Austrian Bundesheer Generals and Colonels 1938
Introduction
Like their predecessors in the Monarchy, the Austrian Federal Ministry of Defence published a yearly Army List known in Austrian parlance as a Schematismus. With the events of 1938 a full blown Schematismus which included the full order of battle of the army was never published and only a "Rangliste" or rank list was prepared. The following list of General Officers and Colonels is reproduced from this Rangliste. All of these officers had served the old Austro-Hungarian Monarchy and many were to serve in the German Wehrmacht following the March 1938 Anschluß. Also appended below is the list of Divisional and Brigade Commanders at this date. A table of abbreviations will be found at the foot of the page.
| 1.Division (Vienna) | Generalmajor Karl Kotik |
| 2.Division (Vienna) | Feldmarschalleutnant Theodor Haselmayr |
| 3.Division (St. Pölten) | Generalmajor Valentin Feurstein |
| 4.Division (Linz) | Generalmajor Anton Kienbauer |
| 5.Division (Graz) | Generalmajor Rudolf Schaffarz |
| 6.Division (Innsbruck) | Feldmarschalleutnant Eugen Beyer |
| 7.Division (Klagenfurt) | Generalmajor Eduard Barger |
| 8.Brigade (Salzburg) | Generalmajor Kurt Zborzil |
| Schnelle Division (Vienna) | Generalmajor Dr. Alfred Hubicki |
|
Luftstreitkräfte (Vienna) |
Generalmajor Alexander Löhr |
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Generals of the General Staff: |
Position | Seniority |
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| General der Infanterie Sigismund Schilhawsky | GTI. | 21 Mar 1933 |
| General der Infanterie Wilhelm Zehner | Staatssekretär für Heereswesen | 02 Nov 1934 |
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| Feldmarschalleutnant Eugen Beyer | 6.DivKdo. | 22 Dec 1936 |
| Feldmarschalleutnant Ing. Johann Kubena | BMfLV. | 22 Dec 1936 |
| Feldmarschalleutnant Theodor Haselmayr | 2.DivKdo. | 01 Jan 1938 |
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| Generalmajor Rudolf Towarek | TherMilAk. | 26 May 1934 |
| Generalmajor Alexander Löhr | KdodLStrKr. | 25 Sep 1934 |
| Generalmajor Valentin Feurstein | 3.DivKdo. | 25 Jun 1935 |
| Generalmajor Friedrich Materna | BMfLV. | 25 Jun 1935 |
| Generalmajor Franz Böhme | BMfLV. | 24 Dec 1935 |
| Generalmajor Paul Wittas | HöhOffzK. | 24 Dec 1935 |
| Generalmajor Dr. Alfred Hubicki | SchDivKdo. | 24 Dec 1935 |
| Generalmajor Kurt Zborzil | 8.BrigKdo. | 24 Dec 1935 |
| Generalmajor Adalbert Schmidt | SchDivKdo. | 22 Dec 1936 |
| Generalmajor Ing. Ernst Hammer | StaatsFb. | 22 Dec 1936 |
| Generalmajor Franz Zaiser | 5.DivKdo. | 22 Dec 1936 |
| Generalmajor Karl Bornemann | 2.DivKdo. | 26 Jun 1937 |
| Generalmajor Ing. Friedrich Moro | BMfLV. | 26 Jun 1937 |
| Generalmajor Justus Jahn | MAtt. | 26 Jun 1937 |
| Generalmajor Moritz Basler | BMfLV. | 01 Jan 1938 |
| Generalmajor Marian Wessely | BMfLV. | 01 Jan 1938 |
| Generalmajor Johann Glasner | BMfLV. | 01 Jan 1938 |
