Wenzel Pilsak from Wellenau
Wenzel Pilsak , from 1825 Pilsak Edler von Wellenau and Pilsak von Wellenau (* 1779 in Pokratitz, today a district of Leitmeritz , Bohemia ; † September 1, 1855 in Hietzing near Vienna , Austria ) was a kk major general .
biography
He came from a family of Slavic origin and was first mentioned in a document in Litmeritz in 1657 (see: Pilsak ). At the beginning of his military career, Pilsak attended the KuK Technical Military Academy in Vienna. In 1810, as an officer in the Bombardier Corps, he and his comrade Christian Maschner took a geometrical picture of the tower of St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna , which he then converted into a drawing. This drawing was then etched in copper by the copper engraver Wilhelm Friedrich Schlotterbeck, who was very well known at the time .
As captain of the garrison - Artillery -Distrikts Vienna, he was in the Austrian on December 5, 1825 peerage with the title "Edler von Wellenau" levied.
As a captain he came to the fire rifle factory in Vienna (Währingergasse) as local director. In 1834 he was promoted to major in the 2nd Artillery Regiment . He still held this rank in 1840. Until 1848 he was chief director of the fire rifle factory in Vienna and Steyr , initially with the rank of lieutenant colonel , in 1848 as colonel of the artillery. On June 16, 1849, Pilsak was finally promoted to major general and on April 9, 1851 he retired.
With his wife Louise Pilsak had three sons:
- Ludwig Pilsak von Wellenau (1816–1881), kuk Colonel d. Res. And Commander of Field Artillery Regiment No. 12
- Eduard Pilsak von Wellenau (1823–1907), Austro-Hungarian Lieutenant Field Marshal and Artillery Director at the General Command in Brno
- August Pilsak von Wellenau (18 ?? - 1859), Imperial and Royal Lieutenant in Infantry Regiment No. 35
Orders and decorations
literature
- Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels , Adelslexikon Volume X, Page 371, Volume 119 of the complete series, CA Starke Verlag, Limburg (Lahn) 1999, ISBN 3-7980-0819-1
- Genealogical paperback of the noble houses of Austria , O. Maass' Sons, 1906/07
Individual evidence
- ^ Military schematism of the Austrian Empire , KuK War Ministry (ed.), Kk Hof- und Staats-Druckerei, Vienna 1856, page 1026 ( digitized version )
- ^ Monthly newspaper of the KK Heraldische Gesellschaft "Adler" , printer Carl Gerold's Sohn, Vienna 1911, page 251
- ↑ Anton Ritter von Perger: Communications from the KK Central Commission for the Research and Conservation of Architectural Monuments , KK Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1864, page 277 ( digitized version )
- ↑ Genealogical paperback of the noble houses of Austria , 1906/07 ( excerpt )
- ↑ Streffleur's military magazine , Verlag LW Seidel, 1834, page 100 ( digitized version )
- ↑ Court and State Manual of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy , 1847, page 600 ( digitized version )
- ^ Paul Schulz: Marginalia about the Viennese Revolution v. J. 1848 a. Its Important Consequences in the Late Period , page 114, 1856
- ^ Antonio Schmidt-Brentano: The kk or kuk Generalität 1816-1918 , Austrian State Archives, 2007, page 139 (PDF; 468 kB)
- ^ Deaths .. In: Badener Bezirks-Blatt , March 19, 1881, p. 5 (online at ANNO ).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pilsak von Wellenau, Wenzel |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pilsak Edler von Wellenau, Wenzel; Pilsak, Wenceslaus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian major general |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1779 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pokratitz, today a district of Leitmeritz , Bohemia |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 1, 1855 |
| Place of death | Hietzing near Vienna |