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 |