Troop division

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As troops Division was in the armed forces of Austria-Hungary , a major unit of the cavalry - or infantry troops called. The designation division as such was reserved for associations in battalion strength - such as the Train or Haubitz Division. The troop division was led by a field marshal lieutenant . On April 1, 1917, the infantry troop divisions were renamed into infantry divisions as well as existing cavalry troop divisions.

Peace stand in July 1914

Infantry force divisions

  • 1st Infantry Division - Sarajevo - XV Corps
Commander: Lieutenant Field Marshal Stephan Bogat von Kostanjevac
Chief of Staff: Major Egon Freiherr von Bolfras
Commander: Lieutenant Field Marshal Anton Lipošćak
Chief of Staff: Major Hubert Ginzel
  • 3rd Infantry Troop Division - Linz - XIV Corps
Commander: Lieutenant Field Marshal Josef Roth
Chief of Staff: Major Franz Podhajský
  • 4th Infantry Troop Division - Brno - II Corps
Commander: Lieutenant Field Marshal Rudolf Stöger-Steiner Edler von Steinstätten
Chief of Staff: Major Ladislaus Rásky
  • 5th Infantry Troop Division - Olomouc - 1st Corps
Commanding officer: Major General Karl Scotti
Chief of Staff: Major Felix Edler von Turner
  • 6th Infantry Troop Division - Graz - III. corps
Commander: Field Marshal Lieutenant Karl Gelb Edler von Siegesstern
Chief of Staff: Captain Stephan Duié
Commander: Lieutenant Field Marshal Kasimir von Lütgendorf
Chief of Staff: Major Branko Staié
Commander: Lieutenant Field Marshal Johann von Kirchbach auf Lauterbach
Chief of Staff: Captain Richard Ritter Schilhawsky von Bahnbrück
  • 9th Infantry Troop Division - Prague - VIII Corps
Commander: Lieutenant Field Marshal Viktor von Scheuchenstuel
Chief of Staff: Lieutenant Colonel Hugo Freiherr von Pitreich
Commander: Lieutenant Field Marshal Theodor Hordt
Chief of Staff: Captain Rudolf Brougier
  • 11th Infantry Troop Division - Lviv - XI. corps
Commander: Lieutenant Field Marshal Alois Pokorny
Chief of Staff: Major Hugo Freiherr Senarclens de Graney
  • 12th Infantry Troop Division - Cracow - 1st Corps
Commander: Lieutenant Field Marshal Paul Kestřanek
Chief of Staff: Captain Wilhelm Edler von Droffa
Commander: Lieutenant Field Marshal Hugo Martiny von Malastów
Chief of Staff: Lieutenant Colonel Ludwig Tlaskal Edler von Hochwall
  • 15th Infantry Division - Miskolc - VI. corps
Commander: Lieutenant Field Marshal Friedrich Freiherr Wodniansky von Wildenfeld
Chief of Staff: Major Count Alexander Christalnigg von und zu Gillitzstein
Commander: Lieutenant Field Marshal Franz Paukert
Chief of Staff: Lieutenant Colonel Theodor Lassy
Commander: Lieutenant Field Marshal Johann Ritter von Henriquez
Chief of Staff: Captain Viktor Say
  • 18th Infantry Troop Division - Mostar - XVI Army Corps
Commander: Lieutenant Field Marshal Ignaz Trollmann
Chief of Staff: Major Robert Ryctrmoc
Commander: Lieutenant Field Marshal Karl von Lukas
Chief of Staff: Major Karl Olleschik Edler von Elbheim
Commander: Lieutenant Field Marshal Andreas Pitlik von Rudan and Poria
Chief of Staff: Captain Theodor Kolbenheyer
  • 25th Infantry Troop Division - Vienna - II Corps
Commander: skukH Lieutenant Field Marshal Archduke Peter Ferdinand
Chief of Staff: Lieutenant Colonel Wolfgang Heller
Commander: Lieutenant Field Marshal Friedrich Gerstenberger von Reichsegg and Gerstberg
Chief of Staff: Captain Ernst Edler von Malyevacz
Commander: Lieutenant Field Marshal Rudolf Králićek
Chief of Staff: Major Maximilian Kraus
Commander: Lieutenant Field Marshal Alfred Graf Zedtwitz
Chief of Staff: Lieutenant Colonel Ernst Hittl
  • 30th Infantry Troop Division - Lviv - XI. corps
Commander: Lieutenant Field Marshal Julius Kaiser
Chief of Staff: Major Josef Dobretzberger
  • 31st Infantry Troop Division - Budapest - IV Corps
Commander: skukH Lieutenant Field Marshal Archduke Joseph
Chief of Staff: Major Gustav von Iszkowski
  • 32nd Infantry Division - Budapest - IV Corps
Commander: Lieutenant Field Marshal Andreas Fail-Griessler
Chief of General Staff: Lieutenant Colonel Josef Gaksch
  • 33rd Infantry Troop Division - Komorn - V Corps
Commander: Lieutenant Field Marshal Karl Edler von Rebracha
Chief of Staff: Captain Heinrich Wambera
  • 34th Infantry Troop Division - Temesvár - VII Corps
Commander: Lieutenant Field Marshal Joseph Ritter Krautwald von Annau
Chief of Staff: Major Karl von Möller
Commander: Lieutenant Field Marshal Viktor Njegovan
Chief of Staff: Major Franz Freiherr Abele von und zu Lilienthal
  • 36th Infantry Troop Division - Zagreb - XII. Corp s
Commander: Lieutenant Field Marshal Claudius Czibulka
Chief of Staff: Major Theodor Freiherr Gyurits von Vitesz-Sokolgrada
  • 47th Infantry Troop Division - Castelnuovo - XVI. corps
Commander: Lieutenant Field Marshal Friedrich Novak
Chief of Staff: Major Hermann Schimanko
  • 48th Infantry Troop Division - Sarajevo - XV Army Corps
Commander: Lieutenant Field Marshal Johann Ritter Eisler von Eisenhort
Chief of Staff: Lieutenant Colonel Franz Ritter Hussarek von Heinlein

