Karl von Urban
Karl (Carl) Freiherr von Urban (born August 31, 1802 in Krakow , † January 1, 1877 in Brno ) was an Austrian Lieutenant Field Marshal .
Life
After training in the cadet corps, Karl Urban joined the Austrian army and in 1848 was the first officer to refuse to obey the new constitution to the new government for Hungary under Prime Minister Lajos Batthyány .
With 1,500 border guards he suppressed the uprising of the approximately 10,000 strong Szekler and on November 18, 1848 defeated the insurgents near Cluj-Napoca . After he had distinguished himself several times in the Hungarian campaign, he was promoted to major general in 1850 and, after being promoted to the rank of baron in 1851, to field marshal lieutenant in 1857.
In the Sardinian War in 1859 Urban commanded the IX. Corps of the Second Army of the Imperial and Royal Army . He first took part in the battle of Montebello and was shortly afterwards transferred north to take command of a mobile division with which he was able to advance the advance of the alpine hunters (Italian: Cacciatori delle Alpi ) under Giuseppe Garibaldi on the right wing of the Austrians should face. Urban had already narrowed Garibaldi's troops at Varese and San Fermo at the end of May . At Treponti he finally caught up with Garibaldi and 4,000 soldiers on June 15. After a brief skirmish, the Cacciatori delle Alpi fled and the battle was lost for Garibaldi. After the defeat of the Austrians at Magenta , Urban’s troops had to fight their way through a series of sometimes bloody Arrièregarde battles on the Mincio .
After the Battle of Solferino , Urban was given the command in Verona . In Italy he is best known for the execution of new members of the Cignòli family in Torricella Verzate on May 20, 1859.
In 1860 he was appointed divisional officer of the 4th Army Corps in Brno. Karl von Urban died of suicide in Brno on January 1, 1877.
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Urban, Karl Freiherr . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 49th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1884, pp. 116–123 ( digitized version ).
- Julian Pallua-Gall: Urban, Karl Freiherr von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 39, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1895, pp. 349-351.
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Footnotes
- ^ Helmuth von Moltke : The Italian campaign of the year 1859 . Mittler, Berlin 1863, p. 54.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Urban, Karl von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Urban, Karl Freiherr von; Urban, Carl Freiherr von; Urban, Carl Baron; Urban, Karl Baron |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian Lieutenant Field Marshal |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 31, 1802 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Krakow |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 1, 1877 |
| Place of death | Brno |