| Generalmajor Ing. Anton Pohl | MAtt. | 01 Jan 1938 |
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| Generals of the War Technical Staff: | ||
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| Feldmarschalleutnant Dr. Ing. Karl Leitner | BMfLV. | 23 Dec 1936 |
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| Generalmajor Ing. Ernst Walter | BMfLV. | 21 Nov 1933 |
| Generalmajor Ing. Emil Hickmann | BMfLV. | 25 Jun 1935 |
| Generalmajor Ing. Alois Vesely | HöhOffzK. | 22 Jun 1936 |
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| Troop Generals: | ||
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| Generalmajor Dr. h.c. Carl Graser | HRemInsp. | 22 May 1933 |
| Generalmajor Rudolf Schaffarz | 5.DivKdo. | 24 Dec 1935 |
| Generalmajor Eduard Barger | 7.DivKdo. | 24 Dec 1935 |
| Generalmajor Anton Kienbauer | 4.DivKdo. | 24 Dec 1935 |
| Generalmajor Adalbert Szente | 6.DivKdo. | 22 Dec 1936 |
| Generalmajor Paul Eppich | GTI. | 01 Jan 1938 |
| Generalmajor Karl Kotik | 1.DivKdo. | 01 Jan 1938 |
| Generalmajor Karl Moyses | TherMilAk. | 01 Jan 1938 |
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| General Staff Colonels: | ||
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| Oberst Roman Sohn | BMfLV. | 17 Aug 1932 |
| Oberst Maximilian Angelis | HöhOffzK. | 28 Jun 1933 |
| Oberst Friedrich Krischer | HöhOffzK. | 28 Jun 1933 |
| Oberst Dr. Emil Liebitzky | MAtt. (Rome) | 28 Jun 1933 |
| Oberst Ing. Oskar Kubitza | 1.DivKdo. | 23 Sep 1933 |
| Oberst Wilhelm Neugebauer | 2.DivKdo. | 23 Sep 1933 |
| Oberst Dr. Oskar Regele | BMfLV. | 23 Sep 1933 |
| Oberst Rudolf Mlaker | HVermSt. | 23 Sep 1933 |
| Oberst Dr. Walter Hinghofer | 7.DivKdo. | 23 Sep 1933 |
| Oberst Robert Meissner | BMfLV. | 23 Sep 1933 |
| Oberst Erich Oliva | 5.DivKdo. | 10 Nov 1933 |
| Oberst Johann Schwab | BMfLV. | 10 Nov 1933 |
| Oberst Josef Brauner | BMfLV. | 10 Nov 1933 |
| Oberst Emil Zellner | GTI. | 20 Jan 1934 |
| Oberst Karl Wöhrle | 4.DivKdo. | 23 Feb 1934 |
| Oberst Dr. Ernst Klepp | 3.DivKdo. | 16 May 1934 |
| Oberst Karl Brantner | SchDivKdo. | 16 May 1934 |
| Oberst Emil Markgraf | HöhOffzK. | 20 Sep 1934 |
| Oberst Franz Wagner | BMfLV. | 17 Jun 1935 |
| Oberst Karl Eglseer | 6.DivKdo. | 17 Jun 1935 |
| Oberst René Eberle | MAtt. | 17 Jun 1935 |
| Oberst Karl Peyerl | MAtt. | 24 Dec 1935 |
| Oberst Alois Windisch | HöhOffzK. | 24 Jun 1936 |
| Oberst Adolf Sinzinger | 4.DivKdo. | 25 Jun 1936 |
| Oberst Anton Longin | MAtt. | 25 Jun 1936 |
| Oberst Robert Kolbe | BMfLV. | 19 Dec 1936 |
| Oberst Otto Schöbel | KdodLStrKr. | 19 Dec 1936 |
| Oberst Erhard Raus | MAtt. | 19 Dec 1936 |
| Oberst Felix Vodepp | HöhoffzK. | 16 Jun 1937 |
| Oberst Erwin Steinhardt | HöhoffzK. | 16 Jun 1937 |
| Oberst Karl Klein | BMfLV. | 16 Jun 1937 |
| Oberst Otto Schönherr | 6.DivKdo. | 01 Jan 1938 |
| Oberst Ernst Pauer | TherMilAk. | 01 Jan 1938 |
| Oberst Josef Hellrigl | 1.DivKdo. | 01 Jan 1938 |
| Oberst Friedrich Osmann | BMfLV. | 01 Jan 1938 |
