Valentin Feurstein

{{short description|Austrian military officer}}

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{{Infobox military person

|name=Valentin Feurstein

|birth_date={{birth date|1885|01|18}}

|death_date={{death date and age|df=yes|1970|06|08|1885|01|18}}

|birth_place=Bregenz, Austria-Hungary

|death_place=Innsbruck, Austria

|image=Valentin Feurstein (cropped).jpg

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|allegiance={{flag|Austria-Hungary}} (to 1918)
{{flag|Austria}} (to 1938)
{{flag|Nazi Germany}}

|branch=Army (Wehrmacht)

|serviceyears= 1907–1945

|rank=General der Gebirgstruppe

|commands=2nd Mountain Division
LI.Gebirgsarmeekorps

|unit=

|battles=

World War II

|awards=Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

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Valentin Feurstein (1 January 1885 – 8 June 1970) was an Austrian military officer who served in the Austrian and German armies.

Feurstein joined the Austro-Hungarian Army in 1907, he served in World War I and in the Austrian Bundesheer in the 1930s. He was commander of 3rd Division (stationed in St. Pölten). After the Anschluss and the incorporation of the Bundesheer into it, Feurstein served as a general in the Wehrmacht.

He commanded the 2nd Mountain Division during Fall Weiss and during the Norwegian Campaign. In 1941, he was promoted to full general of mountain troops (Gen.d.Geb.Tr.). He also served on the Italian front in 1943.

Feurstein was city commander of Bregenz in 1945 and tried to declare Bregenz a non-combat zone.

Valentin Feurstein died on 8 June 1970.

Awards and decorations

  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (12 August 1944){{cite book|last=Scherzer|first=Veit|title=Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939-1945|year=2007|publisher=Scherzers Militaer-Verlag|location=Ranis/Jena|isbn=978-3-938845-17-2|page=306|language=German}}

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{{succession box

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| after = Generalleutnant Ernst Schlemmer

| title = Commander of 2. Gebirgs-Division

| years = 1 March 1938 – 4 March 1941

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after=General der Artillerie Hermann Tittel|

before=none|

title= Commander of Höheres Kommando z.b.V. LXX
Commander of LXX. Armeekorps|

years=4 May 1941 - 22 June 1943|

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after=General der Gebirgstruppe Friedrich-Wilhelm Hauck|

before=none|

title= Commander of LI. Gebirgs-Armeekorps|

years=25 August 1943 - January 1945

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