Jakob Lenk from Wolfsberg

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Baron Philipp Jakob Lenk von Wolfsberg (born November 15, 1766 in Platz an der Naser , † June 29, 1837 in Budweis ) was an Austrian officer in the Napoleonic Wars and knight of the Military Maria Theresa Order .

Battle of Siegburg 1796
Battle of Landshut 1809
Battle of Aspern on May 21, 1809 in the afternoon
Battle of Leipzig 1813

biography

Although his first name is Philipp, he is mostly known by his second name Jakob. His father was Joseph Lenk von Wolfsberg . His career began in 1780 as a 13-year-old drummer and ended as kk colonel and commander of the 1st Artillery Regiment kk with his death 1837th

He took part in numerous battles, in Holland in 1783, against the Turks in 1788 and 1790, again in the Netherlands, in France and on the Rhine 1792–1796, in Italy 1799–1800, in the Napoleonic Wars in 1805 and 1809 at Aspern and Wagram and 1813, 1814 with the large army, including the Battle of the Nations near Leipzig , against Piedmont in 1815. He was always able to positively influence the situation for the Imperial and Royal Army.

As a young fireworker he prevented the enemy from crossing the Sieg near Siegburg in 1796 and was awarded the silver medal for bravery for this.

In 1809, on the Danube, the Hohenfels Brigade was to be prevented from retreating from Landshut to Altötting . As a result, Lenk positioned his guns so perfectly that he drove the enemy to flight with his fire. For this act he was decorated in the chapter of the year 1810 with the Knight's Cross of the Military Maria Theresa Order.

On May 21 of the same year, in the Battle of Aspern , he proved himself again. When Hirschhausen attacked Aspern, he used two batteries to force the French to retreat. After they had settled in Aspern again in the evening, he had a six-pound cannon transported to the end of the village without orders and shot at the enemy in such a way that they withdrew again. While still in the field he was promoted to lieutenant by the generalissimo .

He also helped the army withdraw from the battle of Wagram .

He distinguished himself no less in 1813 in the Battle of Nations near Leipzig . First, with his cavalry battery , he prevented the French from advancing from Dresden to Leipzig , where he drove them back over the Flöha , a tributary of the Zschopau , inflicting heavy losses on them and paving the way for their own infantry . Later he distinguished himself at Liebertwolkwitz , Holzhausen , Fuchsheim and the “great battle day”, whereupon cavalry general Count Johann von Klenau named him among the heroes of the day.

Finally, in 1815, Lenk was a captain in the army in Piedmont and received from the king the Sardinian Order of St. John for the exemplary handover of the citadel of Turin after he had brought all movable war equipment there to safety . Mauritius and Lazarus .

Coat of arms of Jakob Lenk Freiherren von Wolfsberg

On July 10, 1829 (diploma from September 20 of that year) Major Philipp Jakob Lenk von Wolfsberg was awarded the baron status by Emperor Franz I of Vienna, according to the highest resolution .

The following communique appeared in the Prager Zeitung : “His Imperial and Royal Majesty has graciously granted the Major in the Bombardier Corps and Knight of the Order of St. Mary Theresa, Jakob Lenk von Wolfsberg, the baron status of the Austrian Imperial State tax-free in consideration of his many years of excellent military service deigned. "

In 1832 Lenk was promoted to lieutenant colonel , in 1835 to colonel and owner of the I. kk artillery regiment.

He was buried in the military cemetery next to the Strahower Gate in Prague.

Awards

Knight's Cross of the Military Maria Theresa Order

In the course of his life Jakob received several medals for his services, including the Silver Bravery Medal 1st Class in 1796 , the Knight's Cross of the Military Maria Theresa Order in 1810 , the Imperial Russian Order of St. Anna 2nd Class in 1814 and the Commander's Cross of the Royal Italian Order of St. Mauritius and Lazarus .

In 1911 the city of Vienna named Lenkgasse in the 22nd district in his honor.

family

He married for the first time on November 26, 1804 in Kolditz Wilhelmine Carlotta Scholl (born March 21, 1781 in Kolditz, † November 3, 1813 in Vienna), daughter of an imperial and kk officer. From this marriage came the son (Nikolaus) Wilhelm Lenk von Wolfsberg , who also entered the military and rose to the position of Feldzeugmeister .

Jakob married Franziska the second time in 1820, whose last name is not guaranteed (* December 27, 1800 in Prague, † October 14, 1882 in Prague). From this marriage came son August Lenk von Wolfsberg , who embarked on a diplomatic career.

coat of arms

1829: Shield divided across red and blue. In the upper red field a curved, gold-rimmed arm in armor with a bare sword in one hand, In the lower blue field on a mountain of natural color a natural wolf turned to the right. The barons crown rests on the shield, on which three crowned tournament helmets rise. The crown of the right helmet bears the inward-facing arm of the upper field, that of the middle a simple black eagle with a red-lipped tongue, outstretched wings and outstretched fangs; those of the left helmet have three flowing ostrich feathers, a blue one between two silver ones. The helmet covers are: those of the middle right red left blue, coated on both sides with silver, those of the right helmet red, those of the left blue, coated on both sides with silver. The shield holders are two upright golden lions on either side with open jaws, tongues lined with red and a tail that is opened over the back.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from April 12, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was 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.kuk-wehrmacht.de
  2. ↑ a b c d e f Constantin von Wurzbach : Lenk von Wolfsberg, Jacob Freiherr , in: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 14th part. Verlag der kk Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1865, pp. 361–363 ( digitized version )
  3. ^ I. Hirtenfeld, The Military Maria Theresa Order and its Members, Staatsdruckerei 1857, pp. 939, 1746.
  4. ^ Foreign paper, No. 99, Vienna 1864
  5. ↑ Österreichischer Volksfreund 1864, Supplement No. 29.
  6. ^ Prague newspaper of November 3, 1829
  7. ^ Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Freiherrlichen Häuser 1913, 1941.
  8. ↑ Adler MBC Volume II, (1885–1890)
  9. ↑ http://www.vets.estranky.cz/img/original/5759/07_1602_051_p-steovice-vh03_p6.jpg
  10. ^ J. Hirtenfeld, Military Maria Theresa Order and its Members, Part 14, Verlag der kkHof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1857, pp. 939-941
  11. ^ Franz Sales Kandler, Mirror of Honor of the Imperial and Royal Austrian Army, Verlag Carl Gerold, Vienna 1831, pp. 104, 289
  12. ^ Maximilian Mayerhoffer, family tree and evidence of nobility of the Putz von Rolsberg family , Tannheim 1951
  13. ↑ Adler MBC Volume II, (1885–1890)
personal data
SURNAME Lenk from Wolfsberg, Jakob
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lenk von Wolfsberg, Philipp Jakob (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian officer
DATE OF BIRTH November 15, 1766
PLACE OF BIRTH Place on the Naser
DATE OF DEATH June 29, 1837
Place of death Ceske Budejovice