1809 Gottscheer rebellion

1809 Gottscheer rebellion
Part of War of the Fifth Coalition

Carlo Zucchi, Italian general
DateSeptember 10; October 7–18, 1809
Location45°38′23″N 14°51′41″E / 45.63972°N 14.86139°E / 45.63972; 14.86139
Result
  • Execution of rebel leaders
  • Plundering of the City of Gottschee and burning of several peasant villages
  • Scattered guerrilla attacks by Gottscheer farmers begin
  • French occupation of Carniola is enforced
Belligerents
Austrian Empire Gottschee Germans France First French Empire
Commanders and leaders
Austrian Empire Mathias Dulzer Executed
Austrian Empire Johann Erker Executed
Austrian Empire Georg Eisenzopf Executed
Austrian Empire Bartholomäus Kusold Executed
Austrian Empire Johann Jonke Executed
France District Commissioner Gasparini 
France General Carlo Zucchi
France Captain Luigi Tarducci
Strength
c. 2,000 Gottscheers
c. 500 Slovenes

Total: c. 2,500
- 2nd Italian Light Infantry Regiment
- 8th Italian Infantry Regiment
- Unknown Artillery Unit
- Unknown Cavalry Regiment
- Garrison troops

Total: 1,300–1,500
Casualties and losses
Unknown, but more than the French Unknown, but minimal

The 1809 Gottscheer rebellion (German: Gottscheer Bauernaufstand)[1] was a revolt by the Gottschee Germans against the First French Empire during the French occupation of Gottschee following the War of the Fifth Coalition.

  1. ^ Jonke, Peter, 1930. "Der Gottscheer Bauernaufstand im Herbste 1809." Gottscheer Kalender 10: 83–86.