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Karl Viktor von Wilsdorf
(18.01.1857 - 25.03.1920)
place of birth: Großhartmannsdorf,
Sachsen (Saxony)
Königreich
Sachsen: Kriegsminister,
General der Infanterie z.D.
Saxon general officer Viktor von Wilsdorf
served as that kingdom's War Minister during the First World
War. Viktor was born in a small village southern Saxony near
the Bohemian border. After passing the Abitur exam at König-
Albert-Gymnasium in Freiberg, he enlisted in the Saxon Army in 1875 as
a one-year volunteer. After about 14 years service in his original
regiment,
Wilsdorf was promoted to lead a company in the Royal Saxon Army's 2nd
Jäger Battalion, and his military career was underway.
Following stints as a battalion commander,
Wilsdorf was transferred to Dresden to replace Otto von Tettenborn as
Commandant of the Saxon Cadet Corps. He then moved up to the Saxon War
Ministry to serve as head of the Department for Personnel Affairs for
then next seven years, going on active reserve status about one year
prior to the outbreak of the Great War. When the War began, von Wilsdorf was
reactivated to function as the Chief of Staff for General Georg von
Schweinitz, who had been appointed acting Commanding General of the
XIX. Army Corps in Leipzig. One month later, he found himself back in
Dresden serving as War Minister Adolph von Carlowitz' provisional
replacement. When it became clear after about one year that von
Carlowitz would be remaining on the Front, General von Wilsdorf was
permanently installed as Saxon War Minister in October 1915 and
remained at this post for the remainder of the conflict. He went into
retirement following the Armistice of November 1918 and died in Dresden
in 1920.
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Kriegsminister |
10.09.1914
- 11.11.1918 |
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General
der Infanterie |
11.02.1918 |
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