Bedřich Bloudek

Bedřich Bloudek ( born March 24, 1815 in Křižanov in Moravia; † August 11, 1875 in Toplice Topusko ) was a Czech officer who in 1848 participated in the Slovak uprising.

Life

Bedřich Bloudek joined an after school visit of the Austrian army and pursued a career as an officer.

In the wake of the 1848 revolution Bedřich Bloudek was captured by the ideas of Pan-Slavism. He took in the summer of 1848 at the Slavic Congress in Prague in part and excelled also in the local street battles in the wake of the Prague uprising of Pentecost. In autumn 1848, he then took on a leading role in the Slovak uprising. On September 16, 1848, he enlisted as a leader of a 600 -strong volunteer corps, which consisted mostly of Czech students from Moravia in the present-day Slovakia in. The squad, which was joined by numerous Slovaks reached Myjava, where two days later, the independence of Slovakia from Hungary was declared. His campaign led Bloudek further Brezová pod Bradlom, Senica and Stara Turá. Finally, however, he was forced to retire early as September 28, 1848 back to Moravia.

Following the decision of the Austrian emperor to crush the rebellion erupted in Hungary to Bedřich Bloudek was as many representatives of the Slovak interests on the side of the government in Vienna. In November, he was commander of a Slovak volunteer corps, which was under Austrian command. Until January 1849, he succeeded with his troupe, large parts of today's Slovakia under his control to bring, but he had in April before the Hungarian army to retreat on the Jablunkapass. As part of the campaign, he is said to have saved to Windischgraetz a large part of the inventories of Prince Alfred during the retreat.

Bedřich Bloudek left the Austrian army as a lieutenant colonel and died on August 11, 1875 Thermal Toplice Topusko in today's Croatia.