Cavalry Divisions

Commanding officer: Major General Artur Freiherr Peteani von Steinberg
Chief of Staff: Major Count Josef Takáes-Tolvany von Kis-Jóka and Köpösd
Commander: Lieutenant Field Marshal Emil Ritter von Ziegler
Chief of Staff: Lieutenant Colonel Gedeon Bolla von Csáford-Jobbaháza
  • 3rd Cavalry Troop Division - Vienna - II Corps
Commander: Lieutenant Field Marshal Adolf Ritter von Brudermann
Chief of Staff: Major Alfred Dragoni Edler von Rabenhorst
  • 4th Cavalry Troop Division - Lviv - XI. corps
Commander: Major General Edmund Ritter von Zaremba
Chief of Staff: Major Oskar Maxon de Rövid
Commander: Lieutenant Field Marshal Oskar Wittmann
Chief of Staff: Lieutenant Colonel Ludwig Maxon de Rövid
  • 7th Cavalry Division - Cracow - 1st Corps
Commander: Lieutenant Field Marshal Ignaz Edler von Korda
Chief of Staff: Major Rudolf Freiherr von Handel
  • 8th Cavalry Troop Division - Stanislau - XI. corps
Commander: Lieutenant Field Marshal Georg Edler von Lehmann
Chief of Staff: Major Count Gabriel Gudenus
  • 10th Cavalry Troop Division - Budapest - IV. - XIII. corps
Commander: Lieutenant Field Marshal Viktor Mayr
Chief of Staff: Major Ludwig Urváry

literature

  • kuk war ministry “Dislocation and division of the kuk army, kuk navy, kk landwehr and ku landwehr” in: Seidel's small army scheme - published by Seidel & Sohn Vienna 1914