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Ferdinand von Bauer, bornFerdinand Bauer (7 March 1825 - 22 July 1893)[1] was a general of theAustro-HungarianCommon Army and theImperial and RoyalMinister of War from 1888 until his death in 1893.
Ferdinand Bauer enrolled in the Imperial and Royal academy of engineers in 1836, was commissioned as alieutenant in the corps of engineers in 1841, and was placed on active service as aHauptmann in 1848. In 1849 he fought for the Habsburgs in theHungarian Revolution. He was promoted tomajor in 1859 and fought as abrigade commander in theThird Italian War of Independence.
From 1869 to 1871, Bauer was garrison commander atTemeswar[2] and between 1878 and 1881 he was military commander atHermannstadt (both in modernRomania). Then he served as Commander-General inVienna until 1888. In 1881 we was appointedGeneral of the Artillery and given command of the 84th Infantry Regiment.[3] On 16 March 1888, Bauer was named as Imperial and Royal Minister of War.
Bauer died "unexpectedly after a short illness" on 22 July 1893.[1] His funeral procession from the Imperial and Royal Ministry of War (now Am Hof 2) to theAugartenbrücke took place on 25 July 1893, with EmperorFranz Joseph I in attendance. From the Augartenbrücke his coffin was taken to thek.k. Nordbahnhof and from there to his family crypt in Lemberg (nowLviv inUkraine).[4]
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