawek was married to Edith Maria Countess Coullemont, daughter of the retired technical officer. D. Achilles Count Coullemont. In 1914 he asked for permission to adopt and transfer his count to his son-in-law Ostenburg-Morawek, but the request was rejected by a letter from the Imperial and Royal Ministry of the Interior dated June 4, 1918. The marriage of Ostenburg-Morawek and the Countess Coullemont was divorced in 1922.

Military career in Austria-Hungary

Julius from east Burg-Morawek attended the Infantry Cadet School in Graz-Liebenau , where he 1903 Military Police Battalion. 24 retired and kuk 1904 lieutenant was appointed. During the First World War he was used as the commander of the storm battalion No. 59, was promoted to kuk captain in 1915 and before 1918 to kuk major .

Activities for the Kingdom of Hungary

Support the Conservative Government

After the end of the monarchy in Austria-Hungary , Ostenburg-Morawek initially took part in the battles of Hungarian soldiers against the constitutional Czechoslovakia , before he joined the conservative counter-government formed in Szeged in the spring of 1919 during the time of the Hungarian Soviet Republic . As a losing power in World War I , Hungary was unable to meet the territorial demands of its neighboring states Romania , Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia . In July 1919, Admiral Miklós Horthy began to raise his own troops (the " National Army ") on behalf of the conservative counter-government, with the support of former Austro-Hungarian officers such as Gömbös , Sztójay , Lehár and Ostenburg-Morawek.

After the end of the Soviet Republic, Horthy and his troops entered Budapest on November 16, 1919. East Burg-Morawek presented, now a colonel, during the year 1919 with the so-called "Osztenburg Detachment" own volunteer corps , and looked as 1919-20 in consolidating the power of the Horthy regime with, should, according to Broucek at this time however did not participate in the numerous actions of the White Terror against socialists , communists and Jews . With the support of Horthy was the "Osztenburg Detachment", disguised as a unit of the regular Hungarian gendarmerie ( "reserve police battalion Nr. 2"), used in 1920/21 in western Hungary, where particular Sopron / Sopron involved in the intimidation of the population and so connecting efforts to Austria (see Land grabbing of Burgenland and referendum 1921 in Burgenland ).

Support for the Habsburg restoration

Restoration attempt in Hungary; King Karl pacing the company of honor in the train station in Ödenburg on October 21, 1921, on the right behind him Queen Zita

Knight's Cross of the Military Maria Theresa Order

In the summer of 1921, the government recognized the Regent Horthy, however, that the partisans of the "Osztenburg Detachment" during their operations against the cession of Burgenland in Austria, numerous supporters of the former Austrian emperor and Hungarian king Karl gathered that for the restoration of the Habsburgs entered Hungary. The dissolution of the "Osztenburg Detachment" planned by Horthy's government was one of the triggering factors for this troop to participate in the monarchists' second attempt at restoration in October 1921.

While Karl was on his way to Sopron by plane , his supporters began to group the soldiers of the "Osztenburg Detachment" stationed there and other small troop contingents into an army. Numerous wrong decisions by Charles and his supporters, however, slowed the advance of the unions loyal to the king in the direction of Budapest, thus giving Horthy's government the opportunity to resist and thus contributing to the failure of the legitimists. As one of the leading commanders loyal to the king, Ostenburg-Morawek is seen by Broucek as jointly responsible for the failure of the restoration attempt. Nevertheless, Karl personally awarded him the Knight's Cross of the Military Maria Theresa Order in autumn 1921 . The legality of this award, despite Charles' previous resignation from the government, was confirmed by the Hungarian Constitutional Court in 1923.

Next life

After the failure of the restoration attempt, Ostenburg-Morawek was captured, but released before legal proceedings could be held. He then worked as a wine merchant and died in Budapest in January 1944 at the age of 60. He was buried in the Kerepesi cemetery .

literature

Osztenburg Julius von (1884-1944). In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 7, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1978,ISBN 3-7001-0187-2, p. 266.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Osztenburg Julius von (1884–1944). In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 7, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1978, ISBN 3-7001-0187-2 , p. 266.
↑ ^a ^b Arno Kerschbaumer, Nobilitations under the reign of Emperor Karl I / IV. Károly király (1916–1921) . Graz 2016, ISBN 978-3-9504153-1-5 , p. 169.
↑ Arno Kerschbaumer, Nobilitations under the reign of Emperor Karl I / IV. Károly király (1916–1921) . Graz 2016, ISBN 978-3-9504153-1-5 , p. 188.
↑ Arno Kerschbaumer, Nobilitations under the reign of Emperor Karl I / IV. Károly király (1916–1921) . Graz 2016, ISBN 978-3-9504153-1-5 , p. 242.

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personal data
SURNAME	Ostenburg-Morawek, Julius von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Osztenburg-Morawek, Gyula
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austro-Hungarian officer and later legitimist Freikorps leader
DATE OF BIRTH	December 2, 1884
PLACE OF BIRTH	Neumarkt am Mieresch
DATE OF DEATH	January 12, 1944
Place of death	Budapest

[oebl-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Osztenburg Julius von (1884–1944). In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 7, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1978, ISBN 3-7001-0187-2 , p. 266.

[Kerschbaumer169-2] Arno Kerschbaumer, Nobilitations under the reign of Emperor Karl I / IV. Károly király (1916–1921) . Graz 2016, ISBN 978-3-9504153-1-5 , p. 169.

[Kerschbaumer188-3] Arno Kerschbaumer, Nobilitations under the reign of Emperor Karl I / IV. Károly király (1916–1921) . Graz 2016, ISBN 978-3-9504153-1-5 , p. 188.

[Kerschbaumer242-4] Arno Kerschbaumer, Nobilitations under the reign of Emperor Karl I / IV. Károly király (1916–1921) . Graz 2016, ISBN 978-3-9504153-1-5 , p. 242.