!!!Heister, Sigbert Graf

b. Kirchberg an der Raab (Styria), 1646, 
d. Kirchberg an der Raab (Styria), Feb. 22, 1718, army commander. 
His father Gottfried (from the Friuli-Giulia region, 1609-1679) was 
Vice President of the imperial war council. In 1683 H. fought near 
Vienna, 1690 in Transylvania, 1697 in the battle near Zenta, 1703 in 
Bavaria and the Tyrol, 1704 Field Marshal and supreme commander of the 
army in Slovakia against the Magyar rebels, over whom he gained 
victory on Dec. 26, 1704 near Tyrnau. 1705 was recalled, in 1706 in 
action again, in Italy, 1708 in Hungary (victory near Trencín, 
Aug. 4, 1708), 1716 against the Turks in Banat and 1717 near Belgrade, 
where his son was killed in action. In 1704 H. had Kirchberg castle 
converted into the most beautiful building of the Baroque period in 
east Styria.

!Literature
G. Hopfinger, Biographie des Feldmarschalls H., doctoral 
thesis, Vienna 1939; M. Braubach, Prinz Eugen, 5 vols., 1963-1965.



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