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400th birthday - Austria / II. Republic of Austria 2009 - 130 Euro Cent

Designer: Rosenfeld, Michael

400th birthday - Austria / II. Republic of Austria 2009 - 130 Euro Cent


Theme: Well-known people
CountryAustria / II. Republic of Austria
Issue Date2009
Face Value130.00 
Edition Issued200,000
Printing Typeoffset
Stamp TypeCommemorative
Item TypeStamp
Chronological Issue Number2128
Chronological ChapterOOS-OE2
SID840387
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He came from a highly respected, middle Italian gender, studied linguistic and classical sciences and joined in 1625 in the imperial army. Feldzeugmeister and captain of the guard was his uncle Ernesto Montecuccoli. Raimondo Montecuccoli fought as a lieutenant colonel near Nordlingen, Bavaria, captured the commander there and occupied the city. Appointed colonel, he was awarded the Regiment Aldobrandini. With his companies he enabled the capture of Alsace Zabern in the same year. Between 1636 and 1638, Montecuccoli successfully led his troops into battles at Wolmirstedt, Wittstock and Chemnitz. General Hofkirchen took in 1639 despite Montecuccoli's objection to the War Council, the Battle of Melnik and Brandeis, while Montecuccoli was wounded and captured. During his two and a half years in captivity, he studied intensively legal, philosophical, historical and also scientific works in both Szczecin and Weimar and designed his own famous work on the art of war. Released from captivity, he joined in 1642 in the imperial army in Silesia, was promoted to military successes to General Wachtmeiser and 1644 appointed field marshal lieutenant and Hofkriegsrat. After the victory over the Swedes at Triebel in Silesia, he became Deputy President of the Supreme Military Council to Regensburg. His most important victory was the success of a huge Turksheer 1664 in the Battle of Mogersdorf an der Raab. Four years later, Montecuccoli received the presidency of the Hofkriegsrats. In 1673 he expelled the French marshal Turenne from Germany and conquered Bonn. After he had to leave Alsace again, he ended his military career with the siege of Philippsburg and spent many years studying at the imperial court. He laid the foundation stone for the Leopoldinische Akademie für Naturforschung and wrote numerous military works. From his work "Afforismi dell'Arte Bellica" he often quoted the sentence: "Asked somebody about the things necessary for the war, he would have said that there are three: money, money, money" Raimondo Montecuccoli died on 16 October 1680 in Linz, his tomb is located in the local Kapuzinerkirche.

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He came from a highly respected, middle Italian gender, studied linguistic and classical sciences and joined in 1625 in the imperial army. Feldzeugmeister and captain of the guard was his uncle Ernesto Montecuccoli. Raimondo Montecuccoli fought as a lieutenant colonel near Nordlingen, Bavaria, captured the commander there and occupied the city. Appointed colonel, he was awarded the Regiment Aldobrandini. With his companies he enabled the capture of Alsace Zabern in the same year. Between 1636 and 1638, Montecuccoli successfully led his troops into battles at Wolmirstedt, Wittstock and Chemnitz. General Hofkirchen took in 1639 despite Montecuccoli's objection to the War Council, the Battle of Melnik and Brandeis, while Montecuccoli was wounded and captured. During his two and a half years in captivity, he studied intensively legal, philosophical, historical and also scientific works in both Szczecin and Weimar and designed his own famous work on the art of war. Released from captivity, he joined in 1642 in the imperial army in Silesia, was promoted to military successes to General Wachtmeiser and 1644 appointed field marshal lieutenant and Hofkriegsrat. After the victory over the Swedes at Triebel in Silesia, he became Deputy President of the Supreme Military Council to Regensburg. His most important victory was the success of a huge Turksheer 1664 in the Battle of Mogersdorf an der Raab. Four years later, Montecuccoli received the presidency of the Hofkriegsrats. In 1673 he expelled the French marshal Turenne from Germany and conquered Bonn. After he had to leave Alsace again, he ended his military career with the siege of Philippsburg and spent many years studying at the imperial court. He laid the foundation stone for the Leopoldinische Akademie für Naturforschung and wrote numerous military works. From his work "Afforismi dell'Arte Bellica" he often quoted the sentence: "Asked somebody about the things necessary for the war, he would have said that there are three: money, money, money" Raimondo Montecuccoli died on 16 October 1680 in Linz, his tomb is located in the local Kapuzinerkirche..