Vincenz by Augustine
Vincenz Freiherr von Augustin (born March 27, 1780 in Pest , † March 6, 1859 in Vienna ) was an Austrian field warrior .
Life
family
Vincenz von Augustin was born in Pest on March 27, 1780 . His parents were the captain Jakob Augustin († 1795) and his wife Christine, née von Spazek.
Military background
He joined the Austrian army in 1794, was on the quartermaster's staff of Archduke Karl in 1809 and, from 1813, on the staff of Field Marshal Schwarzenberg . He successfully led the pioneering conquest of Friedrichsort under Bernadotte .
After carefully studying the English Congreve rockets , named after their inventor William Congreve , he introduced this new weapon into the Austrian army. In 1814 Augustin became head of the war rocket establishment and in 1817 the commander of the missile corps in Wiener Neustadt, which was newly established in the Austrian artillery .
In 1822 he was raised to the rank of baron , in 1831 promoted to major general and in 1838 to field marshal lieutenant. From 1848 privy councilor and 1849 field master craftsman and general artillery director. After the revolution of 1848 Augustin designed the design for the k. k. Artillery arsenal , where he was subsequently also given construction management.
Augustine not only introduced rocket weapons in the Austrian army, he also improved handguns . On the basis of percussion ignition, percussion rifles were first introduced into the Hanoverian army in 1825 . Since 1830 attempts have been made in Austria with it, but it was not until 1841 that an improved percussion rifle invented by Augustin was introduced to the entire army.
Marriages and offspring
Vincenz von Augustin was buried in the St. Barbara cemetery in Linz. He was married twice. On February 1, 1807, he married Therese von Haller (1784-1840). The couple had seven children, including Lieutenant Field Marshal Ferdinand Vincenz von Augustin (1807–1861). After the death of his first wife, he married Therese Rößler (1813–1891) on March 21, 1842 and had three other children with her, including Major General August von Augustin (* 1843).
Museum reception
In the Viennese Army History Museum , Augustin honors Vincenz as the “builder” of the arsenal .
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Augustin, Vincenz Freiherr . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 1st part. University book printer L. C. Zamarski (formerly JP Sollinger), Vienna 1856, p. 90 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Wilhelm Edler von Janko : Augustin, Vincenz Freiherr von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, p. 687.
- Gustav Adolf Metnitz: Augustin, Vincenz Freiherr von. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1953, ISBN 3-428-00182-6 , p. 454 ( digitized version ).
- Augustin Vinzenz Frh. Von. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1957, p. 37.
- Anton Dolleczek: History of the Austrian artillery from the earliest times to the present. Written from authentic and mostly official sources. Vienna 1887.
- Alice Strobl: The Imperial and Royal Arms Museum in the Arsenal. The building and its artistic decoration. in: Writings of the Army History Museum in Vienna. published by the management. Graz / Cologne, 1961.
Web links
- Entry on Vincenz von Augustin in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
- Entry to Vincenz by Augustine in Calliope
- Entry about Vincenz von Augustin in the digital portrait index
Individual evidence
- ↑ Anton Dolleczek: history of Austrian artillery from the earliest times to the present. Written from authentic and mostly official sources. Vienna 1887, p. 350.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Augustin, Vincenz of |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Augustin, Vincenz Freiherr von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian Feldzeugmeister |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 27, 1780 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | pest |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 6, 1859 |
| Place of death | Vienna |