Karl Eglseer

Karl Eglseer
Karl Eglseer
Born	5 July 1890
Died	23 June 1944 (aged 53); near Rettenegg, Nazi Germany
Allegiance	Austria–Hungary ; First Austrian Republic; Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Army
Years of service	1908–38 ; 1938–44
Rank	General
Commands held	4th Mountain Division; 114th Jäger Division; XVIII Corps
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Karl Eglseer (5 July 1890 – 23 June 1944) was a general in the Wehrmacht during World War II who commanded the XVIII Corps. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany. Eglseer was killed in an air crash in Austria on June 23, 1944, along with generals Thomas-Emil von Wickede and Eduard Dietl.

Awards

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 23 October 1941 as Generalmajor and commander of 4. Gebirgs-Division^[1]

Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [1986]. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile [The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.

Military offices
Preceded by none	Commander of 4. Gebirgs-Division 23 October 1940 – 1 October 1941	Succeeded by Oberst Karl Wintergerst
Preceded by Oberst Karl Wintergerst	Commander of 4. Gebirgs-Division November 1941 – 22 October 1942	Succeeded by Generalleutnant Hermann Kreß
Preceded by Generalleutnant Josef Reichert	Commander of 114th Jäger Division 20 February 1943 – 1 December 1943	Succeeded by Generalleutnant Alexander Bourquin
Preceded by General der Gebirgstruppe Franz Böhme	Commander of XVIII Gerbirgskorps 10 December 1943 – 23 June 1944	Succeeded by General der Infanterie Friedrich Hochbaum

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