Feurstein, Valentin, born 18-01-1885, in Bregenz,
entered the Austrian Army as a Leutnant with the 2nd Tiroler Kaiser Jäger Regiment on 18-08-1906, age 21. He followed the War School in Vienna and came as the General Staff Officer with of the 8th Infantry Troops Division
until end April 1914, now a Oberleutnant. He was transferred, as a Hauptmann, in the same position to the 122nd Infantry Mountain Brigade, when the first war broke out. He was transferred again to the General Staff of the XX Corps
in 1916 under command of General der Artillerie Friedrich von Scholtz,
. Von Scholtz on 24-01-1919, retired to civilian life and died eight years later at the age of 76 years on 30-04-1927, in Ballensted. After the war Feurstein was accepted in the Austrian Bundesheer, Army and on 01-07-1920 promoted to Major, serving in different Staff’s. Promoted to Oberstleutnant on 01-09-1924, to Oberst in the autumn of 1928 and Generalmajor on 25-06-1935 as a Division Commander. After the union with Germany in the spring of 1938 his was transferred to the German Wehrmacht with the command of the 2nd Mountain Division
, from 01-04-1938. Promoted to Generalleutnant on 01-06-1939 and led his Division in the invasion of Poland. He was awarded with both the Iron Crosses
and now involved in the Operation Weserübung, the invasion of Norway
where his division made the brake through from Trondheim to Narvick. He lost his command to General der Gebirgstruppe, Kommandeur LXXV Armeekorps, Hans Schlemmer



















Death and burial ground of Feurstein, Valentin.






