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Nikolaus Wilhelm Freiherr Lenk von Wolfsberg (born March 17, 1809, Budweis, Austria; died October 18, 1894, Troppau, Austria) was an Austrian officer (Feldzeugmeister), owner of the Corps Artillery Regiment No. 4 and scientist. ==Biography== The young William was adjusted in the Artillery regiment Nr. 4 in 1823. He completed the higher course of his artillery training in the Austrian military training centres and the Bombardier Corps in 1826, moved there in 1831 to lieutenant. In the following years, Lenk served as commander of a Bombardier detachment in the federal fortress of Mainz. In 1839, he became first lieutenant in the Field Artillery Regiment Nr. 1, then in 1848 Lieutenant Commander]] at Prague, as a captain in 1849 at Peterwardein and 1851 at Vienna in the artillery stuff-administrative district of the 2nd Artillery regiment. He was assigned to the General Division Artillery and promoted to major at the end of 1852. Now he could completely dedicate his time to his work in the field of technical chemistry.〔http://www.biographien.ac.at/oebl/oebl_L/Lenk-Wolfsberg_Wilhelm_1809_1894.xml〕 On 1 April 1854, he was appointed lieutenant colonel and chairman of the second Department of General Artillery Directorate (Director of guncotton centre).〔k. k. Armee-Verordnungsblatt No. 42, vom 24. Juli 1854〕 He remained in this position until he promoted, out of the ranking tour, on 19 February 1861 to brigadier general and was entrusted with the management of the Artillery Committees, then in 1862 followed the appointment as national director of artillery in Vienna.〔Allgemeiner Militär-Kalender auf das Jahr 1866, 6. Jg., p. 46, Verlag von Chr. Winter, Frankfurt a.M. 1866,〕〔Dr. Constant von Wurzbach, Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Österreich, Verlag der k. k. Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, part 14, p. 362, Wien, 1865〕 In this function he became the second owner of the Artillery Regiment No. 1 "Kaiser Franz Joseph" in 1866〔Allgemeiner Militärkalender auf das Jahr 1866, Verlag Chr. Winter, Frankfurt a. M., p. 46〕 and earned through the armouring of the bridgehead Floridsdorf, the fortified camp near Vienna, as chief of artillery great merits during the war of 1866. Therefore, the emperor promoted him on November 9, 1867 (rank from November 13 of the year), to major general (Feldmarschalleutnant), and in 1871 he appointed Wolfsberg to the owner of the Corps Artillery Regiment No. 4.〔Antonio Schmidt-Brentano: Die k. k. bzw. k. u. k. Generalität 1816–1918, Österreichisches Staatsarchiv, 1907, p. 104〕〔Beilage zu Allgemeinen Zeitung Nr. 44, München vom 13. Februar 1862〕 In April 1875, he entrusted him with the command of the fortress of Olmütz, which he headed until his retirement. On April 1, 1877, he got the rank of Feldzeugmeister and retired at his own request.〔〔Constant von Wurzbach: ''Lenk von Wolfsberg, Wilhelm'', in: ''Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich''. 14. Teil. Verlag der k. k. Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Wien 1865, p. 361–363〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Wilhelm Lenk von Wolfsberg」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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