Ludwig Hülgerth

Bust of Ludwig Hülgerth in the Hülgerthpark in Klagenfurt

Ludwig Hülgerth (born January 26, 1875 in Vienna ; † August 13, 1939 at Rottenstein Castle , St. Georgen am Längsee , Carinthia ) was an Austrian field marshal lieutenant and politician .

Life

Hülgerth was born the son of an imperial and royal major and also decided to pursue a career as a professional officer. From 1893 he served with the Feldjäger Battalion in Villach , then came to the Klagenfurt Landwehr Regiment, where he was appointed captain in 1914 .

First World War and Carinthian defensive battle

In the First World War he was deployed on the Russian, French and Italian fronts and rose to lieutenant colonel . Among other things, he was there when the Little Pal was stormed .

Due to the threat to Carinthia from the emerging SHS state , which also claimed parts of Carinthia for itself, Hülgerth was appointed supreme commander of a police force by the Carinthian regional committee on November 2, 1918. On November 25, 1918, he was appointed State Commander in Chief of Carinthia by the State Office for Army Affairs in Vienna. In this function he led the military actions of the people's armed forces in the Carinthian defensive battle .

After the defensive battle, Hülgerth was initially only used as a battalion commander in Burgenland. It was not until 1923 that he was promoted to colonel and regimental commander , from May 12, 1923 to June 21, 1923 of the Burgenland-Lower Austrian infantry regiment Carl Herzog von Lothringen No. 13 of the federal army and from June 21, 1923 to December 31, 1924 of the Lower Austrian infantry regiment General der Infantry Carl Vaugoin No. 5 . He then worked as a training officer in the Ministry of Defense. In 1927 he retired as major general, and in 1934 received the rank of lieutenant field marshal .

Political career

Ludwig Hülgerth went into politics after his military career. For the home block he became list leader in Carinthia in 1930. In the corporate state he was Governor of Carinthia from March 7, 1934 to November 3, 1936 . In 1936 he became head of the Front Militia of the Fatherland Front , the only legal paramilitary association. From November 3, 1936, Hülgerth was Vice Chancellor in the Schuschnigg III government and in this position also belonged to the Schuschnigg IV government , which was in office from February 16 to March 11, 1938.

Final resting place

Rottenstein Castle near Sankt Georgen am Längsee

Hülgerth died on August 13, 1939 at Rottenstein Castle , the property of his son-in-law, where he is also buried.

The command building FM Hülgerth of the Federal Army in Klagenfurt is named after Hülgerth . In Völkermarkt there is a Ludwig-Hülgerth-Strasse, in Maria Saal a Hülgerth-Strasse, in Klagenfurter a Hülgerth-Park, in Graz a Ludwig-Hülgerth-Gasse.

plant

Military training manual , 1933.

literature

• Hülgerth Ludwig. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 3, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1965, p. 4.
• Johann Stermetz: St. Ruprecht and St. Ruperecht Strasse , Klagenfurt 2006, Verlag des Kärntner Landesarchivs, page 29.

Web links

• Entry on Ludwig Hülgerth in the Austria Forum  (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
• Ludwig Hülgerth on the website of the Austrian Parliament

Individual evidence

1. ^ General Hülgerth list leader of the "home block" in Carinthia. In:  Neue Freie Presse , October 12, 1930, p. 9 (online at ANNO ). .