List of Austro-Hungarian colonel generals
The following is a list of Austro-Hungarian colonel generals of the Austro-Hungarian Army.
From 1915 to 1918 in the Austro-Hungarian Army, colonel general (German: Generaloberst, Hungarian: Vezérezredes) was an officer rank second only to the rank of field marshal (German: Feldmarschall, Hungarian: Tábornagy) .
In the Austrian Armed Forces of today, there is no rank of colonel general.
List[edit]
This is a list of Austro-Hungarian colonel generals. Those generals later promoted to field marshal are not included. For colonel generals later promoted to field marshal, see List of Austrian field marshals.
| Promoted | Name | Born | Died | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1916 | Archduke Josef Ferdinand of Austria | 1872 | 1942 | Commander-in -Chief of the 4th Army and Chief Inspector of the Austro-Hungarian Imperial and Royal Aviation Troops (German: K.u.K. Luftfahrtruppen) |
| 1916 | Friedrich Graf von Beck-Rzikowsky | 1830 | 1920 | Former Chief of the General Staff of the Austrian-Hungarian Army (until 1906) |
| 1916 | Eduard Graf Paar | 1837 | 1919 | Emperor's adjutant general of Franz Joseph I |
| 1916 | Arthur Freiherr von Bolfras | 1838 | 1922 | Imperial Adjuntant General, Chief of the Emperor’s Military Office |
| 1916 | Friedrich Freiherr von Georgi | 1852 | 1926 | Minister of War (German: Landesverteidigungsminister) |
| 1916 | Karl Freiherr von Pflanzer-Baltin | 1855 | 1925 | Commander-in-Chief 7th Army. Later, Commander-in-Chief all of Imperial and Royal forces in Army Group Albania |
| 1916 | Viktor Graf von Dankl | 1854 | 1921 | Commander-in-Chief of the 1st Army |
| 1916 | Karl Tersztyánszky von Nádas | 1854 | 1921 | Commander-in-Chief of the 4th Army (succeeded Archduke Joseph Ferdinand) |
| 1916 | Paul Freiherr Puhallo von Brlog | 1856 | 1926 | Commander-in-Chief of the 1st and 3rd Armies |
| 1916 | Archduke Leopold Salvator of Austria | 1863 | 1931 | Artillery staff |
| 1916 | Karl Graf von Kirchbach auf Lauterbach | 1856 | 1939 | Commander-in-Chief of the 3rd and 4th Armies |
| 1917 | Adolf von Rhemen | 1855 | 1932 | Governor-general of Serbia |
| 1917 | Karl Graf Huyn | 1857 | 1938 | Commanding General XVII Corps, Military Governor of Galicia |
| 1917 | Hermann Kusmanek von Burgneustädten | 1860 | 1934 | Commandant of the Przemyśl Fortress |
| 1917 | Karl Křitek | 1861 | 1928 | Commander-in-Chief of the 7th Army |
| 1917 | Wenzel Freiherr von Wurm | 1859 | 1921 | Commander-in-Chief of the 4th Army |
| 1917 | Samuel Freiherr von Hazai | 1851 | 1942 | Royal Hungarian Honvéd Minister, Chief of the Ersatzwesen (replacements, reinforcements, and recruits) |
| 1917 | Leopold Freiherr von Hauer | 1854 | 1933 | Commanding General of a Cavalry Corps |
| 1917 | Viktor Graf von Scheuchenstuel | 1857 | 1938 | Commander-in-Chief of the 11th Army |
| 1917 | Stephan Freiherr Sarkotić von Lovčen | 1858 | 1939 | Commander-in-Chief and Governor of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| 1918 | Josef Freiherr Roth von Limanowa-Lapanów | 1859 | 1927 | Commander-in-Chief of the XX Corps |
| 1918 | Arthur Freiherr Arz von Straussenburg | 1857 | 1935 | Chief of the General Staff of the Austrian-Hungarian Army 1917–1918 |
| 1918 | Hugo Martiny von Malastów | 1860 | 1940 | Commanding General III Army Corps |
| 1918 | Rudolf Freiherr Stöger-Steiner von Steinstätten | 1861 | 1921 | Minister of War |
| 1918 | Alois Fürst Schönburg-Hartenstein | 1858 | 1944 | Commander-in-Chief of the 6th Army |