Josef fried fish
Josef Bratfisch (born August 26, 1847 in Vienna ; † December 16, 1892 there ), also known as "Nockerl" because of his corpulence, was crown prince Rudolf's bodyfiaker and Wienerlied singer, who was known for his sometimes rough songs. Crown prince Rudolf is said to have made him a bodyfiaker because he liked the performances as a singer and piper so much. He was well known as a Viennese song singer. He went down in history as a fiaker because he drove Baroness Mary Vetsera on the last trip to the Mayerling Hunting Lodge , where she subsequently died violently together with Crown Prince Rudolf. Crown Prince Rudolf's valet Johann Loschek found the bodies of the two.
Bratfisch's silence about the circumstances of the Mayerling tragedy cost the court a lot of money: The coachman received a house in Lacknergasse in Vienna's 17th district and a fiaker license. However, three years later he died of natural causes. As he had promised the emperor, he took his secret with him to the grave.
Bratfisch was also portrayed in the various films about the events in Mayerling, including the silent film Leibfiaker Bratfisch with Georg Kundert in the title role, published in 1925, by Attila Hörbiger in Crown Prince Rudolf's Last Love in 1955/56 , in Mayerling by Mustache in 1968 and in 2006 by Wolfgang Böck .
In 1950, in the 17th district of Vienna at Lacknergasse 60, a memorial plaque was unveiled for the old Viennese fiakers Josef Bratfisch, Karl Mayerhofer (“Hungerl”) and Franz Reil “Schuster-Franz”.
The honorary grave of Josef Bratfisch is located in the Hernalser Friedhof (group K, number 130) in Vienna.
Web links
- Eva Offenthaler: Crown Prince Rudolfs Leibfiaker: Josef Bratfisch. Biography of the month as part of the Austrian Biographical Lexicon project (December 2017)
- Josef Bratfisch in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna
- Image by Josef Bratfisch on the homepage of the Wiener Volksliedwerk
- Pictures by Josef Bratfisch in the picture archive of the Austrian National Library .
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fried fish, Josef |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Viennese fiaker and singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 26, 1847 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 16, 1892 |
| Place of death | Vienna |