Moritz von and zu Egloffstein

Moritz Jakob Albrecht Maria Freiherr von und zu Egloffstein (born January 31, 1861 in Bayreuth , † December 10, 1942 in Bad Aibling ) was a Bavarian major general and leader of the kb cavalry division in World War I.

Life

Moritz von und zu Egloffstein was the son of Kamill Freiherr von und zu Egloffstein and his wife Karoline geb. Baron von Hartmann. After the early death of his parents, he made a career in the Bavarian Army and was a. a. Commander of the 8th Chevauleger Regiment in Dillingen adDonau . At the beginning of the First World War he became the commander of the 4th Royal Bavarian Cavalry Brigade . On December 14, 1916 he took over the leadership of the kb cavalry division. Meanwhile moved to Galicia, the division took part in the attack on Tarnopol from July 19 to August 5, 1917 . At Stanislau , together with the 8th Reserve Division , they prevented a breakthrough by Russian forces at the beginning of the battle. From July 23, 1917, the division took to the pursuit to the eastern border of Galicia. The Russian resistance was broken. After the peace of Brest-Litovsk , the division advanced to Nikolayev and on to the Crimea in 1918 . In June the staff with the 5th Cavalry Brigade was transferred to West Volhynia and remained there until the withdrawal in early 1919.

After his demobilization, Moritz von und zu Egloffstein lived in Bad Aibling . He died in 1942 shortly after his wife Sophie nee. Baroness of Munster.

literature

• Konrad Krafft von Dellmensingen , Friedrichfranz Feeser : The Bavaria book of the world wars 1914-1918. Chr. Belser AG. Publishing bookstore. Stuttgart 1930.
• Günter Wegner: Germany's armies until 1918. Volume 10: Bavaria. Biblio Publishing House. Osnabrück 1984.