!!!Montluisant, Johann

b. Boucoigne (Belgium), 1768, 
d. Vidnava, Czech Republic (then Weidenau), Aug. 9, 1816, 
Officer. On Nov.8, 1805 with the help of the voluntary Vienna  
Deutschmeister (former Austrian military regiment) held up the French 
during the  Napoleonic Wars before they reached Mariazell, until the 
treasures of this place of pilgrimage had been brought to safety. Was 
awarded the Order of Maria Theresia as the "saviour of Mariazell".

!Literature
L. Reiter, Das Geheimnis des Silbergitters, 1965.



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