Rudolf von Rossbacher

Rudolf Rossbacher , 1860 Freiherr von Rossbacher , also Roßbacher , (born October 30, 1806 in Podgórze , † March 19, 1886 in Vienna ) was an Austrian general and deputy Reich Minister of War .

Life

Rossbacher began his military career in 1821 as an expropriis cadet with the engineer corps. In 1824 he switched to the Tyrolean Kaiserjägerregiment . There he was promoted to captain in 1841 and was accepted into the quartermaster's staff. From 1849 on he worked in Josef Wenzel Radetzky von Radetz 's surgery office. There he was involved in planning the last campaign. He thus rose in 1849 to lieutenant colonel , and in the following year to colonel on. In the years 1854 and 1855 he led the operative business in the headquarters of the High Command of the 3rd and 4th Armies in the course of the intervention in Wallachia.

Rossbacher was promoted to head of the 5th Division of the Army High Command and major general in 1857 . In 1859 he became part of the Italian campaign in the Sardinian War and was head of the Operations Chancellery of the Army High Command. In 1865 he was entrusted with the management of the 2nd, 5th, 6th, 10th and 11th departments of the Reich Ministry of War. In the following year he was appointed Deputy Reich Minister of War, from 1869 he also took over the position of head of the presidential section of the Reich Ministry of War.

Rossbacher was appointed President of the Military Court of Appeal in 1873 . He was promoted to Feldzeugmeister on April 24, 1873 . On February 1, 1874, he retired , but was also appointed a member of the manor house .

Rossbacher was married to Emilie Gundling (1829 / 1830–1882), the daughter of Franz Josef Gundling (1791–1879), owner of the kk Tabakhauptverlag in Podgórze. The marriage had three children. A daughter and two sons, only Heinrich Freiherr von Rossbacher succeeded his father and became an officer.

Rossbacher died unexpectedly of a stroke and was buried in the family vault at the Grinzing cemetery next to his wife.

Honors

Rossbacher received the following honors, among others:

Grand Cross of Honor of the Oldenburg House and Merit Order

Commander of the Grand Ducal Tuscan Order of St. Joseph

Commander of the Parmasan Order of Constantine from St. George

Commander of the Papal New Year's Eve

Knight of the Imperial Order of the Iron Crown, 2nd class

Knight of the Austrian Imperial Leopold Order with war decoration

Bearer of the Military Merit Cross with war decoration

1860 Elevation to the baron class

1870 Appointment to the Real Secret Council

literature

Peter Broucek : Rossbacher, Rudolf Freiherr von. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 9, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1988, ISBN 3-7001-1483-4 , p. 262.
Lukas C. Gundling: Rudolf Freiherr von Roßbacher - a short biographical outline . In: Genealogical sheets of the Gundling family and related families (GBFG), No. 16 (2020), pp. 1–6.

Web links

Portrait of Freiherr Rossbacher on bildarchivaustria.at

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Lukas C. Gundling: The ways of the Gundlings to the east: How the Gundlings came from Württemberg to Danzig, Krakow, Prague and Vienna, together with the connection of the Gundlings to the genealogist novel by Procházka . In: Südwestdeutsche Blätter für Familien- und Wappenkunde (SWDB) Volume 34, Stuttgart 2016, p. 86 f.
↑ ^a ^b Wiener Zeitung , No. 66 of March 21, 1886, p. 3, column 1.
↑ Lukas C. Gundling: Rudolf Freiherr von Roßbacher - a short biographical outline. In: Genealogical sheets of the Gundling family and related families (GBFG), No. 16 (2020), p. 4.
^ ^A ^b Roman Freiherr von Procházka : My 32 ancestors and their clan circles , Verlag Degener & Co., Leipzig 1928, p. 186.

personal data
SURNAME	Rossbacher, Rudolf von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Rossbacher, Rudolf Freiherr von (full name); Rossbacher, Rudolf (birth name); Roßbacher, Rudolf von; Roßbacher, Rudolf Freiherr von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian general
DATE OF BIRTH	October 30, 1806
PLACE OF BIRTH	Podgórze
DATE OF DEATH	March 19, 1886
Place of death	Vienna

[SWDB-1] Lukas C. Gundling: The ways of the Gundlings to the east: How the Gundlings came from Württemberg to Danzig, Krakow, Prague and Vienna, together with the connection of the Gundlings to the genealogist novel by Procházka . In: Südwestdeutsche Blätter für Familien- und Wappenkunde (SWDB) Volume 34, Stuttgart 2016, p. 86 f.

[WZ-2] Wiener Zeitung , No. 66 of March 21, 1886, p. 3, column 1.

[3] Lukas C. Gundling: Rudolf Freiherr von Roßbacher - a short biographical outline. In: Genealogical sheets of the Gundling family and related families (GBFG), No. 16 (2020), p. 4.

[Pro-4] A ^b Roman Freiherr von Procházka : My 32 ancestors and their clan circles , Verlag Degener & Co., Leipzig 1928, p. 186.