Johann Nepomuk von Alpenburg
Johann Nepomuk von Alpenburg , often also Johann Nepomuk Mahl-Schedl von Alpenburg (born October 27, 1806 in Grünburg , † April 1, 1873 in Innsbruck ), was an Austrian author and patron.
Life
He was born as Johann Nepomuk Simon Thaddäus Schedl as the son of an innkeeper. He worked first in the local company and later as a pay waiter, accountant and then also managing director for his maternal uncle in Innsbruck. He adopted him as a son in 1826, as he was childless himself, and he was given the surname Mahl-Schedel . Through two marriages (1832 with the daughter of the lord of the castle von Büchsenhausen, Aloisia von Lama, who died after the birth of the first child, and in 1841 with the daughter of the general Wenzel Freiherr von Eliatschek-Siebenburg , Emilie, with whom he had eight children) a social and financial advancement for him.
At his castle in Büchsenhausen he organized a weekly literary group, the members of which called themselves "Nibelungs" . He wrote lyrical and epic contributions himself. In 1848 he equipped a rifle company at his own expense and fought as a captain at Pieve di Bono in Trentino . For this he was in the on July 9, 1851 knighthood collected and allowed the name "of Alpenburg" (as he called his castle) use. In addition to founding the Radetzky Association for Invalid Kaiserjäger (later the Radetzky Album Collection was created under his leadership ), he donated a bathing establishment to his home town in 1853 and founded the first workers' support association in 1856.
After selling his property in 1865, he accompanied a group of emigrants from St. Nicholas to Peru and settled with them in Pozuzo . He returned seven years later and died in Innsbruck. He is buried in the city's main cemetery in crypt no.140.
Works (selection)
- Die Alpenzither , also Die Alpenzither from Tyrol , poems, Innsbruck 1853
- March violets , also called March violets , Innsbruck 1855
- Myths and legends of Tyrol , Zurich 1857
- German Alpine sagas , Vienna 1861
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Mahl-Schedl Ritter von Alpenburg, Johann Nepomuk . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 16th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1867, pp. 285–288 ( digitized version ).
- Rudolf Granichstaedten-Czerva: Contributions to the family history of Tyrol. Wagner University Press, Innsbruck 1954.
- White: Mahl-Schedl von Alpenburg Johann Nep .. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815-1950 (ÖBL). Volume 5, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1972, p. 410 f. (Direct links on p. 410 , p. 411 ).
- Gertrud Pfaundler: Tirol Lexicon. Innsbruck 1983.
Web links
- Literature by and about Johann Nepomuk von Alpenburg in the catalog of the German National Library
- Johann Nepomuk Mahl-Schedl von Alpenburg. In: haben.at (short biography).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ellen Hastaba: Radetzky album. In: sammellust.ferdinandeum.at. Retrieved March 28, 2020 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Alpenburg, Johann Nepomuk von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schedl, Johann Nepomuk Simon Thaddäus (name at birth); Mahl-Schedl, Johann Nepomuk Simon Thaddäus (1826-1851); Mahl-Schedl von Alpenburg, Johann Nepomuk Simon Thaddäus (since 1851) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian author and patron |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 27, 1806 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Grünburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 1, 1873 |
| Place of death | innsbruck |