Leopold Auspitz

Leopold Auspitz (born December 5, 1838 - † February 23, 1907 ) was an Austrian k.k. Major General and Writer . He also published under the synonym "Egon Berg" and "Conrad Kurz" .

biography

Leopold Auspitz was born as the son of the surgeon and surgeon Moritz Auspitz (1803–1880) in Mikulov in Moravia ; his older brother Heinrich Auspitz (1835–1886) was a well-known dermatologist . In 1840 the family moved to Vienna , where the father took a job at the Jewish hospital in Vienna in order to enable his sons to get a better education. Leopold served in the Austro-Hungarian infantry - regiment Freiherr von Hess No. 49 and participated in the campaigns of 1859, 1866 and 1878 in part.. He married Henriette Eggenberg (* around 1846, † 1895), with her he had two children:

Christine Auspitz (born February 27, 1878 in Iglau (Jihlava) , † April 15, 1928 in Graz ), who was a literary historian and one of the first women to earn a doctorate in Austria.

Walther Ernst von Auspitz (born October 30, 1888 in St. Pölten ; † January 19, 1974 in Vienna), who from 1920 took the name of his great-great-grandmother, a "Conrad von Heydendorff" (also: "Auspitz-Heydendorff") ), Austro-Hungarian officer and genealogist .

It is known that Leopold to the Roman Catholic faith converted .

Works

Reflections on the East Asian War in " Die Fackel "
The book of books, stars from the heaven of thinkers and poets of all times and peoples, collected and arranged in aphorisms of world literature by Egon Berg, K. Prochaska, 1873
Syn. Egon Berg: The Book of Books: Aphorisms of World Literature, Volume 1 Spirit and World , Volume 2 Heart and Nature , Prochaska 1884/1885
The style. For use in middle schools and for self-teaching, 1886
The infantry regiment Freiherr von Hess NR.49: A chronicle according to the instructions of the regiment Kk Hofbuchdruckerei Kerl Prochaska Teschen 1889 (Reprint: BiblioBazaar 2010, ISBN 1-1427-4253-9 )
Leopold Auspitz, Paul Auspitz: Master prose. 2 volumes, Prochaska, 1895
From an eventful time: treatises and speeches , Braumüller Wien, Leipzig 1904 (new edition Kwssinger Pub Co 2010, ISBN 1-1603-0706-7 )
Naked, 1905

literature

Heinrich Friedjung, Franz Adlgasser, Margret Friedrich: History in Conversations. Records 1898-1919 (= publications of the Commission for Modern History of Austria), Böhlau 1997, ISBN 3-2059-8589-3

Individual evidence

↑ Leaves for literary entertainment, year 1888, second volume, July – December, FA Brockhaus Leipzig 1888, p. 472
^ Michael Peschke: International Encyclopedia of Pseudonyms: Part IA – Bradds, Real Names, KG Saur / Gale, ISBN 3-5982-4961-6 , p. 133
↑ Peter Broucek, Kurt Peball: History of Austrian Military Historiography, Böhlau, 2000, ISBN 3-4120-5700-2 , p. 390
^ Ed. Karl Kraus: Die Fackel, No. 161, Vienna May 5, 1904, VI. Jahr, p. 21 (questions to the editor about the author of the article)

personal data
SURNAME	Auspitz, Leopold
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Berg, Egon; In short, Conrad
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian kk major general and writer
DATE OF BIRTH	December 5, 1838
DATE OF DEATH	February 23, 1907

[1] Leaves for literary entertainment, year 1888, second volume, July – December, FA Brockhaus Leipzig 1888, p. 472

[2] Michael Peschke: International Encyclopedia of Pseudonyms: Part IA – Bradds, Real Names, KG Saur / Gale, ISBN 3-5982-4961-6 , p. 133

[3] Peter Broucek, Kurt Peball: History of Austrian Military Historiography, Böhlau, 2000, ISBN 3-4120-5700-2 , p. 390

[4] Ed. Karl Kraus: Die Fackel, No. 161, Vienna May 5, 1904, VI. Jahr, p. 21 (questions to the editor about the author of the article)