Maximilian Weyrother

Max von Weyrother (* 1783, † November 28, 1833 ) was an Austrian cavalry officer, civilian riding instructor at the Military Equitations Institute and from 1813 or 1814 sub- maker at City riding school or "Spanish School" ( Spanish Riding School ) in Vienna, the his brother Gottlieb led as Chief Rider. As Gottlieb von Weyrother 1816, the management of both riding schools was entrusted to Maximilian took over the " Spanish Riding School", first as a maker, in 1825 as Chief Rider. When his brother died, he followed them in all functions.

His grandfather Adam Weyrother was Chief Rider at the Spanish Riding School. Since he was a contemporary de la Guérinières, and frequently stayed in Paris, it is believed that he had direct contact with him.

The father Maximilian, Gottlieb Knights of Weyrother the Elder was before he came to the Spanish Riding School in Vienna, also Chief Rider and stud inspector at the court of Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg, where he worked in the famous Rock Riding School. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart mentions him and his first wife Eleanor often in correspondence with his father, Leopold Mozart. Another son of Adam Weyrother was Franz von Weyrother. Gottlieb the Younger (1771-1828) and Maximilian are from the first and third Marriage of Gottlieb the Elder, so were half-brothers.

Under Max Ritter von Weyrother was the Spanish Riding School in the 19th century became a mecca of the horsemen of Central Europe. He coined the term "thinking rider ". He says: " Each heater must be completely clear to what level of dressage, the horse is that he works, how about the purpose, which he intends to pursue from lesson to lesson and eventually reach. To inquire of the purpose, shall at all times clear and can be given in a few words information. In a word, the heater does not have to ride alone, but also think, because only a thinking rider is with much consideration of the horse in a relatively short time to reach the goal that he has set himself. "

Maximilian Ritter von Weyrother is buried in the cemetery in Vienna Schmelzer - five house. His grave stone adorns the coat of arms, which had been awarded by Adam Weyrother. This coat of arms also shows a ring inherited as Weyrother ring in the family and finally came in 1973 as a gift to Colonel Podhajsky. Today, this ring is in the Department of Court Uniforms of the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna.

Louis Seeger (1794-1865), EF Seidler and Borries von Oeynhausen (1812-1875) were his most famous pupil. The spirit Weyrothers lives in the thoroughly thought out and detailed treatise The dressage horse of the raw ... at the riding school of ecuyer low Mathias Meier on.

Writings

• Instructions on how to find the most suitable rod bridle according to certain conditions. Vienna 1814, 2nd revised edition, Heubner, Vienna 1826
• Fragments from the posthumous writings of the Imperial Austrian upper heater Max Ritter von Weyrother. Heubner, Vienna 1836; Vigor than enclosed plant to B. von Oeynhausen: Guidelines for training of horse and rider. Olms, Hildesheim and New York 1977, ISBN 3-487-08151-2