Vinzenz Schlechta von Wschehrd

Vinzenz Freiherr Schlechta von Wschehrd 1851

Vinzenz Ferdinand Xaver Baptist Freiherr von Schlechta Ritter zu Wschehrd , also Wssehrd , (born November 22, 1798 in Braunau , † July 17, 1879 in Vienna ) was an Imperial and Royal Privy Councilor , Lieutenant Field Marshal and Brigadier of Bohemian origin.

Origin and family

The Schlechta-Wssehrd ( Czech : Šlechta ze Všehrd) were an old Bohemian family, first mentioned in a document with Nikolaus (* 1440; † May 3, 1508 in Kostelec). His son Johann (born January 24, 1465 at Kosteletz Castle; † August 29, 1522 there), personal advisor to King Wladislaus II , received a coat of arms in Budapest on February 2, 1501 and a confirmation of nobility on December 22, 1503, Burian 1591 the knighthood.

Vinzenz's father Franz Xaxer Vinzenz (born October 16, 1765 in Brno , † September 19, 1831 in Vienna) was a hereditary member of the magnate table , chairman of the civil and military commission at the time and commandant of Vienna. He was raised to the status of hereditary-Austrian baron on October 9, 1819 because of his military services and also acquired the status of Hungarian baron on September 22, 1820. His mother was Friederike Ursula Edle von Scheurich († 1827).

The baron married Isabella von Urbanski. The marriage remained childless. His older brother was Franz Xaver Schlechta von Wschehrd (1796–1875), court advisor, section head in the Ministry of Finance, secret council, but also a poet.

biography

Vincent entered the Theresian Military Academy in Wiener Neustadt on October 27, 1812 and, after graduating as a lieutenant, was transferred to the 8th Jäger Battalion and then promoted to first lieutenant on August 1, 1828 to the 6th Jäger Battalion. Transferred to the Quartermaster General on July 20, 1830, on September 6, 1832, he was appointed lieutenant captain in the engineer corps, and soon after, in 1834, he was appointed captain 1st class . In this function he led the 3rd Company of the Engineer Battalion in Verona .

Klosterneuburg

Also in this position he advanced to major on April 20, 1846 . During the retreat from Milan on March 22nd and 23rd, 1848, Field Marshal Radetzky entrusted Schlechta with the management of the carriage train and the command of the headquarters. He was promoted to lieutenant colonel on December 2, 1848 , still assigned to army command in Italy. During the campaigns in Italy, he acquired the Order of the Iron Crown III through his expedient divisions and technical arrangements, including the construction of several pontoon bridges under difficult geographical conditions and sometimes heavy enemy fire, as well as through personal bravery . Class with the war decoration.

After the sudden death of Supreme and Corps Commander Schön von Monte Cerro in Klosterneuburg , Schlechta was appointed Colonel and Commander of this Pioneer Corps on April 6, 1849 , where he personally took care of the formation of the 4th Battalion and the construction of the bridge material . In a thoroughly motivated report of June 1, 1849, he also put forward suggestions for the necessary changes in the organization of the corps. Just two weeks later, the required establishment of a depot training and workers company was approved.

On November 27, 1850, the officer became major general and brigadier in the 2nd at Dünhof , Galicia , then in the 4th Army Corps at the Banal military border. On March 1, 1859, the baron, who also wore the Swedish Order of the Sword , retired with the title of Field Marshal Lieutenant ad honores.

Coat of arms of the Schlechta von Wschehrd family

coat of arms

1819: An ancient shield, straight at the top, rounded at the bottom and cut out in the shape of a crescent moon on both sides, in which a right-turned wolf rises up to half its height on three silver clouds on a dark blue ground. On the shield rests the baron's crown, on which a crowned tournament helmet rises, from whose crown the wolf of the shield grows. The helmet covers are blue on both sides with a silver lining. Shield holders are two upright white unicorns.

literature

• Wilhelm Brinner: History of the kk pioneer regiment. 2nd part, 1st volume, publisher of the regiment in commission from LW Seidl, Vienna 1881.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Adalbert Král von Dobrá Voda : The nobility of Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia: Genealogical-heraldic repertory of all class surveys, predicates, promotions, incolats, coats of arms and coat of arms improvements of the entire nobility of the Bohemian crown, with sources and coat of arms evidence. Verlag I. Taussig, Prague 1904, p. 246.
2. ↑ ^{a b} Constant von Wurzbach : Biographical Lexicon of the Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 30th part, KK Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1875, p. 61ff.
3. ↑ Joh. Baptist Schels (Red,): Austrian military magazine. 11th booklet, printed by Anton Strauss's blessed widow, Vienna 1828, p. 247.
4. ↑ Joh. Baptist Schels (Red.): Austrian military magazine. 4th volume, printed by Anton Strauss's blessed widow, Vienna 1834, p. 223.
5. ^ Wilhelm Brinner: History of the Imperial and Royal Pioneer Regiment. Part 2, Volume 1, Verlag des Regiment in commission from LW Seidl, Vienna 1881, p. 233.
6. ^ ^{A b} Johann Svoboda: The Theresian Military Academy in Wiener Neustadt and its pupils. 1. Volume, KK Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1894, p. 425.
7. ↑ Th. Jg. Leitner von Leitnertreu: History of the Wiener Neustädter Military Academy. Volume 2, printed and published by Römer & Kamner, Kronstadt 1853, p. 248.
8. ↑ Franz Dembsher: Military Handbook. Printed by Ferdinand Ullrich, Vienna 1849, p. 107.
9. ^ Wilhelm Brinner: History of the Imperial and Royal Pioneer Regiment. Part 2, Volume 1, Verlag des Regiment in commission from LW Seidl, Vienna 1881, p. 78 ff.
10. ^ ^{A b} Antonio Schmidt-Brentano: The kk or kuk generals 1816-1918. Austrian State Archives, 1907, p. 183.
11. ↑ Military schematism of the Austrian Empire. KK Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna, June 1854, p. 409.