{"id":11521,"date":"2021-11-07T10:04:02","date_gmt":"2021-11-07T10:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/uncategorized\/szechenyi-ferenc\/"},"modified":"2025-08-07T12:48:48","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T12:48:48","slug":"szechenyi-ferenc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/csalad-en\/szechenyi-ferenc\/","title":{"rendered":"Ferenc Sz\u00e9ch\u00e9nyi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Geschrieben in Frankfurt<\/em>[a]<\/u><\/a> den 6 9ber<\/sup> 1813.<\/em>[1]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Endlich wieder ein Dach, ein Tisch, und eine Feder \u2014 und, keine Gefahr \u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lieber guter Vater, eine gr\u00e4\u00dfliche, eine schreckliche Zeit vor\u00fcber.[b]<\/a> \u2013 Gott lob, auch \u00fcberstanden: \u2014 noch ist das Werk aber nicht vollbracht, es erwarten uns noch unangenehme Augenblicke; kann ich alles K\u00fcnftige so gut wie bis her und so gl\u00fccklich \u00fcberstehen so danke ich unsern Allm\u00e4chtigen Gott. der mich bis jetzt wunderbar besch\u00fctzte. In diesen schrecklichen 2 T\u00e4gen bey Leiptzig[2]<\/a> wo den 2000 Kanonen<\/em>[3]<\/a> gegen ein ander spielten, und wo beynahe kein Mensch ist der nicht ein Ungluck und zugleich Gl\u00fcck hatte, geschah mir gar nichts als da\u00df mein Pferd erscho\u00dfen wurde, und da\u00df ich bey einer Attaque, wo der arme Schlick[c]<\/a> so infam durch einen Russen in\u2019s Gesicht gehauen[4]<\/a> einen t\u00fcchtigen NB[5]<\/a> flachen Hieb auf den R\u00fccken bekam (nichts zu sagen, eine h\u00fcbsche blessur[6]<\/a>). \u00dcbrigens bin ich froh einige Gelegenheit auch gefunden zu haben, mir das Zutrauen meines FM.[7]<\/a>[d]<\/a> und die Liebe meiner Kameraden zu erwerben.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wie lange wir hier bleiben werden, das wei\u00df der liebe Himmel, ich hoffe. nicht sehr lange, denn obwohl ich f\u00fcr mein individuelles Gl\u00fcck gerne einige Zeit in diesen Capua[e]<\/a> zubringen m\u00f6chte, so glaube ich da\u00df es besser f\u00fcr die allgemeine gute Sache sey allso gleich \u00fcber den Rhein zu gehen \u2014 und dorten einen sch\u00f6nen Frieden<\/em>[8]<\/a> machen: den[9]<\/a> diese Art Kriege sind wirklich zu dumm barbarisch, kann man sagen, als da\u00df der tollste Mensch auf diesen Erdboden daran einen Wohlgefallen haben k\u00f6nnte; der Weg von Leiptzig bis hierher ist so gr\u00e4\u00dflich da wenigstens 15.000 Leichen und 10,000 Pferde auf den Stra\u00dfen liegen \u2013 so da\u00df man weder reiten noch fahren kann, ohne auf todte Menschen zu tretten: kein Dorf in der ganzen Gegend welches nicht abgebrannt oder ausgepl\u00fcndert w\u00e4re: es ist wirklich so gr\u00e4\u00dflich da\u00df man sich keinen Begriff machen kann.[f]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Euer Gnaden Ihre Briefe habe ich hier gefunden, da ich selbst etwas sp\u00e4ther hierher gekommen bin, wie das ganze Hauptquartier, da ich f\u00fcr meine Person bey den FM.[10]<\/a> von Bl\u00fccher<\/em>8<\/sup>[g]<\/a> auf einige Zeit zugetheilt war:[h]<\/a> ich danke tausendmal f\u00fcr die 1861 fl.[11]<\/a> welche Euer Gnaden an Ballabene[i]<\/a> geschickt haben Gott wei\u00df wie n\u00f6thig ich Sie hatte da ich und meine Leute wie Bettlers aussehen.[j]<\/a> und alle meine Pferde krum und krank sind: ich kann wirklich meine Dankbarkeit nicht bezeigen, den9<\/sup> es kam mir so unverhoftt, da\u00df ich diese Liebreiche Gnade meines Guten Vaters nie vergessen werde.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Heute werden wir vermuthlich wieder ein kleines Gefecht haben da die franzosen noch ein verschanztes Lager bey Hochheim<\/em>8<\/sup>[k]<\/a> haben, welches wir Ihnen aber vermuthlich entrei\u00dfen werden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nun Lieber Vater bitte ich um den Segen, wie auch den meiner einzig geliebten Mutter<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stepherl<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[1]<\/a> Sz\u00e9chenyi\u2019s underlining with wavy line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> One letter deleted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> Inserted afterwards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> Missing word: wurde. One word deleted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> Nota bene. Latin: note well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> French: injury.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> Feldmarschalls<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> Sz\u00e9chenyi\u2019s underlining with straight line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> Instead of denn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> Feldmarschall<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> florins<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[a]<\/a> A German town on the banks of the Main River, enjoying the status of a free state, then a member of the Confederation of the Rhine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[b]<\/a> See the previous letter written on 22 October 1813.