Katharina Lanz
Katharina Lanz , also Ladin Catarina Lanz (born September 20, 1771 in St. Vigil in Enneberg , South Tyrol ; † July 8, 1854 in Andratz, Buchenstein ) was a maid and Tyrolean freedom fighter . She is considered a kind of Jeanne d'Arc of Tyrol (with the Welschtirolerin Giuseppina Negrelli ). In contrast to Eleonore Prochaska and other women , she fought as a peasant girl and not disguised as a man.
She fought (like Michael Pfurtscheller and Anton Reinisch ) in the Battle of Spinges near Mühlbach (South Tyrol) on April 2, 1797 alongside an Inntaler rifle contingent against a division of the Napoleonic army. The leader of the Landsturm reported: “One saw a farmer maid from Spinges, among others , who, with her underclothes in her belt and hair flying, pushed the attacking enemies down the cemetery wall with her powerfully wielded pitchfork.” From around 1807 she became a symbol of the struggle for freedom Tyroleans in the French Wars ( coalition wars ).
In the parish church in Spinges a glass window reminds of them. She is depicted in the chapel door (contrary to the report that she was standing on the cemetery wall) fighting French soldiers with a pitchfork and thus pushing them away from the chapel. The caption reads: No cheeky stranger kick should stain the sanctuary, Will cover the altar and tabernacle with my love!
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Spinges, the girl . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 36th part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1878, pp. 171–173 ( digitized version ).
- Anton Dörrer : Who was the “girl from Spinges?” A correction made by historical science . In: Gele Hefte, Volume 15, 1938, Issue 3, pp. 151–156 ( digitized version )
- Closer: Lanz Katharina. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 5, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1972, p. 21.
- Siglinde Clementi, Gustav Pfeifer with the assistance of Carlo Romeo : Editorial. Tyrol-Trentino - a conceptual history. In: Geschichte und Region, 9th year 2000. Yearbook of the Regional History Working Group, Bozen.
- Lois Craffonara, Helga Dorsch: Catarina Lanz. The girl from Spinges .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Florian Stark: Women fought at the very front against the French. In: The world . September 3, 2013, accessed June 19, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lanz, Katharina |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lanz, Catarina |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Tyrolean freedom fighter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 20, 1771 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | St. Vigil , Enneberg , South Tyrol |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 8, 1854 |
| Place of death | Andratz, Buchenstein |