Baravalle von Brackenburg
Baravalle von Brackenburg is the name of a Catholic family, originally from Spain, who immigrated to Austria from Piedmont in the 18th century and who were raised to the Austrian nobility in 1829 . Members of this sex were mainly active as soldiers and technicians.
history
The progenitor of the Austrian noble family of Baravalle von Brackenburg is the Imperial and Royal officer Joseph Baravalle (1774–1855), whose family, originally from Spain, had lived in Piedmont since the 16th century and owned significant property there until 1810. Joseph Baravalle joined an Austrian hunter battalion in 1799 , switched to Infantry Regiment No. 36 " Graf Kolowrat " in 1800 and was successively ensign , lieutenant (1805), lieutenant (1809) and lieutenant captain (1813) in Austrian service . During the coalition wars he took part in the campaigns of 1799, 1800, 1805, 1809, 1813, 1814, 1815 and 1821 in the suppression of attempts at revolution in Italy, where he was seriously wounded three times and in 1817 because of his brave behavior he was awarded the medal the Iron Crown III. Class was proposed. In 1829 Baravalle was raised to the hereditary Austrian nobility as a noble von Brackenburg due to the regulations on the systematic nobility and was finally promoted to major in 1832. Most recently Joseph Baravalle von Brackenburg acted as the commandant of a supply house for disabled military personnel in Lerchenfeld near Vienna , where he died on February 17, 1855.
Joseph Baravalle von Brackenburg left five sons from his marriage, all of whom embarked on an officer career: Albert Baravalle von Brackenburg served as captain in infantry regiment No. 14 "Grand Duke Ludwig of Hesse" in 1856 ; Alois Baravalle von Brackenburg received the Military Merit Cross in 1849 and served in 1856 as captain in Infantry Regiment No. 1 " Kaiser Franz Joseph "; Hermann Baravalle von Brackenburg served in 1856 as a captain in the infantry regiment No. 25 " Feldzeugmeister Gustav von Wocher " and was also the commandant of the military high school in Petrinja ; Friedrich Baravalle von Brackenburg served in 1856 as a subordinate in Infantry Regiment No. 49 " Feldzeugmeister Freiherr von Heß ", while Karl Baravalle von Brackenburg died on May 6, 1848 as a subordinate in Infantry Regiment No. 45 in the battle of Santa Lucia .
Other descendants of Joseph Baravalle von Brackenburg are:
- Louis Baravalle von Brackenburg († 1892) also started an officer career, became an imperial and royal major, holder of the Military Merit Cross with the war decoration and finally an honorary citizen of Traunkirchen am Traunsee .
- Hermann Baravalle von Brackenburg (1898–1973) is one of the pioneers of Waldorf schools . He obtained his doctorate in 1921 on “On the Pedagogy of Mathematics and Physics” with Alois Höfler and Robert Reininger at the University of Vienna , and from 1935 to 1937 he worked at the Goetheanum . From 1937 to 1970 he lived and worked in the USA before returning to Europe.
- Albert Baravalle von Brackenburg (1902–1983) became an architect, later lived in Dornach (Switzerland) and dealt with anthroposophical architecture . From 1958 to 1965 he completed the model building for Malsch near Karlsruhe, which was planned according to anthroposophical ideas . The building has been recognized as a cultural monument by the Baden-Württemberg State Monuments Office since 1976 .
- Friedrich Baravalle von Brackenburg (1905–1978) had been a civil engineer for civil engineering since 1934 and worked as a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna from 1951 , where he dealt with questions of statics, reinforced concrete, steel and lightweight construction. He also presented drafts and plans for the Wiener Stadthalle and numerous other large buildings. In 1963 he received the Cross of Honor for Science and Art, 1st Class , and in 1972 the Gold Medal of Honor from the City of Vienna .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Baravalle was asked in 1810 by the French local government of Piedmont to return to Piedmont and to join the French army as a captain. However, he refused to return, whereupon he was declared to have lost his property in Piedmont. See article "Baravalle Edler von Brackenburg, Joseph", in: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich , Volume 1 (1856), p. 148 ff. ( Online )
- ↑ a b c d e f g Article "Baravalle Edler von Brackenburg, Joseph", in: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich , Volume 1 (1856), p. 148 ff. ( Online )
- ↑ As early as 1824, Baravalle was proposed for an extra-tour promotion to major, but in the end it did not materialize. See article "Baravalle Edler von Brackenburg, Joseph", in: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich , Volume 1 (1856), p. 148 ff. ( Online )
- ↑ Biography of Hermann Baravalle von Brackenburg
- ↑ Biography of Albert Baravalle von Brackenburg
- ^ Sonja Ohlenschläger : Rudolf Steiner (1861–1925). The architectural work (= dissertation 1991), Petersberg 1999, p. 69.
- ^ Friedrich Baravalle-Brackenburg in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna