Wenzel Messenhauser
Caesar Wenzel Georg Messenhauser (born January 4, 1813 in Prossnitz , Moravia , † November 16, 1848 in Vienna ) was an Austrian officer and writer of Bohemian origin; some he published under the pseudonym Wenzeslaus March .
Life
Wenzel Messenhauser came from a simple background. In 1829 he joined the army . Although he was self-taught , he was able to draw attention to himself through a treatise on the " crooked order of battle ". In 1840 he became a lieutenant in Vienna. He wrote articles on Saphir's "Humorist" and the regimental history of the Hoch- and Deutschmeister . In March 1848 he said goodbye in Cracow and went to Vienna. Here he acted as commander of the National Guard for some time . After he had defended the city of Vienna in vain in the Vienna October Uprising of 1848 together with Alfred Julius Becher , Robert Blum , Hermann Jellinek and the Polish General Józef Bem , he surrendered to the attacking troops on October 30, 1848 under the command of Field Marshal Alfred I. Windisch-Graetz . At the urging of the officers of the National Guard, however, he resumed the fight and was shot dead for breaking the surrender .
In 1872 the Messenhausergasse in Vienna- Landstrasse (3rd district) was named after him.
Works
- Demosthenes: a tragedy in four acts . A. Strauss's blessed widow, 1841
- Serious Stories (1848)
- Tales of the Austrian friend of the family (1848)
- The Councilor (published posthumously). Adolph Wienbrack, 1849
- Gold weighs heavily: tragedy in five acts . Vienna, 1849
literature
- Non-fiction
- Jacob F. Nitschner : Wenzel Messenhauser. His life, work and end; a biographical monument . Verlag Jasper, Hügel & Manz, Vienna 1849.
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Messenhauser, Caesar Wenzel . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 17th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1867, pp. 433–441 ( digitized version ).
- Heinrich Bolze : Messenhauser. Tragedy . Make, Jena 1875.
- Franz Philipp von Sommaruga : Messenhauser, Caesar Wenzel . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 21, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1885, pp. 491-494.
- Fritz Telmann : Messenhauser. Drama in 5 acts . Wage-Verlag, Vienna 1904.
- Maximilian Ehnl : Caesar Wenzel Messenhauser . Ratzenhofer Verlag, Vienna 1948.
- H. Großering: Messenhauser Wenzel Georg (Caesar). In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 6, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1975, ISBN 3-7001-0128-7 , p. 241 f. (Direct links on p. 241 , p. 242 ).
- Karin Dirschmied, Helmuth Grössing: Messenhauser, Wenzel Caesar. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 17, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1994, ISBN 3-428-00198-2 , p. 214 ( digitized version ).
- Fiction
- Wilhelm Pellert : Messenhauser. A Viennese folk piece . World premiere: Vienna, Freie Bühne Wieden 2012.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Messenhauser, Wenzel |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Messenhauser, Caesar Wenzel; March, Wenceslaw (pseudonym); Erin, Johannes (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian officer and writer of Bohemian origin |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 4, 1813 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Prossnitz |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 16, 1848 |
| Place of death | Vienna |