Theodor Fugger von Glött

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Count Theodor Fugger von Glött (* July 23, 1823 in Oberndorf am Lech ; † March 11, 1850 in Landau in the Palatinate ) was a sub-lieutenant in the Bavarian 2nd Artillery Regiment Zoller . The freedom fighter of 1849 was shot dead as a participant in the uprising in the Bavarian Rhine Palatinate in Landau in 1850 .

Deserter and freedom fighter

Fugger deserted from Landau fortress on May 18, 1849 . A few days later he took part in the unsuccessful attack on the fortress under Ludwig Blenker . He also became an extraordinary member of the Palatinate Military Commission under Gustav Adolph Techow .

When the Prussians marched in in June, Fugger faced a patrol. A court martial sentenced him to death . The sentence was on March 11, 1850 at 6 am in the main castle moat enforced after the General Auditoriat had rejected his revision on 31 January 1850th

In the estate of Carl Joseph Bronzetti , then lieutenant colonel and field staff officer in Landau in the Palatinate, there is the funeral speech given by pastor Roth on March 11, 1850, as well as the “order of the day” from Lieutenant General Taxis to condemn Fugger.

Order of the day from Lieutenant General Taxis to convict Theodor Fugger von Glött

His grave was frequently visited by the liberal landauers. Only after 45 years did his family have him transferred to the family crypt in Kirchheim in Swabia . A commemorative plaque on the main cemetery in Landau still commemorates the young officer.

Henrich Jacob von Fach, a Junker in the same regiment, who was also sentenced to death, managed to escape from prison on July 7, 1850. He served as a major in the artillery with the Palatinate irregulars . Fugger's death sentence was the only one of six in the Palatinate that was actually carried out. Well over 150 others were pronounced, however, only in the absence of the accused.

family

The count was the third of 20 children of Fidel Fugger von Glött (1795–1876), who was appointed royal bay in 1826 . Reichsrat was appointed. The mother was Theresia Freiin von Pelkhoven . Three of the great-grandchildren were bishops and canons. His uncle Leopold was the district president of Lower Franconia from 1840 to 1849 .

Varia

As the fortress commander, Karl von Pflimmern was in charge of the execution . Twelve days later, the major general fell from his horse, fractured his thigh and died of it on May 31st. In the Landau cemetery his ornate Tumba tomb was close to Fugger's grave. In popular belief, his tragic accident and death shortly after the execution were seen as a sign of punishment. His grave is still preserved today.

literature

  • Rudolf H. Böttcher: Pretrial detention and over 150 death sentences. In: The family ties of the Palatinate Revolution 1848/1849. A contribution to the social history of a bourgeois revolution. Special issue of the Association for Palatinate-Rhenish Family Studies. Volume 14. Issue 6. Ludwigshafen am Rhein 1999. pp. 307, 300.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Report on Fugger's execution, from Die Volksbötin. No. 64, Munich, March 15, 1850
  2. ↑ Carl Joseph Bronzetti , Major, "Description of the events in and before Landau, during the insurrection in May and June 1849, as far as I have known about them in my position as field staff officer.", From Landauer Anzeiger No. 184, Landau, August 9, 1905.
personal data
SURNAME Fugger von Glött, Theodor
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fugger von Glött, Theodor Graf (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bavarian officer, revolutionary 1849
DATE OF BIRTH July 23, 1823
PLACE OF BIRTH Oberndorf am Lech
DATE OF DEATH March 11, 1850
Place of death Landau