Karl of Smola

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Knight's Cross of the Military Maria Theresa Order

Karl Freiherr von Smola (born November 15, 1802 in Budweis , † February 14, 1862 in Graz ) was an Austrian officer .

Life

Karl von Smola attended the Theresian Knight Academy in Vienna and joined the Bombardier Corps in 1817, like his father Josef von Smola . In 1819 he was already a lieutenant in the field artillery regiment 2. In 1827 he was promoted to first lieutenant and in 1829 adjutant to the later Feldzeugmeister Latour . Its tasks lay in descriptions of the country and work on war history.

In 1840 he became a major and in 1847 a lieutenant colonel and in July 1848 a colonel . In 1848 he took part in the campaign in Inner Austria as chief of staff under Feldzeugmeister Nugent . During the surrender of the city of Udine , he was seriously injured as a parliamentarian because he was shot in the leg despite the flag, which subsequently had to be amputated. In 1849 he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Maria Theresa Order .

As an invalid officer he was assigned to the general quartermaster's staff for journalistic work in December 1848, and in 1852 he took over a professorship for army organization and military geography at the kuk war school . From 1853 to 1858 he was director of the Polytechnic Institute in Vienna. He retired in 1858 with the character of major general . He is buried in the St. Leonhard Cemetery in Graz .

Works

  • Manual for Imperial and Royal Austrian Artillery Officers. With the use of the writings left behind by the kk major general in the artillery Joseph Freiherrn von Smola, ..., second increased edition, with 10 copper plates. Beck, Vienna 1839
  • The life of Field Marshal Prince Friedrich Franz Xavier zu Hohenzollern-Hechingen , Schaumburg, Vienna 1845
  • The life of Field Marshal Heinrich Count von Bellegarde , Heubner, Vienna 1847

literature

personal data
SURNAME Smola, Karl von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Smola, Karl Freiherr von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian officer
DATE OF BIRTH November 15, 1802
PLACE OF BIRTH České Budějovice (Budweis)
DATE OF DEATH February 14, 1862
Place of death Graz