Eberhard Mayerhoffer from Vedropolje

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Eberhard Mayerhoffer from Vedropolje 1906

Eberhard Stephan Maria Mayerhoffer von Vedropolje (born October 17, 1870 in Leitmeritz (Litoměřice) , † October 7, 1914 in Vienna ) was an Austrian-born officer , teacher at the corps officers' school and military writer with Hungarian nobility .

biography

K. uk infantry before the battle of Lviv
Family photo in Leitersdorf, 1906
Eberhard Mayerhoffer from Vedropolje 1896
Katharina Freiin Putz von Rolsberg 1896
Coat of arms Mayerhoffer from Vedropolje

The son of Lieutenant Field Marshal Stephan Maria Mayerhoffer von Vedropolje (1839–1918 in Vienna ) and Maria Köhler (1849–1930), left the Theresian Military Academy in Wiener Neustadt in 1890 as a lieutenant in Infantry Regiment No. 100 and pursued the general staff career.

He attended the war school from 1893 to 1895, and from 1895 to 1897 served as the general staff captain of the 19th Infantry Brigade, then in Infantry Regiment No. 1 . From 1899 he worked in the General Staff Corps in the General Staff Department of the 15th Corps and as a teacher at the Corps Officer School . On April 29, 1902, Mayerhoffer was assigned to the War History Department of the War Archives , on April 1, 1906 he was promoted to major in the General Staff, with the date of May 1, 1908 teacher of war history at the War School , then Lieutenant Colonel in the General Staff on May 1, 1910 assigned to Infantry Regiment No. 54 on November 1, 1911. Finally, on May 1, 1913, he was appointed Colonel and subsequently on June 20, 1913, command of the Bukovinian Infantry Regiment "Archduke Eugen" No. 41.

On September 11, 1914, Eberhard was seriously wounded by a shot in the spine in the second battle of Lemberg in Bołszowce , after considerable military successes, which he had always directed from the top, and transferred to the Fürth sanatorium in Vienna, where he was succumbed to his injury a few weeks later.

For his brave behavior, he was of Emperor Charles I with the imperial Austro-Order of Leopold with war decoration Knight's Cross of excellent. The medal was presented to the terminally ill at the sickbed by Archduke Eugen von Österreich-Teschen personally.

After the consecration, Archduke Eugen accompanied the funeral procession to Koltngasse, where the half companies of infantry regiments No. 49 and No. 4 were in line and gave the salute. The dead man was then taken to Vienna's Nordbahnhof for transfer . The officer was buried in the family crypt of the Barons von Rolsberg at Leitersdorf Castle near Troppau .

Eberhard was one of the most valuable employees of Emil Woinovich and Maximilian Ritter von Hoen in the processing of the Napoleonic campaigns in the war archive . Especially with regard to this age, he also came out with books and numerous special studies.

family

Stefan Mayerhoffer from Vedropolje with family, Leitersdorf 1906

He left his widow Katharina, nee Freiin Putz von Rolsberg (1879–1947), whom he married on November 16, 1898 at Schloss Leitersdorf , and their three sons, including Eberhard Karl (1902–1978), who later became a qualified engineer , Oberbergrat in the Bad Ischl general management . He retired as councilor and technical director of the then Austrian saltworks in Vienna. His wife, Elisabeth Baronesse König von Aradwar (1904–1981), was the great-granddaughter of Countess Philipine Countess von Roggendorf (1831–1913).

coat of arms

The family coat of arms was awarded in 1898. It is split, divided on the right in red by a silver wavy bar, on the left diagonally to the right, in front in blue in back in gold, covered with two black armored arms each holding a black sword in their fists. - On the helmet with blue and gold covers on the right and red and silver covers on the left, a closed black flight.

