Andreas Rutzky from Brennau

Andreas Rutzky Edler von Brennau (born January 15, 1829 in Wagstadt , † December 4, 1896 in Graz , Annenstrasse 25), was an Austro-Hungarian general and military writer, he founded the noble family Rutzky von Brennau with his brother Edmund.

Youth and education

Rutzky was born in Wagstadt in Austrian Silesia , today Bílovec in the Czech Republic , as the son of a machinist. In 1848 he entered the kuk in Lower Austrian Infantry Regiment. 49 Brno one. He graduated from the artillery academy in Olomouc and was retired as second lieutenant to the kuk field artillery regiment no.

Teaching activity and career

Since 1858 Andreas Rutzky worked in the rank of first lieutenant and first lieutenant as a professor at the Technical Military Academy in Vienna , from 1860 on the artillery committee. In 1866 he was promoted to captain 2nd class and in 1868 to captain 1st class. As part of his teaching activities, he wrote several specialist publications, including a technical guide to weapons theory for the Technical Military Academy.

In the northern campaign of 1866, Andreas Rutzky commanded the 5th ammunition column in the army ammunition park in Ludwig von Benedek's northern army . After that he was again entrusted with scientific and literary work in the Technical Military Committee. In 1875 he was appointed major and in 1876 commander of the fortress artillery battalion 4, in 1879 lieutenant colonel and in 1883 colonel and artillery director of the XIV Corps, based in Innsbruck . As of May 1, 1888, he retired as Major General ad honores and was ennobled by a diploma from September 17, 1887. He was awarded the Imperial Austrian Military Merit Medal with a Red Ribbon ( Signum Laudis ).

family

He married Franziska Aloisia Polin on November 23, 1868 in Vienna. The couple had four daughters and two sons, Andreas and Maximilian. His younger brother Edmund married Seraphine Josefa Anna Mayrhofer on February 28, 1867 in Mährisch-Ostrau, they had two daughters and a son Karl.

coat of arms

Rutzky von Brennau coat of arms

Blazon : Squared, in the first and fourth fields in red an inwardly turned golden lion. In the second and third fields in silver a striding, red-armored, black rooster. On the crowned helmet with red and gold covers on the right and black and silver covers on the left, the rooster of the shield between open red flight. This coat of arms was given to both of the Rutzky brothers.

progeny

Andreas Rutzky was raised to the Austrian nobility in 1887 with the word of honor and predicate " Edler von Brennau" and together with his brother Edmund, who was also ennobled with "Edler von Brennau" in 1884, he founded the Austrian noble family Rutzky Edle von Brennau.

Other bearers of the name:

• Edmund Rutzky Edler von Brennau (born November 12, 1834), ennobled by Ah. Resolution of August 25, 1884, diploma of September 12, 1884, kuk tit. Major in the artillery, holder of the Imperial Austrian Military Merit Cross 3rd Class, married Seraphine Josefa Anna Mayrhofer, brother of Andreas Rutzky von Brennau, on February 28, 1867
• Elisabeth "Elsa" Rutzky Edle von Brennau (* June 2, 1892 - † March 3, 1972 in Graz), born Gierke from the Graz cinema dynasty, owner of the garden villa in Laßnitzhöhe from 1933 to 1960, married to Maximilian Rutzky Edlen von Brennau (* September 18, 1880 in Dubrovnik, † January 12, 1952 in Graz), holder of the Golden Medal of Bravery, Lieutenant Colonel in the Imperial and Royal Infantry Regiment No. 27

Works

• 1861: Movement and deviation of the pointed bullets
• 1862: The rifled gunwool field and mountain gun (according to Lenk's system) in its division, setup, operation and use (together with Otto von Grahl) in French
• 1863: The gunpowder and its defects (together with Otto von Grahl)
• 1864: The establishment and construction of the rifled artillery (2nd edition 1869)
• 1870: The theory of shooting preparations and projectile movement in firearms (internal ballistics)
• 1871: Artillery teaching, theory and practice of projectile and fuse construction

literature

• Constantin von Wurzbach : Rutzky, Andreas . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 27th part. Imperial and Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1874, pp. 312–314 ( digitized version ).
• Schematism for the imperial and royal armies and for the imperial and royal navy for 1893, official edition.
• Genealogical paperback of the knight and noble families, later noble houses, 19 years, Irrgang, Brno, 1870-1894, (Brno paperback - BTB).
• Wiener Zeitung v. November 5, 1887, p. 1.
• Antonio Schmidt-Brentano: The kk or kuk generals from 1816-1918 .
• Provincial Archives of Styria: Wöbling's French cadastre, land registers III and IV.
• Peter Broucek :  Rutzky von Brennau Andreas. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 9, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1988, ISBN 3-7001-1483-4 , p. 341.

Web links

• www.austroaristo.com
• Verena Florian: Kino - Geschichte Annenhof - Gierke, house Annenstrasse 29 (PDF, 406 kB). Chronicle of the Annenhof cinema. Online on florians.eu from autumn 2005. ( Memento from October 6, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) * Author: Andreas Rutzky von Brennau . In: Database of German-Moravian Authors. Online at mahren.germanistika.cz from August 4, 2011, accessed on October 5, 2013.