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[c]<\/a> Count Franz Heinrich Schlick (1789\u20131862) imperial-royal cavalry general, commanding officer of the Austrian Emperor. In the cavalry charge on the first day of the Battle of Leipzig, he was probably struck by a Cossack cavalryman who, in the inevitable rush or because he thought he was an enemy, cut him on the head with his sword, causing him to go blind in one eye.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[d]<\/a> Prince Karl Schwarzenberg (1771\u20131820) Austrian field marshal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[e]<\/a> After much deprivation and suffering, he sees Frankfurt, relatively spared from the vicissitudes of war, as Capua, famous in antiquity for its comfort-loving and soft-hearted citizens, might have been.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[f]<\/a> Sz\u00e9chenyi\u2019s picture of the situation is hardly exaggerated, since in the \u201cbattle of the nations\u201d the Allies lost 60,000 men, the fleeing French lost 100,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[g]<\/a> Baron Gebhard Leberecht von Bl\u00fccher (1742\u20131819) Prussian cavalry general.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[h]<\/a> From 22 October to 6 November 1813, he served in Bl\u00fccher\u2019s general staff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[i]<\/a> Karl Balabene (1786\u2013?) banker in Prague.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[j]<\/a> See the letters written between 31 August and 13 October.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[k]<\/a> A Prussian town on the right bank of the Rhine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recommended reference: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Istv\u00e1n Sz\u00e9chenyi to Ferenc Sz\u00e9ch\u00e9nyi, Frankfurt, 6 November 1813. Edited and annotated by Szilvia Czinege. Published in Correspondence of Istv\u00e1n Sz\u00e9chenyi. Digital edition. Edited by Szilvia Czinege and Zolt\u00e1n F\u00f3nagy. https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/ Abbreviation for further references: SzIL-Digit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

At last he has a roof over his head, a pen in his hand, and is writing his letter on a table. He has been through some terrible experiences and there is more unpleasantness to come. If he is as fortunate with these as he has been in the past, he can truly thank the Almighty, who has protected him so far. He has had more than one opportunity of earning the confidence of the Field Marshal and the love of his comrades. He doesn’t know how long they’ll be here. He has found his father’s letter here, after some delay in him following him the headquarters, because he has been assigned for a time to General Bl\u00fccher. He thanks his father very much for the 1861 forints that he has transferred to Ballabene. God can attest to how much he needs it, for he and his men look like beggars, and his horses are limping and sick. There is likely to be a small battle today, for the French are entrenched at Hochheim, but the Allies will probably take their camp.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3403,3370,3402],"tags":[3426],"language":[3416],"addressee":[3411],"place_of_writing":[3568],"qualification":[3383],"place_of_keeping":[3569],"place_of_publication":[3570],"class_list":["post-11521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-szechenyi_ferenc-en","category-csalad-en","category-a-katonaevek-en","tag-military","language-german","addressee-ferenc-szechenyi","place_of_writing-frankfurt-en","qualification-original","place_of_keeping-mnl-ol-p-623-a-i-9-no-43-18-en","place_of_publication-zichy-88-89-kovacs-kormendy-mazi-oplatka-27-28-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11521","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11521"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11521\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11524,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11521\/revisions\/11524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11521"},{"taxonomy":"language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/language?post=11521"},{"taxonomy":"addressee","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/addressee?post=11521"},{"taxonomy":"place_of_writing","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/place_of_writing?post=11521"},{"taxonomy":"qualification","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/qualification?post=11521"},{"taxonomy":"place_of_keeping","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/place_of_keeping?post=11521"},{"taxonomy":"place_of_publication","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/place_of_publication?post=11521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}