Generalmajor Franz Ritter von Hörauf Born: 16 Jul 1878 in Landau, Palatinate (Pfalz) Died: 08 Dec 1957 in Munich (München) Promotions:
Fähnrich (23 Jan 1897); Leutnant (06 Mar 1898); Oberleutnant (26 Oct 1907); Hauptmann (28 Oct 1912); Major (17 Jan 1917); Oberstleutnant (01 Jul 1921); Oberst (01 Feb 1926); Charakter als Generalmajor (31 Aug 1928); Generalmajor z.V. (01 Dec 1940) Career:
Entered Army Service (14 Jul 1896)
Fahnenjunker in the 10th Bavarian Infantry-Regiment (14 Jul 1896-01 Oct 1901)
Detached to the War-School Munich (01 Mar 1897-01 Feb 1898)
Detached to Riding-Course with the 3rd Bavarian Train-Battalion (01 Oct 1901-20 Nov 1911)
Instruction-Officer for One-Year-Volunteers in the 10th Bavarian Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1901-18 Dec 1905)
Regiments-Adjutant of the 10th Bavarian Infantry-Regiment (18 Dec 1905-01 Oct 1912)
Detached to the Bavarian War-Academy (01 Oct 1908-30 Sep 1911)
Detached to the Central-Office, Bavarian General Staff (25 Sep 1911-26 Aug 1912)
Detached to the Staff of the 6th Bavarian Cavalry-Brigade (26 Aug 1912-04 Sep 1912)
Detached to the Staff of the 6th Bavarian Field-Artillery-Brigade (05 Sep 1912-09 Sep 1912)
Detached to the Staff of the 6th Bavarian Infantry-Division (10 Sep 1912-18 Sep 1912)
Transferred into the Central-Office of the Bavarian General Staff (01 Oct 1912-01 Apr 1913)
Military Instructor of the Bavarian War-Academy (01 Apr 1913-01 Aug 1914)
General-Staff-Officer in the General-Staff of III. Bavarian Army-Corps (01 Aug 1914-21 May 1915)
Hauptmann in the General-Staff of the Alpine-Corps (21 May 1915-21 Jul 1916)
Chief of Operations (Ia) in the General-Staff of the 12th Bavarian Infantry-Division (21 Jul 1916-30 Jan 1918)
Detached to Army-Group Kronprinz Rupprecht von Bayern for Training on the Western Front (01 Dec 1917-31 Dec 1917)
Chief of Operations (Ia) in the General-Staff of I. Bavarian Reserve-Corps (30 Jan 1918-24 Dec 1918)
Chief of Operations (Ia) in the General-Staff of the 1st Bavarian Infantry-Division (24 Dec 1918-11 Mar 1919)
Major with the Staff of the Bavarian Freikorps for Border-Protection East (Freikorps Epp) (11 Mar 1919-10 May 1919)
Chief of Operations (Ia) in the Staff of the 21st Reichswehr-Brigade (10 May 1919-01 Oct 1920)
Chief of Operations (Ia) in the Staff of Infantry-Leader VII (01 Oct 1920-02 Jun 1921)
Delegated with the Leadership of I. Battalion of the 21st Infantry-Regiment (02 Jun 1921-01 Oct 1921)
Commander of I. Battalion of the 21st Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1921-01 Oct 1923)
Instructor at the Infantry-School (01 Oct 1923-12 Jan 1924)
Placed to Disposal of the 7th Division (12 Jan 1924-01 Apr 1924)
Transferred into the Staff of Group-Command 2 and Detached to the Staff of 7th Division (01 Apr 1924-01 Oct 1924)
Delegated with the Direction of Subsidiary-Leadership-Training with the Staff of 7th Division (01 Oct 1924-01 Aug 1925)
With the Staff of the 21st Infantry-Regiment (01 Aug 1925-31 Jan 1928)
Retired (31 Jan 1928)
Placed to Disposal (Army) (26 Aug 1939)
Commandant of Lodz (10 Nov 1939-00 Apr 1941)
Commandant of Litzmannstadt (00 Apr 1941-31 Jan 1943)
Führer-Reserve (31 Jan 1943-31 Mar 1943)
Retired (31 Mar 1943)
NS-Internment (01 Sep 1945-30 Apr 1948)
Released (30 Apr 1948)
Awards & Decorations:
Ritter des königlich-bayerischen Militär-Max-Joseph-Ordens, verbunden mit dem persönlichen Adel (11 Nov 1916)
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