ErwinGerhardt is correct.

I apologize for the error, but upon doing a little more research on German/Austrian/Bohemian nobility I found this statement in a discussion on German baronial families:

"Generally, all legitimate males of a German baronial family inherit the title Freiherr or Baron from birth. As a result, German barons have been more numerous than those of, e.g., France, Spain, and the United Kingdom, where primogeniture prevails."

jon