Joseph Steiner von Steinstätten

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Franz Joseph Steiner , from 1891 Steiner Edler von Steinstätten (born January 1, 1834 in Wolfsthal district of Marburg , district of Marburg in Lower Styria , † October 31, 1905 in Vienna ) was an officer in the Austro-Hungarian Army , 1895–1897 first commander of the 1st regiment the Tyrolean Kaiserjäger .

Life

Joseph Steiner joined the 47th Line Infantry Regiment "Graf Kinsky" as a volunteer in 1851, was transferred in 1860 as a lieutenant from the 19th Gendarmerie Regiment to the Imperial and Royal Feldjäger Battalion No. 9 , took part in the campaign against Silesia and Jutland on February 3, 1864 in the battle near Oberselk (Oberseltz) and on February 6, 1864 in the battle near Oeversee, in which the Imperial and Royal Feldjäger Battalion No. 9 together with the Imperial and Royal Infantry Regiment "King of the Belgians" No. 27 die attacked and pushed back the Danish rearguard. For this he was awarded the Military Merit Cross with the war decoration by the emperor because of his special bravery in front of the enemy . In 1866 Joseph Steiner also took part in the victorious battle of Trautenau (Trutnov) under General Ludwig Freiherr von Gablenz and in the decisive battle of the Prussian-Austrian war near Königgrätz .

In 1877 Joseph Steiner married the widow Agathe Stöger, b. Hofer, and later adopted their three sons from her marriage to the factory owner Georg Stöger (1818–1874): Julius (1860–1943), Rudolf (1861–1921) and Gustav (1864–1933), who have since been called “Stöger- Steiner ”wore. However, he did not adopt the already married daughter Theresia (* 1858) and the then unmarried daughters Maria (1848–1927) and Anna (* 1856).

In 1879 Joseph Steiner invented a range finder suitable for field use, which was mainly used in the artillery. In 1882 he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Royal Italian Order of Maurizius and Lazarus . In 1885/86 Joseph Steiner completed the staff officer course; In 1887 he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Franz Joseph Order by the Emperor ; in addition, he was promoted to major in the same year and translated to the Tyrolean Jäger Regiment "Kaiser-Franz-Joseph".

In 1891 Steiner was raised to the hereditary Austrian nobility with the word of honor "Edler von" and the predicate "Steinstätten". In 1892 his stepson Rudolf received imperial approval to lead the nobility, whereupon he called himself "Stöger-Steiner Edler von Steinstätten". In 1917 his brother Julius also received imperial approval to call himself "Stöger-Steiner Edler von Steinstätten". Gustav Stöger-Steiner, the youngest brother, was involved in disciplinary proceedings as a troop accounting officer, which may have been the reason that the nobility was not transferred to him.

Joseph Steiner Edler von Steinstätten was appointed lieutenant colonel in 1892 and finally in 1895 colonel and at the same time (first) commander of the 1st regiment of the Tyrolean Kaiserjäger , in which position he remained until his retirement in October 1897. His wife Agathe died on December 7, 1901, and he himself died on October 31, 1905 in Vienna. His tomb is located at the Vienna Central Cemetery (group 1, row 1, number 7).

See also

literature

  • Genealogical manual of the baronial houses (main processor Hans Friedrich v. Ehrenkrook), Freiherrliche Häuser B volume I, Glücksburg / Ostsee 1954, page 412f .; Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of baronial houses, 91st year, Gotha 1941, page 482.
  • State manual of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy for 1897, published by the kk Hof- und Staatsdruckerei Wien, pages 130, 247 and 254.
  • Schematism for the Imperial and Royal Army and for the Imperial and Royal Navy for 1898, Official Edition, Vienna December 1897, pages 55 and 187.
  • Christian Hager - Paul Hoffmann - Franz Huter - Eberhard Lang - Anton Heinz Spielmann: Die Tiroler Kaiserjäger, The history of the Tyrolean elite regiments , Persico Edizioni Cremona Italy 1996, ISBN 88-900107-1-1 , page 171.
  • Peter Steiner: Sr. Majesty really. Privy Councilor kk Colonel General Rudolf Frhr. Stöger-Steiner v. Steinstätten Austria-Hungary's last Minister of War . Rough Dissertation Innsbruck 1989.
  • Peter Steiner: Rudolf Stöger-Steiner Freiherr von Steinstätten 1861-1921, on the 150th anniversary of the birthday of Austria-Hungary's last war minister , Pallasch - Zeitschrift für Militärgeschichte 40/2011, pages 121-130 (page 121 FN 1).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Arno Kerschbaumer, Nobilitations under the reign of Emperor Karl I / IV. Károly király (1916-1921) . Graz 2016, ISBN 978-3-9504153-1-5 , p. 106.
personal data
SURNAME Steiner von Steinstätten, Joseph
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Steiner Edler von Steinstätten, Franz Joseph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian officer and Kaiserjäger
DATE OF BIRTH January 1, 1834
PLACE OF BIRTH Wolfsthal
DATE OF DEATH October 31, 1905
Place of death Vienna