Hungarian Landwehr (Honvéd) Higher Formations August 1914

Originally formed in 1868 following the Ausgleich or compromise between Austria and Hungary, the Royal Hungarian Landwehr (Honvéd) developed into a sizeable military force which by the outbreak of the First World War had it's own divisional organization including integral artillery. Just prior to mobilization in August 1914 the Hungarian Landwehr (Honvéd) was organized territorially into six Landwehr Districts with an additional two Infantry Troop Divisions*, two Cavalry Divisions and 12 independent Infantry Brigades. The Brigades were formed into a further six Divisions on mobilization. The whole organization was under the control of the Hungarian Ministry of Defence whose Minister was Feldmarschalleutnant Samuel Freiherr von Hazai. The professional military head of the Honvéd was the Landwehr Commander General der Kavallerie Franz Rohr with his Headquarters or k.u. Landwehroberkommando in Budapest. Each of the six Landwehr Districts was headed by a General Officer assisted in most cases by another General as a Deputy and a Field Officer as Chief of Staff. Originally numbering seven, the districts were reorganized in 1912 to mirror the six Common Army Corps Districts in Hungary. In Hungarian parlance the Landwehr district command was known as a "honvéd kerületi parancsnokság". It should be noted that General Officers within the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy were liable to serve in any of the three separate armed forces and therefore it would not be true to state that an individual was a Landwehr or an Honvéd General. Upon being  promoted to Generalmajor, a former Oberst or ezredes (Colonel) from the Common Army or the Austrian or Hungarian Landwehr would be placed on the Common Army seniority list regardless of his prior service. The six District Commanders became the Divisional Commanders of the newly formed Divisions (Landwehr-Infanterietruppendivision) at mobilization: 

Divisions and Brigades. Honvéd Infantry Divisions formed at mobilization in parentheses.

* Magyar Királyi honvéd gyaloghadosztályok

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