Anton Wallner

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Anton Wallner Monument in Krimml

Anton Wallner (* year and place unknown; † February 15, 1810 in Vienna ) was the host of the Aichberger inn in Windisch-Matrey (today Matrei in East Tyrol ) and commander in chief of the Tyrolean insurrection in Pinzgau and Pongau .

Life

The Wallner family's estate in Oberkrimml, sold by Anton W. in 1791

Anton Wallner, who does not appear in the baptismal register of the Wald im Pinzgau parish (responsible for Krimml until 1784 ), grew up on the family estate of the Wallner family in Oberkrimml. On October 25, 1785 he married the daughter of the forest landlord from Wald im Pinzgau, Theresia Egger. In 1791 he sold the Wallner inheritance and one year later acquired the Aichberg inn in Windisch-Matrey, then Salzburg.

Against the background of the Tyrolean popular uprising in the course of the 5th coalition war, resistance against the French-Bavarian occupation, initiated by the Tyrolean directorship, also took place in Salzburg. Accordingly, Salzburg rifle companies and the Landsturm (Landwehr) should occupy important passes in Salzburg. Anton Wallner and Bartholomä Hohlaus were appointed by the Tyrolean Unterindentanten Roschmann-Hörburg on June 14th 1809 as authorized representatives for the mobilization of the Salzburg mountainous region. Just three days later, on June 17, 1809, Wallner accepted the title of Supreme Commander in a letter to the Taxenbach Nursing and Regional Court - with Hohlaus being demoted to "Untercommandanten".

When Bavarian troops, led by General Deroy , marched through the Pongau and Pinzgau to Tyrol on July 27, 1809, the battle on the Langen Bruggen under Anton Wallner and Johann Panzl broke out in Taxenbach , which ended with Wallner's flight. On September 25, 1809, the Bavarians were pushed from Lofer via Unken to Bad Reichenhall , but the success only lasted a few days. This time, too, Wallner and his companions fled away in wild disorder .

In the Treaty of Schönbrunn on October 14, 1809, Austria had to renounce Salzburg, Anton Wallner retired to Windisch-Matrei. Only a short time later, however, despite the current armistice and a peace contract signed by Wallner himself in East Tyrol ( Unterpeischlach ) on November 10, 1809 with the French, there was renewed protest. The uprising initially brought success on the Aineter Bergl, but was doomed to failure due to the superior strength of the French troops. After a bounty of 1,000 guilders was placed on Wallner , he fled to Vienna via Heiligenblut . Others had to pay for Wallner. Three Iseltal people who stood up against Wallner to protect the rest of the population were shot. When the search for Wallner and Panzl remained unsuccessful, Matrei's municipal council was forced to select two men who also had to give their lives in place of the rebel leaders.

At the imperial court in Vienna, Wallner had meanwhile been granted an annual pension of 500 guilders and a one-off grant of 400 guilders. However, he died shortly afterwards on February 15, 1810 in the Old General Hospital Vienna of a nerve fever (possible typhus or typhus) that was widespread in large parts of the Imperial and Royal Monarchy at that time.

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  • Josef Lahnsteiner: Oberpinzgau. From Krimml to Kaprun. A collection of historical, art-historical and local history notes for friends of the homeland. 1956, pp. 198-199
  • AG..l: Life and deeds of Anton Wallner (commonly known as Aichberger), who sank into the grave of oblivion, landlord in Windisch-Matrey and defender of the Salzburg highlands in 1809, along with a strange story of his family's suffering. Edited by Elise Wallner; Vienna 1843, A. Pichler's blessed widow.
  • Maximus Ringlschwendtner: Anton Wallner, Salzburg rifle major in 1809. Ed. v. Anton Wallner-Verein 2nd ed. 1902. From: Mitteilungen d. Society f. Salzburg regional studies (MGSLK. Vol. 41, 1901, pp. 105 - 184)
  • Anton (Ritter von) Schallhammer: Warlike events in the Herzogthume Salzburg in the years 1800, 1805 and 1809. Salzburg 1853
  • Hans Widmann: A hundred years ago! Contemporary reports on events in 1809 in the city and state of Salzburg. Ges. F. Sbg. Regional studies. Salzburg; 1909

Web links

Commons : Anton Wallner  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Register for baptismal register I, II Reg.TFB III Wald im Pinzgau: https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/oesterreich/salzburg/wald-im-pinzgau/ Accessed on April 12, 2020
  2. ↑ Death register - 03-013 | 08., Alservorstadtkrankenhaus | Vienna, rk. Archdiocese (eastern Lower Austria and Vienna) | Austria | Matricula Online. Retrieved October 23, 2018 .
  3. ↑ cf. Individual proof 1.
  4. ↑ marriage register - TRBII | Wald im Pinzgau | Salzburg, rk. Diocese | Austria | Matricula Online. Retrieved November 10, 2017 .
  5. ↑ Ringlschwendtner; P. 107f.
  6. ↑ Sonic Hammer; Document No. 133; P. 475f.
  7. ↑ Sonic Hammer; Document No. 132; P. 474f. An official appointment or election of Wallner as commander in chief is not proven by any source. Obviously for reasons that were advantageous for them, the Tyroleans finally adopted this name for Wallner in various letters from July 1, 1809. On the other hand, a document dated August 25, 1809 shows that Josef Speckbacher also claimed the title of " First Posten-Oberkommandant in Tirol und Salzburger Gebirgsland " [Source: Schallhammer; Document No. 172; P. 523f].
  8. ^ Diary entry by Anton (Franz) Wernspacher (nurse von Lofer) from October 19, 1809; In: Hans Widmann: A hundred years ago! Contemporary reports on events in 1809 in the city and state of Salzburg. Ges. F. Sbg. Regional studies. Salzburg; 1909; P. 76/77.
  9. ↑ Ringlschwendtner; Supplement No. 46; P. 177 or Josef Hirn: Tyrol's survey in 1809 p. 774f. Cited here as a source: Judge Kienberger's diary entries [district archive in Munich]
  10. ↑ Report in the Tiroler Tageszeitung on August 15, 2017 (Link: https://www.tiroler-schuetzen.at/php/stimmgewaltige_tragoedie_um_den_mut_zur_freiheit,3422,30108.html )
  11. ↑ Sonic Hammer; P. 287.
personal data
SURNAME Wallner, Anton
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Innkeeper and freedom fighter
DATE OF BIRTH 18th century
DATE OF DEATH February 15, 1810
Place of death Vienna