Josef Marberger

Josef Sigmund Marberger (born December 4, 1777 in Silz , † March 17, 1811 in Vienna ) was a Tyrolean freedom fighter and Rechtspfleger .

Life

Marberger graduated from high school in Innsbruck and then worked at the nursing office of the Petersberg court in Silz. In Silz he reorganized the rifle system and became a rifle captain. In November 1805 he commanded a company from the Petersberg judicial district in the Third War of the Coalition . In 1809 he took part in the Bergisel battles as a rifle major and is considered the "most outstanding figure among the men from the Upper Inn Valley." Andreas Hofer appointed him on September 1, 1809 as district commander of the judicial district of Vintschgau. In 1810 he went to Vienna and distributed aid from England for Tyrolean emigrants. In March 1811 he was the victim of a robbery in Vienna.

One of his descendants was the Innsbruck urologist Univ.-Prof. Hans Marberger (1917-2002).

Appreciations

The Silzer Schützenkompanie is named after Josef Marberger. A street in Silz is named after Marberger, and a memorial was erected in front of the court building in Silz to Josef Marberger.

Movie

Marberger - A Tyrolean shooting major . 70-minute documentation. Director: Emanuel Bachnetzer . Austria, 2009.

literature

Rudolf Granichstaedten-Czerva: Andreas Hofer's old guard. Innsbruck 1932, pp. 323-327.
Mercedes Blaas: The uprising of the Tyroleans against the Bavarian government. Innsbruck 2005, p. 428.
Josef Hirn: English subsidies for Tyrol and the emigrants from 1809 . H. Schwick, 1912.

Web links

Individual evidence

^ Removal of the Leutascher Schanze by the French on November 4th, 1805 . In: The history friend. Contributions to patriotic history. Volume 1, p. 28. Weger, Brixen 1866.
^ Fritz Kirchmair: The battles at the Pontlatzer bridge in 1703 and 1809 . Österreichischer Bundesverlag 1983. pp. 50–51.
↑ Who's who in Austria . 1964, p. 370.
↑ The freedom of the eagle - retrospectives and current takes . In: History meets future. 2009 cultural reports from Tyrol and South Tyrol . Ed .: Tyrolean and South Tyrolean cultural departments, 2009. p. 128.

personal data
SURNAME	Marberger, Josef
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Marberger, Josef Sigmund; Marberger, Josef Siegmund
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Tyrolean freedom fighter and judicial officer
DATE OF BIRTH	December 4, 1777
PLACE OF BIRTH	Silz
DATE OF DEATH	March 17, 1811
Place of death	Vienna

[1] Removal of the Leutascher Schanze by the French on November 4th, 1805 . In: The history friend. Contributions to patriotic history. Volume 1, p. 28. Weger, Brixen 1866.

[2] Fritz Kirchmair: The battles at the Pontlatzer bridge in 1703 and 1809 . Österreichischer Bundesverlag 1983. pp. 50–51.

[3] Who's who in Austria . 1964, p. 370.

[4] The freedom of the eagle - retrospectives and current takes . In: History meets future. 2009 cultural reports from Tyrol and South Tyrol . Ed .: Tyrolean and South Tyrolean cultural departments, 2009. p. 128.