Karl Eglseer

Karl Eglseer
Born	5 July 1890 Bad Ischl, Upper Austria, Austria-Hungary
Died	23 June 1944(1944-06-23) (aged 53) near Rettenegg, Nazi Germany now Austria
Allegiance	Austria–Hungary First Austrian Republic Nazi Germany
Service / branch	Army
Years of service	1908–38 1938–44
Rank	Oberst (Austria) General (Germany)
Commands	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 23 June 1944, along with generals Thomas-Emil von Wickede and Eduard Dietl.

Awards

Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Austrian Republic

• Karl Troop Cross
• Military Merit Cross, 3rd class with war decoration and swords

Nazi Germany

• Iron Cross (1939) 2nd and 1st Class
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 23 October 1941 as Generalmajor and commander of 4. Gebirgs-Division

References

Bibliography

• 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.