Johann Franz Anton von Zedtwitz

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Johann Franz Anton Baron von Zedtwitz (* 1713 in Wittingreith , Bohemia , Holy Roman Empire ; † March 17, 1784 in the Timisoara Fortress , Habsburg Monarchy ) was the commanding general of the Temescher Banat and holder of the Knight's Cross of the Order of Maria Theresa .

Live and act

General von Zedtwitz near Littdorf is captured by the Kleist column (diorama in the Döbeln city museum)
Knight's Cross of the Military Maria Theresa Order

Johann Franz Anton von Zedtwitz joined the imperial army in 1729 , where he took part in the campaigns on the Rhine, in Italy and in the War of Succession (1740–1748). In 1753 he became a lieutenant colonel in the Sluiner and at the outbreak of the Seven Years' War in 1756 he was a colonel in the 1st Banal Border Regiment. In the 1758 campaign he defended the Reinerz post in the Glatz district against the Duke of Braunschweig , drove the cavalry of the Fouquet Corps to Glatz, and took part in the 1759 campaign near Böhlen not far from Meißen .

As a result of his bravery, Zedtwitz was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Maria Theresa Order in 1759. In 1760 he made a living in the battle of Dresden . In 1761 he received the rank of major general . In the battle near Döbeln he was in command of the Austrian troops and was taken prisoner in Prussia on May 12, 1762. In 1773 he was promoted to Lieutenant Field Marshal and in 1783 to Feldzeugmeister .

From 1775 to March 17, 1784 Johann Franz Anton Freiherr von Zedtwitz was the commanding general of the Temescher Banat. and from 1780 owner of the Imperial Infantry Regiment No. 13 . Zedtwitz died after 55 years of service at the age of 71 in Timisoara.

literature

  • Anton Peter Petri : Biographical Lexicon of the Banat Germans . Breit Druck und Verlag GmbH, Marquartstein 1992, ISBN 3-922046-76-2
  • J. Hirtenfeld: The Military Maria Theresa Order and its members , Vienna 1827, Staatsdruckerei, Volume I, p. 109 and 1729.
  • Andreas Thürheim: Commemorative sheets from the war history of the Austro-Hungarian Army , Vienna and Teschen 1880, Volume II, p. 593 and 1758.

Web links

Wikisource: BLKÖ: Zedtwitz, Johann Franz Anton Freiherr  - Sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b literature.at , Biographical Lexicon of the Austrian Empire
  2. ↑ ovz-online.de , Kathrin King: Historical camp life
  3. ^ A b Anton Peter Petri: Biographisches Lexikon des Banater Deutschtums , Marquartstein 1992
  4. ^ Annual volume 1890 The Imperial and Royal Infantry Regiment No. 13.
Administration of the Temescher Banat (1718–1779)
Military and regional administration of the Timisoara Banat
Military Presidents (1718–1779)

Claudius Florimund Mercy  • Johann Andreas von Hamilton  • Wilhelm Reinhard von Neipperg  • August Jakob Heinrich von Suckow  • Franz Anton Leopold Pontz Freiherr von Engelshofen  • Ferdinand Philipp von Harsch  • Anton von Puebla  • Siegmund Friedrich Samuel von Lietzen  • Maximilian Joseph von Mitrowsky  • Johann Franz Anton von Zedtwitz

Civil presidents (1751–1779)

Franz Anton Leopold Pontz Freiherr von Engelshofen  • Francesco de Paula Ramond Villana-Perlas de Rialpo  • Karl Ignaz von Clary and Aldringen  • Josef Brigido von Bresowitz  • Pompejus Brigido von Bresowitz

personal data
SURNAME Zedtwitz, Johann Franz Anton von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Commanding general of the Temescher Banat, bearer of the Military Maria Theresa Order
DATE OF BIRTH 1713
PLACE OF BIRTH Wittingreith , Bohemia , Holy Roman Empire
DATE OF DEATH March 17, 1784
Place of death Timisoara Fortress , Habsburg Monarchy