Austrian Landwehr Higher Formations August 1914
Just
prior to mobilization in August 1914 the Austrian Landwehr was organized
territorially into nine Landwehr Districts with eight Infantry Troop Divisions
and three independent Cavalry Brigades. The whole organization was under the control
of the Austrian Ministry of Defence in Vienna whose Minister was General der
Infanterie Friedrich Freiherr von Georgi. The senior officer of the Landwehr was
the "Oberkommandant" a post held by General der Infanterie Archduke Friedrich.
Tactically the Landwehr formations
were placed under the control of the Commanding General of the Common Army Army
Corps District within which they were recruited and stationed with the exception
of the Ragusa based 16th Army Corps and to all intents and purposes became
a third Infantry Division of the respective Army Corps. A Landwehr Group
Headquarters was thus part of each of the Army District Headquarters in which a
Landwehr Division was based. At mobilization some reorganization was effected
and regiments assigned to other Brigade and Divisions including formations of
the Common Army. These changes can be seen on the Landwehr
Infantry Page. Commanders who changed at mobilization can be seen on the
August 1914 OOB pages for Galicia and Serbia.
The last peacetime order of battle was as follows:
13. LITD (2.Korps) | Vienna | FML. Eduard Edler von Kreysa | - |
25. LwIBrig. | Vienna | GM. Karl Englert | LIR.1, LIR.24 |
26. LwIBrig. | Brünn | GM. Emil Lischka | LIR.14, LIR.25 |
21. LITD (8.Korps) | Prague | FML. Artur Przyborski | - |
41. LwIBrig. | Pilsen | GM. Otmar Panesch | LIR.6, LIR.7 |
42. LwIBrig. | Prague | GM. Alois Podhajský | LIR.8, LIR.28, LIR.29 |
22. LITD (3.Korps) | Graz | FML. Heinrich Ritter von Krauss-Elislago | - |
43. LwIBrig. | Graz | GM. Josef Nemeczek | LIR.3, LIR.26, LIR.31 |
44. LwIBrig. | Pola | GM. Ignaz Schmidt Edler von Fussina | LIR.4, LIR.5, LIR.27 |
26. LITD (9.Korps) | Leitmeritz | FML. Karl von Křitek | - |
51. LwIBrig. | Hohenmauth | GM. Viktor Seidler | LIR.11, LIR.12, LIR.30 |
52. LwIBrig. | Leitmeritz | GM. Otto Gössmann | LIR.9, LIR.10 |
43. LITD (11.Korps) | Czernowitz | FML. Albert Schmidt von Georgenegg | - |
85. LwIBrig. | Lemberg | Oberst Georg Komma | LIR.19, LIR.35 |
86. LwIBrig. | Czernowitz | GM. Moritz Jesser | LIR.20, LIR.22, LIR.36 |
44. LITD (14.Korps) | Innsbruck | FML. Heinrich Tschurtschenthaler von Helmheim | - |
87. LwIBrig. | Linz | GM. Rudolf Krauss | LIR.2, LIR.21 |
88. LwIBrig. | Bozen | GM. Karl Georgi | LSchR.I, LSchR.II, LSchR.III |
45. LITD (10.Korps) | Przemyśl | FML. Stephan Ljubičić | - |
89. LwIBrig. | Przemyśl | GM. Ernst Ritter Hörmann von Wüllerstorf und Urbair | LIR.18, LIR.33 |
90. LwIBrig. | Jaroslau | GM. Johann Edler von Sauerwein | LIR.17, LIR.34 |
46. LITD (1.Korps) | Krakau | FML. Karl Nastopil | - |
91. LwIBrig. | Krakau | GM. Alfred Kochanowski Edler von Korwinau | LIR.16, LIR.31 |
92. LwIBrig. | Olmütz | GM. Adam Brandner Edler von Wolfszahn | LIR.13, LIR.15 |
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1.LwKBrig. | Wels | GM. Gabriel Graf Marenzi | LUR.5, LUR.6, RtTLschD. |
2.LwKBrig. | Olmütz | GM. Rudolf Krauszler | LUR.2, LUR.4 |
3.LwKBrig. | Lemberg | Post not filled | LUR.1, LUR.3 |