Rudolf Králíček

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Rudolf Králíček (born January 19, 1862 in Hustienowitz , † January 4, 1946 in Teschen ) was a Czech Austro-Hungarian general of the infantry .

Life

He was born in 1862 as the youngest of eight siblings in Huštěnovice 94 in Moravia . His father died on February 2, 1866, and his mother died three years later on January 24, 1869, and when he was only seven he became an orphan . For a long time it was not clear what should happen to the children. After the death of his parents, the eldest brother Franz was entrusted with the guardianship of all bereaved.

Early military career

Rudolf Králíček occurred on 20 March 1879 in the Cadet School of Košice and in 1881 in the Infantry Regiment. 59 for lieutenant retired. He initially served as an adjutant in the 1st field battalion, then for several years in the headquarters of the above-mentioned regiment, from 1886 to 1888 he attended the war school , became a first lieutenant in 1887 and then joined the general staff . In 1889 he led the general staff of the 19th Infantry Brigade in Josefstadt, and in 1890 he joined the 3rd Infantry Division in Linz as a general staff officer. In May 1891 he was promoted to captain in the General Staff and in May 1892 he was posted to the 10th Department of the War Ministry in Vienna . In 1895/96 he was active as a company commander in Feldjäger Battalion No. 21, and from October 1896 he worked as a tactics teacher at the war school in Vienna. In May 1897 he was promoted to major , for the following three years he served as battalion commander in the kuk infantry regiment No. 57 and rose to lieutenant colonel on November 1, 1900 . In January 1903 he served as the head of the 10th Department in the War Ministry . In May 1904 he was promoted to colonel , and from April 1907 he was appointed commander of Infantry Regiment No. 45. In April 1910 he received command of the 65th Infantry Brigade in Raab and was appointed major general on May 1, 1910 . On April 21, 1913 he was entrusted with command of the 15th Infantry Troop Division in Miskolc and promoted to Lieutenant Field Marshal on May 16 of the same year .

In the first World War

In April 1914 he took over the leadership of the 28th Infantry Troop Division in Ljubljana with which he was part of the "Iron" III at the beginning of the First World War (August 1914). Corps (Gen. of the Inf. Von Colerus ) was deployed to the front in Eastern Galicia . After the defeat at Zloczow in the Battle of Lemberg , his division was first pushed behind the Grodeker Seenlinie and then had to retreat further behind the San . In mid-October, his troops, as part of the VII Corps, carried out unsuccessful counterattacks at Chyrov and had to return to the Carpathians . Králíček replaced Friedel's FZM in mid-November 1914 and was given command of the IX. Corps that had to stop the Russian invasion of the Slovak one. Between November 21 and 24, 1914, the IX. Corps around 5,500 men and could not prevent the loss of Bartfeld , but stopped the enemy breakthrough on Eperjes . After the 11th Army broke through at Gorlice , Králíček's troops were able to retake Rzeszów in May 1915 and cross the San again. In autumn 1915 as part of the 4th Army , the IX. Corps (10th and 26th Divisions) suffered heavy losses during the Rowno campaign between Lutsk and Klewan .

At the beginning of the Brusilov offensive in early June 1916, the troops under Kralicek as part of the southern army held the section near Tarnopol , which was owned by the Russian VI. Army corps under General Gutor was attacked. After defending the threatened town of Brzezany due to illness, Králíček was replaced by FML von Kletter in October 1916 and in March 1917 was given the leadership of the XVI. Corps on the Italian front, which he held until September 1918.

On May 16, 1917 Králíček was promoted to general of the infantry, in October 1917 his troops were involved in the breakthrough in the 12th Isonzo battle . During the Second Battle of the Piave , the XVI. Corps reached the right wing of the Isozo Army and was supposed to reach the transition from the southern part of Papadopoli Island and the smaller islands in front of it between the Salettuol- Maserada lines , but failed at Cimadolmo and further north at Nervesa . Králíček fell ill with a fever and was taken to the hospital in Brno . After the war he retired on January 1, 1919 and retired to Teschen . He died on January 4, 1946 at the age of 84 in Těšín, the Czechoslovak part of the city.

Králíček was u. a. Knight of the Order of Leopold, the Order of the Iron Crown III. Class and holder of the Military Merit Cross.

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personal data
SURNAME Králíček, Rudolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czech Austro-Hungarian infantry general
DATE OF BIRTH January 19, 1862
PLACE OF BIRTH Hustienowitz
DATE OF DEATH January 4, 1946
Place of death Teschen