Giovanni Battista Conzatti

Giovanni Battista Conzatti (* 1883 in Borgo Sacco, near Rovereto , then Tyrol , now Trentino , † 1965 in Rovereto), was an Austro-Hungarian captain of the 2nd regiment of the Tyrolean Kaiserjäger . He grew up in the Italian-speaking part of Tyrol and was the last commander of the Austrian plate ( Dente austriaco ) on Monte Pasubio , in what is now Trentino , during the First World War .

Life

Memorial plaque on the birth house of Giovanni Conzatti in Borgo Sacco, near Rovereto

He was born into a wealthy family in Borgo Sacco near Rovereto in what is now the autonomous province of Trento, then County of Tyrol . His wish to join the KuK Austro-Hungarian Army since the outbreak of war was initially rejected because of his too small stature. Later it was called up after all. Most recently he was a captain in the 2nd regiment of the Tyrolean Kaiserjäger, which, like the entire Kaiserjäger troop, consisted of more than 40% Italian-speaking South Tyroleans (Welschtirolern).

literature

• E. Wißhaupt: The Tyrolean Kaiserjäger in World War 1914–1918. (2 volumes, 1935 and 1936)
• Guido Jakoncig: Tyrolean Kaiserjäger in the World War. Wagner, Innsbruck 1935.
• Bernhard Wurzer: Tyrol's heroic days. Innsbruck 1959.
• Enrico Acerbi, Le truppe da montagna dell'esercito austro-ungarico nella Grande Guerra 1914-1918, Gino Rossato Editore, 1991.
• Silvio Girardi, Storia del Tirolo dal 1300 al 1918, Mezzocorona (TN), Associazione culturale Vecchio Tirolo, 1984.