Ludwig Konnen-Horak (15 February 1861-14 October 1938) was an Austro-Hungarian General der Infanterie who commanded the Alpine front of World War I.
Biography[]
Ludwig Konnen-Horak was born in Vienna, Austria in 1861, and he attended the Theresian Military Academy before serving in the Austro-Hungarian Army General Staff, as a surveyor in Transylvania, and, by 1911, as commander of the 14th Army Corps and a Field Marshal Lieutenant by 1913. At the outbreak of World War I, he was appointed military commander of Innsbruck and Tyrol, organizing the defense troops of the region and organizing them. He took command of the 91st Infantry Division on the opening of the Italian front in May 1915, while Viktor Dankl assumed command of Tyrol. He assumed direct command of the III Sector in November 1915, and he repelled Italian attacks and became a General der Infanterie in November 1916. He remained in control of South Tyrol until late 1917, after which he briefly took command of the IX Army Corps on the Eastern Front. He retired in July 1918 after falling seriously ill, and he was discharged in January 1919. He became involved with veterans' organizations after the war, and he died in Vienna in 1938.