Türk, Johann Baptist#
b. Innsbruck (Tyrol), Aug. 17, 1775, d. Toeltschach (municipality of Maria Saal, Carinthia), Sept. 30, 1841, freedom fighter, Supreme Commander of the Carinthian "Landsturm" reserve contingent, which he organised in the year 1809 ("the Carinthian Andreas Hofer"). Tomb in the cemetery of Maria Saal.
Works#
Jugend- und Kriegserinnerungen, ed. by F. Khull, 1902; Meine Lebensschuecksalle, ed. by R. Gratzer, 1985.