Ritter Claudius Czibulka von Buchland

Claudius of Czibulka Claudius Czibulka (born September 22, 1862 in Neu Titschein , † April 18, 1931 in Merano , Knight of Buchland since 1918 ) was an Austro-Hungarian general of the infantry , most recently the army general of the Czechoslovak Republic . Life origin He was the son of the District Councilor Rudolf Czibulka (18 January 1817 Boskovice) who, on 20 November 1861, married Johanna Leopoldine Fröhlich of Elmbach (February 22, 1841 Brno), the officer's daughter. His step-brother Hubert von Czibulka (1842-1914) was also a high kuk officer. Military career Between 1880 and 1885, Czibulka worked as a teacher at the academy of war, and at the same time had the office of archduke Otto von Habsburg. In 1892 he became a major . In September 1904 he was promoted to Lieutenant- Colonel and replaced Norbert von Catty as the Chief of Staff of the VI. Corps. From February 1909 he commanded the infantry regiment No. 91 in České Budějovice , where his family had large possessions. On 10 November 1910, the promotion to the Generalmajor took place , combined with the position of the commander of the 62nd Infantry Brigade. On 9 November 1913 he was appointed Field Marshal . At the beginning of the First World Warhe took over the 36th Infantry Division, which, as part of the XIII. Armenkorps under General of the infantry Rhemen in the war against Serbia . After the Battle of Jadar from the 16th to the 19th of August 1914, the retreat of the VIII Corps was necessary, nine batteries of the 36th Division covering the receding north wing of the XIII. Corps. In November 1914 Czibulka received the Order of the Iron Crown 2nd Class. During the battle of the Kolubara , which was unfavorable for the monarchy , his troops, along with the 42nd Honvéd Division, were thrown back over the Lig section by the Serbs and had to make a lossy retreat. In January 1915, the 36th Division came to the Eastern Front , and under the command of the Panzer-Baltin army group , it occupied the eastern Bukowina between the Tartar Pass and Delatyn . In February 1915, the Czibulka Corps was reconfigured, comprising the 36th Division (Schreitter), the 15th Division ( Benigni ) and Brigade Lilienhoff. On February 17, 1915, Pflanzer-Baltins Czernowitz was recaptured, Czibulka's troops reached Ottynia on 18 February . The German-Austrian offensive on the Dunajec on May 2 broke between Gorliceand Tarnow with massive artillery preparation by the Russian front. As a result, the northern wing of the army group planters could again open up to the Sereth . In August 1915, Corps Czibulka (now XVIIIth Army ) took part in the offensive of the Austro-Hungarian Army in Volhynia . The 1st Cavalry Division (General de Ruiz), the 31st Infantry Division (FML Lütgendorf ) and the 32nd Infantry Division (Generalmajor Willerding) were now subordinate to the Grand Union . In May 1916, Czibulka was awarded the first class of the Leopold Order. Since June 1916 he has been with the XVIII. Corps at the 1st Army under General Puhallo in the Dubno area and was at the beginning of the Brussilov offensiveviolently attacked. On June 4, 1916, the Corps Czibulka consisted of the 7th Cavalry and 46th Schutzdivision, the 25th Division formed the corps reserve at Ziechow. The Russian breakthroughs at Mlynow and Sapanov led to the conquest of the Dubno transport hub by June 10th. On June 10, 1916, Czibulka's troops had to retreat over the Ikwa. The Russian 11th Army under General Sakharov captured the Galician city of Brody in battle with the southern corps group Cossack . In September 1916 Czibulka's front was stabilized again on the right bank of the river Styr . In July 1917, Czibulka consisted of the German 15th Infantry Divisionand the kuk 25th division in the area of ​​the 2nd Army. They covered the upper course of the Styr the railway line between Lviv and Tarnopol . On August 11th, 1917, the Ranger elevated to the General of the Infantry. On September 19, 1917, he was awarded the 2nd Class Military Service Cross and War Decoration. On 9 and 10 December 1917, Emperor Charles I carried out an inspection of the troops of the Corps Czibulka. In March 1918, Czibulka handed over the XVIIIth century, which was sent to the Italian front. Corps to General Cossack. On 10 April 1918, Emperor Charles transferred the General to the nobility, on June 28 he received the title of "von Buchland". On 1 January 1919 Czibulka retired as general of the infantry. On October 1, 1919, as a Czech born , he was awarded the rank of a three-star general. With his younger wife, Philippine Knaipp, he lived in the 1920s as a pensioner in Karlovy Vary . On December 16, 1927, he was honored as the Czech Army General. Czibulka died on April 18, 1931 in the South Tyrolean spa town of Merano. His body was transported to Vienna and buried on the Central Cemetery on March 2, literature Biografický slovník Slezska a severní Moravy. Sešit 1. (13.) Ostrava 2000.