Ignaz Anton von Indermauer

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Ignaz Anton von Indermauer (also in the Maur to Strel castle and free field * 31 July 1759 Innsbruck ; † 10. August 1796 Bludenz ) was an Austrian nobleman and District Chief of the District Office Vorarlberg , based in Bregenz . He was murdered in 1796 by an angry mob in the Dominican monastery of St. Peter in Bludenz.

Life

Ignaz Alois Anton von Indermauer comes from the Tyrolean branch of the Swiss noble family In der Maur von und zu Strelburg. He studied law in Innsbruck and then entered the Austrian civil service. In 1789 he took over the provisional management of the district office as kk court commissioner, in 1791 InderMauer was appointed district chief, the highest official in Vorarlberg. At the same time he was also president of the Vorarlberg estates and thus also military commander of the national defense. By implementing the Josephine reforms, he made himself unpopular in conservative circles of the population.

In the First Coalition War , the borders were closed, exports prohibited and emigration to the countries hit by the French Revolution monitored. These unpopular measures affected the employees in textile production as well as the numerous Vorarlberg seasonal workers who traditionally worked in France over the summer. At the beginning of August 1796 the French marched into Vorarlberg, and the first skirmishes took place. On August 10, Bregenz went to the French troops without a fight. The Austrian officials of the district office were to leave the country on instructions from Innsbruck. On August 9th, district chief InderMauer, senior councilor Alois von Franzin and the Bregenz mayor Johann Baptist Weber were detained in Bludenz by the angry population in the Dominican monastery of St. Peter. Since Indermauer was also the military commander, he was deserting accused. The district chief and all companions were cruelly murdered by a fanatical crowd on the morning of August 10th.

After the end of the war, 43 men from Bludenz were brought to justice for these murders in the summer of 1797. The Montafon Landammann Johann Josef Batlogg was acquitted, most of the accomplices were pardoned after a short time. The main ringleader Franz Josef Tschofen was sentenced to 20 years in prison, of which he had to serve 16 years.

literature

  • Alois Niederstätter: History of Vorarlberg, Volume 2: Vorarlberg 1523 to 1861. On the way to the land , Wagner University Press, Innsbruck 2015. P. 190–194 limited preview
  • Johannes Dierauer, The Liberation of the Rhine Valley 1798 . Writings of the Association for the History of Lake Constance and its Surroundings, 1898. pp. 27–28.
  • Alois Niederstätter: From the “gentlemen enhalb des Arlberg” to the state of Vorarlberg , in Montfort, 56th year, 2004, issue 1/2 PDF

swell

  • Speech at the opening of the extraordinary state parliament in Vorarlberg, December 13th 1790 , Chur 1790 limited preview
  • Journal of the ancient and modern times of Vorarlberg and the surrounding areas , Bregenz 1802
    • Decree by Ignaz Anton von Indermauer, Gubernialrat, Landvogt and District Chief of May 29, 1796; in: p. 218ff restricted preview
    • Decree of June 8, 1796, pp. 290-300 restricted preview

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Geneall.net pedigree of Ignaz Alois Anton in der Maur zu Strelburg and Freifeld (registration required)
  2. ↑ Ignaz Anton Indermauer on Vorarlberg Chronicle
  3. ↑ A. Niederstätter, Vorarlberg 1523 to 1861, pp. 193f
  4. ↑ see also article about Franz Josef Tschofen in the BKLÖ, on Wikisource
personal data
SURNAME Indermauer, Ignaz Anton von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Indermauer, Ignaz Alois Anton von; In the wall, Ignaz Anton von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian civil servant and district chief of Vorarlberg
DATE OF BIRTH July 31, 1759
PLACE OF BIRTH Innsbruck , (Tyrol)
DATE OF DEATH August 10, 1796
Place of death Bludenz