Joseph Schneider from Arno

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Joseph Schneider von Arno 1850

Joseph Freiherr Schneider von Arno (born November 8, 1810 in Aigen im Mühlkreis , † January 27, 1857 in Bologna ) was a kk major general , brigadier in the 8th Army Corps and city commander of Bologna.

Origin and family

Joseph's father Karl (* 1777 in Donaueschingen ; † January 16, 1846 in Linz ), kk Feldmarschalleutnant and knight of the Maria Theresa Order , was raised to the hereditary Austrian baron status on December 26, 1810 and was with Ursula Birti from Weinfeld Rovereto († September 10, 1846 in Linz) married. He had two brothers who also rose to the rank of general, Karl (* May 27, 1807 in Marchegg ; † November 9, 1886 in Baden near Vienna ), Imperial and Royal Field Marshal Lieutenant and Privy Councilor, married to Franziska Arnold since 1847, and Ludwig ( * December 23, 1813 in Mauthausen ; † April 11, 1897 in Fiume ), Imperial and Royal Major General, who was married twice, first since April 7, 1844 with Sophie Bolfrus von Ahnenburg († April 6, 1858), later since August 30 1860 with Henriette Freiin von Reichlin-Meldegg (born May 4, 1840).

Joseph was married twice, since July 6, 1839 with Josephine Countess von Clary-Aldringen (1808–1849), then since 1851 with Wilhelmine Freiin Pongrácz von Szent-Miklos and Ovár (* 1824). He only had one daughter, Amalie (* 1840).

Life

Cracow uprising in 1846
Monostori Fortress in Komorn

After his training at the Theresian Military Academy in Wiener Neustadt on October 7, 1828, Joseph received an ensign in the Grand Duke of Baden Infantry Regiment No. 59. In view of the circumstances at that time, he passed through the subaltern batches very quickly, and was already in June 1834 Lieutenant captain in the Archduke Ludwig No. 8 infantry regiment, where he was promoted to major in December 1845 . Translated into the Schönhals Infantry Regiment No. 29 on February 1, 1846, he was immediately active with the 2nd Battalion in pacifying the Cracow uprising , led the avant-garde of General Collin von Collstein's brigade, which had left Cracow, in their renewed advance and insisted on Podgórze a violent fight. In the same regiment he ensured a quick end to the unrest that broke out again on April 26, 1848. Schneider also distinguished himself when Vienna was captured in 1848 , was slightly wounded and received the Knight's Cross of the Austro-Imperial Leopold Order .

He was placed on December 15, 1848, Lieutenant Colonel and assigned to the Wyss Brigade during the winter campaign in Hungary . In the battle of Kápolna on February 26th and 27th, 1849 he had received the order to take the place at any price. He solved this difficult task to the utmost satisfaction and captured 28 officers and 500 men in addition to a flag and lots of ammunition. For this he was honored with the kk Military Merit Cross with the war decoration.

Just promoted to colonel on May 31, 1849 , his superior, Major General Franz Salomon Edler von Wyss , fell during the summer campaign on June 13, 1849 near Csorna and he was given command of the brigade and on June 2, the order to be in Csanak to unite with the brigade of General Ludwig von Benedek , to secure the passage of the reserve corps over the Raab and to attack the enemy at Raab himself on the flank. After an eight-hour march, Schneider encountered the enemy at Csanak at the moment when he received the news that neither the Benedek Brigade nor the Reserve Corps would pass the Raab on that day because of large terrain obstacles, and that fell for more than one corps calculated flank maneuvers to the Schneider Brigade alone, which was thereby placed in a critical position. Here too, however, the colonel proved his determination and tactical ability: the insurgents were in a permanent position at Csanak with several infantry battalions, ten squadrons of hussars and 18 guns. Without hesitation the colonel attacked. He placed himself at the head of the squadrons of emperor ulans divided into his brigade, whom he encouraged to resolutely attack, and attacked the enemy so vehemently that he with his cavalry and guns fled behind Csanak and abandoned a howitzer. The infantry completed the storm and seized the place without resistance, whereupon Schneider, in order to support the frontal attack of the first army corps under Field Marshal Lieutenant Graf Schlik , advanced against Raab, seized the enemy in the left flank and forced him to retreat to Komorn . Emperor Franz Joseph I rewarded the officer for his performance with the Order of the Iron Crown, 2nd class.

Baron Schneider had also fought the two battles of Komorn on July 2nd and 11th in the corps of the divisional officer, Count Schlik, as well as in the battle at Dreispitz . For his pleasant services in the summer campaign he received the Russian Order of St. Anne II Class with the Crown.

On August 16, 1852 Schneider was promoted to major general and brigadier in the 8th Army Corps. The gentleman and countryman of Tyrol, also knight of the Tuscan Military Merit Order I Class and honorary citizen of the free royal city of Košice , died in Bologna at the age of 47.

Coat of arms of the Barons Schneider von Arno 1810

coat of arms

1810: A silver crossbar in the blue shield. Above the crossbar appears a black-bridled brown horse jumping or running towards the right side.In the lower part of the shield there is a four-pinned castle with a closed black gate on a green ground, against which a three-pinned fortress tower made of ashlars abuts on each side a black window is visible at the top. Everything of natural color. Above the shield rests the baron's crown, on which a crowned tournament helmet rises, from whose crown rise three flowing ostrich feathers, one silver between blue. The helmet covers are blue with a silver lining.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Antonio Schmidt-Brentano: Imperial and imperial generals (1618-1815). Austrian State Archives / A. Schmidt-Brentano 2006, p. 165.
  2. ^ Constant von Wurzbach: Biographical Lexicon of the Kaiserthums Oesterreich. Part 31, KK Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1876, p. 31.
  3. ↑ Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the baronial houses for the year. Volume 23, Verlag Justus Perthes, Gotha 1873, pp. 619f.
  4. ^ A b E. Wohlgemuth:  Schneider von Arno Joseph Frh .. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 10, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1994, ISBN 3-7001-2186-5 , p. 386 f. (Direct links on p. 386 , p. 387 ).
  5. ↑ a b military newspaper. No. 25 of March 28, 1857, p. 198.
  6. ↑ a b Jaromir Hirtenfeld : Austrian military calendar for the year 1859. Volume X, Verlag der Buchhandlung für Militärliteratur Karl Prohaska, Vienna 1859, pp. 118ff.
  7. ^ Constant von Wurzbach : Biographical Lexicon of the Kaiserthums Oesterreich . Part 31, KK Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1876, pp. 24–26.
personal data
SURNAME Tailor from Arno, Joseph
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schneider von Arno, Joseph Freiherr (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian major general
DATE OF BIRTH November 8, 1810
PLACE OF BIRTH Aigen in the Mühlkreis
DATE OF DEATH January 27, 1857
Place of death Bologna