Stefan Fadinger

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Stefan Fadinger on a contemporary painting
Wounding of Stefan Fadinger - tin figure diorama from the Peuerbach Peasant War Museum
Stefan Fadinger tomb in the Seebacher Moos

Stephan Fadinger (* around 1585 in Parz , today near St. Agatha ; † July 5, 1626 in Ebelsberg near Linz ) was a farmer , hat maker and captain of the rebellious farmers of the Traun and Hausruckviertel in the Upper Austrian Peasants' War .

Life

Already in his youth he gained experience as a soldier, and in 1616 he took over his father's farm. He had two sons, Michael and Paul.

After the Bavarian governor Adam Graf von Herberstorff had a rebellion against the violent appointment of a Catholic priest in the Frankenburg dice game in May 1625 cruelly sanctioned, the entire peasantry of Upper Austria was in turmoil and enjoyed solidarity among the non-peasant classes. Stefan Fadinger and his brother-in-law Christoph Zeller planned a nationwide uprising, which he scheduled for Whitsun 1626. Two weeks before the planned date, a tavern brawl in Lembach im Mühlkreis , in which some Bavarian soldiers were killed, gave the cause to strike. On May 22nd, the charismatic leader, who led his army with a stern hand and always had bodyguards with him, was elected by the farmers to be captain of the Traun and Hausruck districts. He collected the individual groups of farmers and was able to occupy Eferding , Wels , Kremsmünster and Steyr in a relatively short time .

During the siege of Linz on Sunday, June 28, 1626, Fadinger was shot and seriously wounded by riflemen posted on the roof of the country house while on a scouting ride at the city wall, where he - like the days before - wanted to scout out a favorable attack point. His horse was killed in the shots and he fled to Ebelsberg on foot . In his headquarters there on today's Fadingerplatz, he succumbed to blood poisoning on July 5th as a result of his gunshot wound.

His brother-in-law Zeller was his successor as a farmer's leader. After his death on July 18, the rebels could no longer achieve any significant success.

The remains Fadinger let the Bavarian governor Herberstorff the year after completion of the Peasants' War on Eferdinger cemetery exhumed, beheaded and the body of Fadinger brother and comrade Christoph Zeller in Seebacher Moos (now Hinzenbach ) bury in Eferding. A gallows was erected over her grave "in her eternal shameful remembrance". In addition, Fadinger's farm was burned down and his family was expelled from the country “forever”. His wife and their sons fled to northern Germany. Here they found shelter with a noble Protestant family. There are traces of Fadinger's family through descendants of his siblings in St. Agatha . The possession of Fadinger in the form of 70 hectares of land went to the Stauff lordship. After the farm burned down, a new farm was built 300 m above and sold to the Ehrenprandtner family in 1628. This farm remained a hereditary farm with changing names until 1990. It has been owned by Erich Kraft since 1990.

rating

Stefan Fadinger is considered to be a central figure in Upper Austrian regional history , his biography made him a legendary figure. Thanks to his talent for speaking, his charisma and his unwavering zeal for Protestantism , he quickly achieved great popularity. Death for his convictions and the hatred of the victors beyond that may be reasons for the myth that surrounds him. It should not be overlooked, however, that Fadinger was a rather weak managerial personality - he was initially not enthusiastic when he was given the supreme command - and it is due to his military incompetence and lack of foresight that the farmers, through their hesitant behavior, Herberstorff gave the opportunity to fortify Linz and thus gave away the Peuerbach victory .

Municipal coat of arms of St. Agatha with motif from the seal of Stefan Fadinger

Fadinger and most of the peasant leaders were illiterate , which is why a class of rural intellectuals played an important role in drafting letters of appeal and running the chancellery. Not least because of this, contemporary sources suspected the Steyr citizens Wolf Madlseder and Lazarus Holzmüller as the real masterminds of the tragic event.

Memorial sites and objects in honor of Stefan Fadinger

Stefan-Fadinger-Strasse in Eferding

Since Stefan Fadinger enjoyed a high reputation among the population as a farmer who rebelled against the Bavarian occupation, several memorials were erected in his honor over the years and objects were named after him.

  • Stefan Fadinger Museum in St. Agatha
  • Stefan-Fadinger-Strasse in Waizenkirchen, Linz, Wels, Eferding, Salzburg, Laakirchen, Attnang-Puchheim, Gmunden and Amstetten
  • Stefan-Fadinger-Platz in Vienna-Favoriten
  • Fadingerplatz in Ebelsberg
  • BRG Fadingerstraße ( Fading School ) in Linz
  • Memorial plaque on house number 5 in Ebelsberg
  • Memorial stone in Parz (municipality of St. Agatha) at the presumed location of the Fattingerhof
  • Memorial plaque in the official building of St. Agatha
  • Stefan Fadinger tomb in the Seebacher Moos in Seebach in the municipality of Hinzenbach
  • Original seal from Fadinger in the municipal coat of arms of St. Agatha

literature

Web links

Commons : Stefan Fadinger  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ OÖN of March 17, 2008, We Upper Austria - Land of Farmers
  2. ^ Hansjörg Eichmeyer: Stefan Fadinger. Upper Austrian Protestantism as reflected in literature. (PDF; 489 kB) p. 1 , accessed on March 27, 2018 .
  3. ↑ The Farmer's Guide Fadinger , accessed on March 27, 2018
personal data
SURNAME Fadinger, Stefan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fadinger, Stephan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Farmer, hat maker and leader of the rebellious peasants in the Upper Austrian Peasants' War
DATE OF BIRTH around 1580
PLACE OF BIRTH St. Agatha
DATE OF DEATH July 5, 1626
Place of death Linz