Stephan Mayerhoffer from Vedropolje
Stephan Maria Mayerhoffer von Vedropolje (born August 17, 1839 in Gospić ; † March 18, 1918 in Vienna ) was an Austro-Hungarian officer ( field marshal lieutenant ) and teacher at the artillery cadet school with the Hungarian nobility rating .
biography
The son of the Imperial and Royal Zimmer foreman and later mayor of Gospić Johannes Mayerhoffer (1804–1874), was educated in the Austrian military training centers since 1853 , and after graduating from the Imperial and Royal Technical Military Academy in Vienna served as a sub-lieutenant from September 1, 1861. Artillery Regiment Stein and was used after its retirement for three months to level the Brion Islands at the Pola naval base .
1864 entered the higher artillery course. While he was translated as Lieutenant to Field Artillery Regiment No. 10 in 1865 , Mayerhoffer joined this troop body at his request in 1866 and fought with Wysokow and Königgrätz with distinction, so that he received the highest commendation for his outstanding achievements . Promoted to first lieutenant in 1870, then transferred to the fortress artillery battalion No. 10 in 1873, he came from 1874 to 1881 as a teacher at the artillery cadet school, in which service he was awarded the Imperial Military Cross of Merit of Emperor Franz Joseph I and in 1878 was made captain in the field. Artillery Regiments No. 8 advanced. Mayerhoffer then attended the staff officer course, which he completed in 1882. In the same year he was transferred to Field Artillery Regiment No. 1, in 1885 to Heavy Battery Division No. 27 and in 1886 as Battery Division Commander to Corps Artillery Regiment No. 10, and in 1888 he advanced to Major .
In 1890 he received command of the heavy battery division No. 20, was promoted to lieutenant colonel in 1891 and, as commander of the 2nd division artillery regiment, to colonel in 1894, in which rank he was awarded the Order of the Iron Crown 3rd class and the Hungarian in 1898 Nobility were conferred.
In 1899 it was translated into the active status of the Royal Hungarian Landwehr , where he, U. c. in the Croatian-Slavonian Infantry Regiment No. 25, which was assigned to the Royal Hungarian Agramerican -Slavonian 7th Landwehr District Command. With the appointment of May 1, 1900 (rank of May 21 of the year) to commander of the Royal Hungarian Landwehr Brigade Eszek (Osijek) No. 84 and promoted to major general, Mayerhoffer retired on September 1, 1901 . Finally, on June 7, 1908, he was honored with the title of Field Marshal Lieutenant.
In the course of his career, in addition to the honors listed above, Stephan Maria was also awarded the Silver Military Merit Medal on the Ribbon of the Military Merit Cross (" Signum laudis "), the Military Merit Medal on the Red Ribbon , the War Medal , the Golden Jubilee Commemorative Medal for the Armed Power and the Military Service Badge excellent for officers.
His son Eberhard Mayerhoffer von Vedropolje from his 1868 marriage with Maria Köhler (born July 11, 1849 in Eger (Cheb) ; † December 22, 1930 in Vienna ) also took up the military career.
coat of arms
1898: Split, divided on the right in red by a silver wavy bar, on the left diagonally to the right, in front in blue in back in gold, covered with two black armored arms each holding a black sword in their fists. - On the helmet with blue and gold covers on the right and red and silver covers on the left, a closed black flight.
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Friedrich Gatti: "History of the K. and K. Technical Military Academy: Th. History of the KK Bombardier Corps, the KK Artillery Secondary School, and the KK Artillery Academy, 1786-1869, Volume 2 of history of the K. and K. Technical Military Academy ", Verlag W. Braumüller, 1905, p. 540
- ↑ http://www.forum.ahnenforschung.net/archive/index.php/t-20228.html
- ↑ http://www.likaworld.net/forum/index.php?topic...0
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from October 4, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Quays. Royal Military Schematism, from the KK Hof- und Staatsdruckerei., 1903, p. 183
- ↑ http://www.coresno.com/forum/5-heraldik/3613-mayerhoffer-von-verdropolje-sobeck-skal-und-korn.html
literature
- Friedrich Gatti: "History of the K. and K. Technical Military Academy: Th. History of the KK Bombardier Corps, the KK Artillery Secondary School, and the KK Artillery Academy, 1786–1869, Volume 2 of the history of the K. and K. Technical Military Academy “, Verlag W. Braumüller, 1905
- Maximilian Mayerhoffer: Family tree and evidence of nobility of the Putz von Rolsberg family, Tannheim 1951
- Stephan Tötösy de Zepetnek (ed.): “Nobilitas Hungariae - A magyar történelmi nemesség családneveinek listája”, West Lafayette: Purdue University Press, 2010
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mayerhoffer from Vedropolje, Stephan |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mayerhoffer from Vedropolje, Stephan Maria (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian officer and teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 17th August 1839 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gospić |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 18, 1918 |
| Place of death | Vienna |