Works

  • The battle near Nouart and the events in the Maas army on August 29, 1870, Verlag LW Seidel, Vienna 1896, 64 pages
  • Applicatory study of the battles near la Fourche on January 5th and 6th, 1871: For this purpose an overview map and detailed sketch, 1 oleate, 4 other supplements, Verlag Seidel, Vienna 1897, 99 pages
  • The infantry fight of the 9th Corps from Amanvillers-La-folie (August 18, 1870), Verlag LW Seidel, Vienna 1899, 79 pages
  • A detachment war game: layout, management, implementation Verlag Seidel, Vienna 1900, 41 pages
  • Austria's war with Napoleon I. 1809: With 20 sketches and 14 text supplements, LW Seidel & Sohn, Vienna 1904, 228 pages
  • The battle near Jajce on Aug. 7, 1878: based on field files and other authentic sources, edited in the War History Department of the K. and K. War Archives, LW Seidel & Sohn, Vienna 1904, 82 pages
  • The organizational measures of Napoleon after the campaign of 1812, organ of the military science associations, vol.
  • 1805: The war of the 3rd coalition against France (in southern Germany, Austria and northern Italy) Verlag LW Seidel, Vienna 1905
  • Wars under the government of Emperor Franz: War 1809. Regensburg; with a political prehistory of the war, Volume 1 (together with Oskar Criste), Verlag LW Seidel, Vienna 1907, 710 pages
  • Volume 2 (Italy) from War 1809: Edited from the field files and other authentic sources in the War History Department of the K. and K. War Archives, (together with Maximilian Ritter von Hoen, Oskar Criste, Alois Veltzé, Hugo Kerchnawe), Verlag LW Seidel, Vienna 1908
  • 1806: The campaign of Jena and Auerstedt, Verlag LW Seidel and Son, Vienna 1909, 131 pages
  • Neumarkt-Ebelsberg-Wien: History of the struggles of Austria (together with Maximilian Ritter von Hoen and Hugo Kerchnawe), Kriegsarchiv Wien, Verlag Seidel, Vienna 1909, 751 pages
  • History of the struggles of Austria: Wars under the government of Emperor Franz
  • Wars under the government of Emperor Franz: War 1809. Neumarkt, Ebelsberg, Vienna Volume 3 (together with Maximilian Ritter von Hoen and Hugo Kerchnawe), Verlag LW Seidel, Vienna 1909, 751 pages
  • The Battle of Austerlitz on December 2, 1805: Makeshift for inspection of the battlefield, Verlag LW Seidel & Sohn, Vienna 1912, 58 pages
  • Learning aid for war history for the KUK cadet schools, Verlag LW Seidel, Vienna 1913, 164 pages

literature

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from October 4, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.oesta.gv.at
  3. ^ Center for Modern and Contemporary History Research Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950, pp. 16–17
  4. ↑ Peter Broucek , A General in Twilight - The Memories of Edmund Glaises von Horstenau, Verlag Hermann Böhlau Nachf. GmbH, Graz 1980, p. 173
  5. ^ List of Austro-Hungarian combat troops
  6. ↑ http://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno?aid=rpt&date=19141204&ref=anno-search&query=%22Mayerhoffer%22&provider=P02 p. 7
  7. ↑ Marburger Zeitung No. 146, from Thursday, October 8, 1914, supplement, p. 2
  8. ↑ Mittagblatt - Neues Wiener Journal No. 7528, from Saturday, October 10, 1914, p. 7
  9. ↑ Peter Broucek, A General in Twilight - The Memories of Edmund Glaises von Horstenau, Verlag Hermann Böhlau Nachf. GmbH, Graz 1980, p. 173
  10. ^ Eva Frodl-Kraft: Endangered Legacy, Böhlau Verlag Vienna - Cologne - Weimar 1997, p. 363
  11. ^ Mayerhoffer genealogy
  12. ↑ Maximilian Mayerhoffer: Family tree and evidence of nobility of the Putz von Rolsberg family, Tannheim 1951
  13. ↑ http://www.coresno.com/ - Austria
personal data
SURNAME Mayerhoffer from Vedropolje, Eberhard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mayerhoffer de Vedropolje, Eberhard; Mayerhoffer, Eberhard Stephan Maria von Vedropolje (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian officer and military writer
DATE OF BIRTH October 17, 1870
PLACE OF BIRTH Litoměřice
DATE OF DEATH October 7, 1914
Place of death Vienna