Karl Tersztyánszky of Nádas

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Colonel General Tersztyánszky

Karl Tersztyánszky of Nádas (* 28 October 1854 in Szakolcz , Kingdom of Hungary , † 7. March 1921 in Vienna ) was a colonel general of the imperial army.

family

Tersztyánszky came from an old Hungarian noble family who owned various estates in Nitra county . In the 13th century, the city of Nádas was awarded by the Hungarian king to the family, which has since carried the title " von Nádas ". After he had paid the mandatory marriage deposit of 24,000 guilders, Tersztyánszky married in 1887. The marriage remained childless.

Life

There are several variants regarding his date of birth. In the Military Academy's yearbook, November 21 is given; other sources speak of October 23. However, the official church register gives the correct date.

Education and career before the war

After enjoying private training on the property of his father Karl, the 10-year-old entered the grammar school in Olomouc , which he graduated with very good results. After graduating from the military college in St. Pölten , which he completed with excellent success, he entered the Theresian Military Academy in Wiener Neustadt . As the best of his year, he was promoted to lieutenant in Dragoon Regiment No. 8 in Przemyśl on September 1, 1877 . Then he attended the kuk war school in Vienna, which he graduated with very good success. On May 1, 1882 he was promoted to first lieutenant and was assigned to the General Staff Corps, where he was promoted to captain 1st class on August 1, 1886 . In 1887 and 1888 he received letters of commendation from the corps commander for his services at the headquarters of the II Corps. In addition, from 1888 to 1890 he did troop service with Hussar Regiment No. 15 . In 1891 he was appointed commander of the general staff of a cavalry division in Jarosław . After another letter of commendation from the VIII Corps, he was promoted to major on November 1, 1892 . He was appointed lieutenant colonel on May 1, 1895. If you look at the evaluations of Tersztyánszky by his superiors, you can see that everyone was very impressed by his knowledge, intelligence, enterprise and character. On the other hand, there was some concern about his hot temper, which became more and more difficult to control as he got older and which was to cause him a few more problems.

In the spring of 1896 Tersztyánszky took command of the officers' school in New Zuczka and was transferred to the 14th Hussar Regiment in Nyíregyháza . On May 5, 1897, he was given command of Dragoon Regiment No. 1 in Ternopil . In 1896 and 1897 he received further letters of praise, this time from the Minister of War . It is noteworthy that, despite the many commendations from his superiors, he never received the Signum Laudis or the Military Merit Cross up to this point . It is believed that he never received higher awards due to constant arguments with key positions. On May 1, 1898, he was promoted to colonel . In September 1903 he was appointed commander of the 8th Cavalry Brigade, followed by his appointment as major general on November 1, 1904. In July 1907 he was given command of the 2nd Cavalry Division in Pressburg , where he was also in the on November 1, 1908 Rank of Lieutenant Field Marshal rose. In April 1910 he took over command of the 14th Infantry Division in Pressburg. As a result, he was appointed commander of the IV Corps in Budapest in September 1912 , where he replaced Feldzeugmeister Viktor Schreiber. On April 2, 1913, he received the title of Privy Councilor , and on December 21 of the same year, he became the Colonel of Hussar Regiment No. 8. He rose to the rank of General of the Cavalry on May 1, 1913.

First World War

When the war broke out, the IV. Corps of Tersztyánszky was part of the 2nd Army of Böhm-Ermolli and was stationed along the Sava in the Serbian theater of war. At the beginning his troops were involved in some skirmishes with the Serbian contingent due to contradicting orders, before the corps was redirected to the Russian front in Galicia in September and was involved in counter-attacks on the Wereszyca on the 8th and 9th of the month. He also took over command of the VII. Corps and was deployed with both units near Lemberg against superior Russian troops. The following month he captured the important Ushok Pass and captured Turka on October 10th.

At the end of October 1914, the 2nd Army and its IV. Corps were transferred to Russian Poland to protect Silesia, where it was involved in battles in the vicinity of Szczecow. Returning to Galicia at the end of February 1915, General Tersztyánszky took over the leadership of a corps group that tried in vain to relieve the besieged Przemysl fortress during the battle in the Carpathians .

In May 1915 Tersztyánszky was commissioned to plan a new offensive against Serbia and to train the troops accordingly. On this occasion, the Tersztyánszky Army Group was founded, which took up positions on the Serbian border. On September 7th, however, this army group was disbanded and immediately afterwards the newly formed 3 Army was set up in its place , the commander of which was the general. However, he only retained this command until the 27th of the month, when he again fell victim to his own temperament. He came with the Hungarian military authorities and the mighty Hungarian prime minister István Tisza in a conflict which the matter until Emperor I Franz Joseph brought. Finally, at Tisza's request, Tersztyánszky was relieved of command and replaced by General Kövess , who reaped the credit for his work.

Tersztyánszky's grave in the Vienna Central Cemetery

On 1 May 1916 he was appointed Colonel General transported before it on June 7, after nine months of inactivity commander of the Brusilov offensive ailing 4th Army was appointed. In the summer months his army was involved in heavy fighting with the Russians, which resulted in very high losses. After a conflict with the German Colonel General von Linsingen and the pressure from the German Army Command that began, he was replaced as Commander of the 4th Army by Colonel General Karl von Kirchbach auf Lauterbach . Tersztyánszky himself received command of the 3rd Army again in March 1917. As part of the Russian summer offensive in 1917 , it was his job to stop the enemy troops. However, the Russians managed to break through at Stanislau and Kalusz and push back the Austro-Hungarian army. This was Tersztyánszky finally fatal - on July 12th he was replaced by General Karl Křitek and relieved of his command again.

Emperor Charles I did not want to retire the war veteran and offered Tersztyánszky command of the Ku bodyguard , who refused this honorable post. In a letter he made a long list of reasons why he acted this way. Among other things, he mentioned personal problems with various people, as well as his insufficient knowledge of the Hungarian language. Finally, on August 30, 1917, he was given command of the kuk Leibgardereitereskadron at the Viennese court.

Old age and death

After his retirement on December 1, 1918, Karl Tersztyánszky von Nádas lived in Vienna until his death in 1921. He was buried in the Vienna Central Cemetery (Group 56 C, Row 2, No. 25).

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Antonio Schmidt-Brentano: The KK or KuK Generalität 1816–1918 ( Memento of the original from October 4, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Austrian State Archives, Vienna 2007, p. 185 (PDF). @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.oesta.gv.at
  2. ↑ Manfried Rauchsteiner: The death of the double eagle . Special edition. Verlag Styria, Graz, Vienna, Cologne 1997. ISBN 3-222-12454-X , pp. 128ff.
  3. ↑ Manfried Rauchsteiner: The death of the double eagle . Special edition. Verlag Styria, Graz, Vienna, Cologne 1997. ISBN 3-222-12454-X , p. 299.
  4. ↑ Manfried Rauchsteiner: The death of the double eagle . Special edition. Verlag Styria, Graz, Vienna, Cologne 1997. ISBN 3-222-12454-X , p. 348.
personal data
SURNAME Tersztyánszky from Nádas, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian general
DATE OF BIRTH October 28, 1854
PLACE OF BIRTH Szakolc , Hungary
DATE OF DEATH March 7, 1921
Place of death Vienna