Anton Schaffer von Schäffersfeld

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Anton Schaffer von Schäffersfeld

Anton Josef Franz Ritter Schaffer von Schäffersfeld (born February 10, 1835 in Graz , † October 27, 1910 ) was an Austrian general.

Life

After his training in the Theresian Military Academy , the official's son was assigned to an infantry regiment. In the revolutionary year of 1848 , Anton Schaffer von Schäffersfeld fought as first lieutenant against the Italian national rebels supported by the Kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont , including in the battle of Santa Lucia near Verona and the battle of Vicenza .

At the beginning of 1849, Schaffer was that of Schaffer field general staff in the headquarters of Field Marshal Radetzky allocated and made the Battle of Mortara and the Battle of Novara with. In the following years he made a career as a general staff officer.

In the war between Austria and the Kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont in 1859, Schaffer von Schäffersfeld, now a major , fought in the Battle of Solferino . The following year he was appointed professor at the Imperial and Royal War School.

In 1867 Schaffer von Schäffersfeld became head of a department of the War Ministry and was involved in the reorganization of the Austro-Hungarian army that had become necessary as a result of the defeat at Königgrätz . In 1869 he became the commander of the regiment with which he had started his military career (Leopold II Infantry Regiment, King of the Belgians No. 27).

After a few other commands and promotion to field marshal lieutenant , in 1878 he became the commander of the Krakow Fortress . Here Schaffer von Schäffersfeld campaigned for the reconstruction of the Krakow Royal Castle on the Wawel , which at that time was used as a barracks , prison and storage room. In 1882 Schaffer von Schäffersfeld retired.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Antonio Schmidt-Brentano: The kk or kuk Generalität 1816–1918 (PDF) , accessed on April 15, 2009
  2. ^ Johann Svoboda: The Theresian Military Academy and its Students , Volume Two, Vienna 1894 (online) , accessed on November 12, 2010
personal data
SURNAME Schaffer von Schäffersfeld, Anton
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schaffer von Schäffersfeld, Anton Josef Franz Ritter (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian general
DATE OF BIRTH February 10, 1835
PLACE OF BIRTH Graz
DATE OF DEATH October 27, 1910