Ferdinand von Bauer, born Ferdinand Bauer (7 March 1825 - 22 July 1893)[1] was a general of the Austro-Hungarian Common Army and the Imperial and Royal Minister of War from 1888 until his death in 1893.
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Life
editFerdinand Bauer enrolled in the Imperial and Royal academy of engineers in 1836, was commissioned as a lieutenant in the corps of engineers in 1841, and was placed on active service as a Hauptmann in 1848. In 1849 he fought for the Habsburgs in the Hungarian Revolution. He was promoted to major in 1859 and fought as a brigade commander in the Third Italian War of Independence.
From 1869 to 1871, Bauer was garrison commander at Temeswar[2] and between 1878 and 1881 he was military commander at Hermannstadt (both in modern Romania). Then he served as Commander-General in Vienna until 1888. In 1881 we was appointed General of the Artillery and given command of the 84th Infantry Regiment.[3] On 16 March 1888, Bauer was named as Imperial and Royal Minister of War.
Bauer died "unexpectedly after a short illness" on 22 July 1893.[1] His funeral procession from the Imperial and Royal Ministry of War (now Am Hof 2) to the Augartenbrücke took place on 25 July 1893, with Emperor Franz Joseph I in attendance. From the Augartenbrücke his coffin was taken to the k.k. Nordbahnhof and from there to his family crypt in Lemberg (now Lviv in Ukraine).[4]
Awards and honours
edit- Military Merit Cross for his personal valour at the Battle of Solferino, 1859.[3]
- Knight's Cross of the Order of Leopold for his personal valour at the Battle of Custoza, 1866.
- Order of the Iron Crown 2nd class and, on request, promotion to Freiherr status, 1878.[3]
- Knight of the Order of the Iron Crown, 1st class, 1884.[5]
- Great Cross of the Order of Leopold, 1887[3]
References
edit- ^ a b † Kriegsminister Freiherr v. Bauer. In: Neue Freie Presse, 23 July 1893, p. 02 (Online at ANNO)
- ^ Anton Peter Petri: Biographisches Lexikon des Banater Deutschtums. Breit Druck und Verlag GmbH, Marquartstein 1992, ISBN 3-922046-76-2
- ^ a b c d † Reichs-Kriegsminister Feldzeugmeister Freiherr v. Bauer. In: Die Vedette. Zeitschrift für die Militär-Veteranenschaft Oesterreichs. Officielles Organ des Nordböhmischen Militär-Veteranenbundes, des Steiermärkischen Kriegerbundes und des Nordwestböhmischen Militär-Veteranenbundes, 30 July 1893, p. 01 (Online at ANNO).
- ^ Das Leichenbegängniß des Kriegsministers Baron Bauer. In: Neue Freie Presse, 26 July 1893, p. 05 (Online at ANNO).
- ^ Reichs-Kriegsminister FZM. Freiherr v. Bauer †. In: Militär-Zeitung, 26 July 1893, p. 01 (Online at ANNO).
Bibliography
edit- Oscar Criste (1902), "Bauer, Ferdinand Freiherr von", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 46, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 237–239
- "Bauer Ferdinand Frh. von". In: Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Vol. 1, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1957, p. 55.
External links
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- † Kriegsminister Freiherr v. Bauer. In: Neue Freie Presse, 24 July 1893, p. 02 (Online at ANNO).
- Kriegsminister Freiherr v. Bauer. In: Neue Freie Presse, 25 July 1893, p. 05 (Online at ANNO).
- Kleine Chronik. (…) Reichs-Kriegsminister FZM. Freiherr v. Bauer. In: Neue Freie Presse, 25 July 1893, p. 17 (Online at ANNO).
- Kleine Chronik. (…) Reichs-Kriegsministers Baron Bauer. In: Neue Freie Presse, 26 July 1893, p. 17 (Online at ANNO).