Anton von Winzor

Anton von Winzor as Lieutenant Field Marshal

Anton Rudolf Josef Hubert von Winzor , baron since 1909 (born June 7, 1844 in Joslowitz , Moravia ; † April 30, 1910 in Preßburg , Kingdom of Hungary ) was an officer in the Austro-Hungarian army and from 1907 to 1909 country chief of Bosnia and Herzegovina .

The son of an Imperial and Royal state official attended the Theresian Military Academy , became major general in 1898 , lieutenant field marshal in 1902 and cavalry general in 1908. From 1892 to 1898 he served as Chief of Staff of the 5th Army Corps in Pressburg.

Winzor served from June 30, 1907 to March 7, 1909 as head of the country , commanding general and head of the state government of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which was annexed during his term of office . At the same time he was the commander of the 15th Army Corps in Sarajevo . He then served as the commanding general of the 5th Army Corps in Pressburg until his death .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Genealogical handbook of the nobility. Starke, 1957, p. 528.
2. ^ Antonio Schmidt-Brentano: The kk or kuk generality 1816-1918. (PDF) ( Memento of the original from October 4, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Austrian State Archives, Vienna 2007, p. 203. 
3. ^ Corps Commanders and Chiefs of Staff 1883-1918. austro-hungarian-army.co.uk
4. ^ Fritz Fellner (Ed.): Fateful Years of Austria 1908-1919. Josef Redlich's political diary. Volume 3: Biographical data and registers. Böhlau, Vienna / Cologne 2011, ISBN 978-3-205-78617-7 , p. 228.