Andreas Baumircher defends the Thor in Neustadt Vienna WOODCUT from 1862

Description: Baumkircher defends the gate in Neustadt in 1452 AD. Original wood engraving from 1862 (not a reprint) Sheet size approx. 26.5 x 20 cm, unprinted on the back. Condition: slightly stained due to age, otherwise good - see scan! If you have any questions, please send a mail.Please also note my other offers! Here are more motifs about German history!I offer many other color prints, wood engravings, steel engravings and lithographs - please use the SHOP search. Shipping costs are only charged once if you purchase multiple items! Documentation: Andreas Baumkircher, Baron von Schlaining, (* around 1420 probably in Wippach (Vipava), Slovenia; † 23. April 1471 in Graz) was an imperial military leader. The son of an imperial administrator spent his youth at the court of Emperor Frederick III. He was a dazzling figure of the late Middle Ages and famous for his extraordinary strength and height. As a mercenary leader, he served Emperor Friedrich III. He performed great service on several occasions, in particular defending Wiener Neustadt against the corporate army in 1452. He was royally rewarded for this and received the right to mint his own coins and permission to found a town next to his Schlaining castle. From 1453 to 1457 he served the Hungarian-Bohemian King Ladislaus Postumus. Both in the Hungarian royal election (12. February 1459) as in an uprising of the citizens of Vienna (1462), Baumkircher and his people were on the side of Emperor Friedrich III. In 1469, however, he turned against the emperor and, together with the Hungarian King Matthias Corvinus, organized an uprising of the Styrian nobility against Frederick III. The so-called Baumkircher Feud[ began with the delivery of the feud letter from the Styrian Noble League to Frederick III. on 1. February 1469. The noble league under the leadership of Baumkircher and Johann von Stubenberg occupied the Styrian towns of Hartberg, Fürstenfeld, Feldbach, Marburg, Windischfeistritz, Gonobitz and Wildon Castle. In March 1469, Baumkircher's troops occupied the Mürztal, but in April 1469 they lost Scheifling, Oberkapfenberg, Schwanberg and Oberradkersburg to the imperial troops. On 21 In July 1469, the troops of Baumkircher and Emperor Friedrich III met at the Battle of Fürstenfeld, in which Baumkircher inflicted a heavy defeat on the imperial troops. Baumkircher's troops carried out raids into the area around Graz. In October 1469 a truce was signed between Frederick III. and Baumkircher agreed. On 30. In June 1470, Frederick III closed. a contract with Baumkircher that promised him complete amnesty and a payment of 14,000 guilders. Because of the lack of payments, Baumkircher rose again against Emperor Friedrich III in the fall of 1470. On 23. On April 14, 1471, Baumkircher and Andreas von Greisenegg went to Graz for negotiations after they were promised safe conduct until the vesper bell sounded. On this day the bell rang an hour earlier and both of them were arrested. In the evening they were publicly beheaded in front of the Murtor without a trial.Source: Wikipedia Andreas Baumkircher, Baron von Schlaining, (* around 1420 probably in Wippach (Vipava), Slovenia; † 23. April 1471 in Graz) was an imperial military leader. The son of an imperial administrator spent his youth at the court of Emperor Frederick III. He was a dazzling figure of the late Middle Ages and famous for his extraordinary strength and height. As a mercenary leader, he served Emperor Friedrich III. He performed great service on several occasions, in particular defending Wiener Neustadt against the corporate army in 1452. He was royally rewarded for this and received the right to mint his own coins and permission to found a town next to his Schlaining castle. From 1453 to 1457 he served the Hungarian-Bohemian King Ladislaus Postumus. Both in the Hungarian royal election (12. February

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