| Oberst Albert Dworschak | BMfLV. | 01 Jan 1938 |
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| Troop Colonels: | ||
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| Oberst Hermann Ölberg | GTI. | 20 Sep 1934 |
| Oberst Franz Freudenseher | 7.DivKdo. | 20 Sep 1934 |
| Oberst Viktor Gore | BMfLV. | 25 Sep 1934 |
| Oberst Robert Martinek | GTI. | 15 Dec 1934 |
| Oberst Hugo Enderl | LAR.4 | 15 Dec 1934 |
| Oberst Ludwig Riebesam | SchDivKdo. | 15 Dec 1934 |
| Oberst Franz Schmidt | IR.15 | 18 Jun 1935 |
| Oberst Eugen Walland | 3.DivKdo. | 18 Jun 1935 |
| Oberst Rudolf Jungwirth | LAR.5 | 18 Jun 1935 |
| Oberst Ing. Hugo Fischl | BkB. | 24 Dec 1935 |
| Oberst Ferdinand Richter | IR.4 | 23 Jun 1936 |
| Oberst Heinrich Widmann | LAR.3 | 23 Jun 1936 |
| Oberst Albert Reichel | LAR.6 | 23 Jun 1936 |
| Oberst Alexander Zäpffel | LAR.2 | 23 Jun 1936 |
| Oberst Adalbert Risser | SAR. | 23 Jun 1936 |
| Oberst Julius Yllam | KdodLStrKr. | 23 Jun 1936 |
| Oberst Johann Tarbuk | BMfLV. | 18 Dec 1936 |
| Oberst Richard Baumgartner | PiB.4 | 18 Dec 1936 |
| Oberst Karl Ebner | SAR. | 18 Dec 1936 |
| Oberst Gustav Wayer | LAR.9 | 18 Dec 1936 |
| Oberst Friedrich Angerer | MilRuFI. | 18 Dec 1936 |
| Oberst Alexander Kaufmann | LAR.7 | 18 Dec 1936 |
| Oberst Erwin Hingler | IR.14 | 18 Dec 1936 |
| Oberst Gottfried Barton | DragR.1 | 18 Dec 1936 |
| Oberst Adolf Plammer | IR.13 | 18 Dec 1936 |
| Oberst Karl Kurz | AJgB.4 | 18 Dec 1936 |
| Oberst Friedrich Reitermann | PlKdo. Wien | 21 Jun 1937 |
| Oberst Rudolf Neumann | IR.1 | 21 Jun 1937 |
| Oberst Ferdinand Strasser | IR.12 | 21 Jun 1937 |
| Oberst Johann Scheid | IR.6 | 21 Jun 1937 |
| Oberst Ludwig Lehner | AJgR.8 | 21 Jun 1937 |
| Oberst Viktor Damisch | IR.13 | 01 Jan 1938 |
| Oberst Hubert Stenzel | LAR.3 | 01 Jan 1938 |
| Oberst Josef Porta | PiB.3 | 01 Jan 1938 |
| Oberst Eduard Reissig | KFJgB.4 | 01 Jan 1938 |
| Oberst Richard Tunkel | IR.5 | 01 Jan 1938 |
| Oberst Karl Danner | IR.2 | 01 Jan 1938 |
| Oberst Oskar Rubritius | KFJgB.1 | 01 Jan 1938 |
| Oberst Michael Lagger | AJgB.5 | 01 Jan 1938 |
| Oberst Maximilian Capesius | AJgR.9 | 01 Jan 1938 |
| Abbreviation | Meaning | Approximate English equivalent |
| BMfLV. | Bundesministerium für Landesverteidigung | Federal Ministry of Defence |
| HöhOffzK | Höhere Offizierskurse | Senior Officers' Course |
| GTI. | Generaltruppeninspektorat | General Troop Inspectorate |
| DivKdo. | Division Kommando | Divisional Headquarters |
| SchDivKdo. | Schnelledivision Kommando | Fast (Armoured) Division Headquarters |
| TherMilAk | Theresianische Militärakademie | Theresa Military Academy |
| MAtt. | Militärattaché | Military Attache |
| KdodLStrKr | Kommando der Luftstreitkräfte | Air force Headquarters |
| LAR. | Leichtes Artillerieregiment | Light Artillery regiment |
| AJgR./AJgB. | Alpenjägerregiment/Bataillon | Mountain Rifle Regiment/Battalion |
| KFJgB. | Kraftfahrjägerbataillon | Motorized Rifle Battalion |