István Türr
István Türr (German also Stephan Türr ; born August 11, 1825 in Baja , † May 3, 1908 in Budapest ) was a Hungarian insurgent, engineer and politician.
Life
As a lieutenant, Türr joined a Hungarian grenadier regiment stationed in Italy in 1848 and defected to the Piedmontese in January 1849 , organized a Hungarian legion, and after the Battle of Novara in 1849 fought on the side of the rebels in Baden . He entered British service in 1854, was arrested in 1855 while on a trip to buy horses in Pest , but released again. In 1859 he fought against the Austrians as captain of the alpine hunters under Giuseppe Garibaldi . 1860 in Sicily and Naples , here he achieved the rank of divisional general after having contributed much to its unification with Italy as governor of Naples .
In 1866 he prepared an uprising in Hungary from Serbia . After the Austro-Hungarian Compromise in 1867, however, he returned to Hungary, where he lived, working on the design of canals and industrial enterprises. Occasionally he took part in politics as a negotiator between Austria, Italy and France (for example in the negotiations on a possible alliance from 1869 to 1870). From 1881 he directed the construction of the canal over the Isthmus of Corinth .
In September 1896, Türr headed the World Peace Congress in Budapest.
photos
István Türr in 1860 as an officer in Palermo
Memorial stone on the Corinth Canal
literature
- T. Balla: Türr István (Stephan). In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 14, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2012–, ISBN 978-3-7001-7312-0 , p. 506.
- Heinrich J. Schwarz: Stephan Türr. Historical-romantic contemporary painting from Austria's recent past. A. Last Verlag, Vienna 1868 (2 volumes).
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Türr, Stephan . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 48th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1883, pp. 91-102 ( digitized version ).
- Pasquale Fornaro: István Türr. Una biografia politica. Rubbettino Editore, 2004, ISBN 8849810288 ( preview on Google books ).
Web links
- Daniela Pauli Falconi: Istvan Türr. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
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SURNAME | Türr, István |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Türr, Stephan; Thier, Stephan |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Hungarian revolutionary, officer and politician |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 11, 1825 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Baja |
DATE OF DEATH | May 3, 1908 |
Place of death | Budapest |