Family Card - Person Sheet
NameMoritz Ritter von Funk 
Birth19 Jan 1831, Prostejov
Death15 Sep 1905
FatherMarkus Funk (1792-1876)
MotherKatharina Cheile Spitzer (1794-)
Spouses
BurialVienna, Austria
Birth1840, Prostejov (Prossnitz), Moravia
Death22 Feb 1874, Vienna, Austria
FatherEmanuel Lang (~1803-1870)
MotherTheresia (Therese) Funk (1815-1894)
Marriage26 Oct 1862, Vienna, Austria
Notes for Moritz Ritter von Funk
{geni:about_me} Georg,
Several years ago I received documents from Hofrat Dr. Christoph Tepperberg of the Oest. Kriegsarchiv concerning Moritz Ritter von Funk. In the handwritten "Qualifikations-Grundbuch-Heft" that he sent me it states at the top "Moritz Ritter von Funk". He also sent me a copy of a handwritten letter dated 31 March 1881 to the k.k. Reichs-Kriegs-Ministerium which was signed as Moritz Ritter v. Funk and other "offical" documents referring to him as "Ritter".So, at least as far as the Kriegs-Ministerium was concerned he was enobled.
In the (very unreliable and anti-Semitic, I know) "Weimarer historisch-genealoges Taschenbuch des gesamten Adels jehudaeischen Ursprung, 1913" it says at p. 599-600:
Funk aus der Stamme Levi. Mosaisch laut Frühling S. 207 -- Triest -- Nob: 1871 mit dem Rittertitel. Adleserwerber: Moritz Funk, mos. [geb.] 1831 und [gest.] Triest 15.9.1905 als k.u.k.Lin.-Schiffs-Kap. i.P.; [verh.] mit . . . .(?) Sohn: Max Friedrich Rr.v. Funk, [geb.] . . . ca. 1870. J.U. Dr. und Statth.-Sekr. In Triest. Weitere Kinder ? . . . .
Below is also an old e-mail from Prof. Erwin Schmidl, who mentions Funk in his "Jews in the Habsburg Armed Forces", p. 134 (1989) as follows:
A few years before, Moritz Ritter von Funk (1831-1905) had reached the same rank. Funk had attended the naval academy until 1848. In the following years, he took part in the operations of the wars of 1848/49, 1859, 1864 and 1866. From 1868 through 1871, he headed the "central office" of the war ministry's naval section. In 1871 he was promoted to captain / commodore, enobled, and given command of the ship "Fasana", a corvette. In 1871/72, "Fasana" undertook an important commercial mission to East Asia, visiting Siam (Thailand), China, and Japan. After his return, Captain v. Funk contributed to a new naval manual. Highly decorated, he retired in 1881.
In the book "140 Jewish Marshals, Generals & Admirals" by E. Rubin it says
Battleship Commander Moritz Ritter von Funk
He was born in Vienna in 1831, and took part in the campaigns of the years 1848, 1859, 1864 and 1866, and for his military exploits was awarded the following decorations:
Cross for Military Merit, Knight's Cross of the Order of Leopold, Komtur Cross of the Order of Francis Jospeh, Commander Cross of the Danish Order of Danebrog, Royal Prussian Order of the Red Eagle, Commander Cross of the Order ofthe House of Hannover, Imperial Ottoman Medschidije Order, Royal Greek Order of the Redeemer, Siamese Order of the Crown, etc., etc.
He fought in the campaign of 1848-49 on board the Fregate "Bellona" and took part in the campaign of 1866 as Captain of Fregate.
After the war, from 1868 to 1871 he was Chief of the Naval Department of the Austrian-Hungarian War Ministry, afterwards promoted Battleship Commander and was raised to nobility.
In July, 1879, he was awarded the Komtur Cross of the Order of Francis Joseph for "his special merits for the Austrian-Hungarian Navy" and in 1881 he was pensioned.
He died in 1905 in Trieste.
So maybe this can help solve the riddle of the Ritter von Funk. My cousin Georg Heinz Teller in Düsseldorf has an old photo of Moritz, which unfortunately I don't have a copy of.
Randy
© Georg Gaugusch Stand: 23.10.2003
1
Moritz Funk
Allerh. Handschreiben vom 23. Juli 1870, Verleihung des Ritterkreuzes des Leopoldordens.
Diplom vom 20. Mai 1871, Österr. Ritterstand
Linienschiffscapitain, geb. 1831 Proßnitz.
Wappen: In einem blauen Schild zwei aufgerichtete schrägrechte goldene Ruder, welche oben und
seitwärts drei goldene Jacobsmuscheln begleiten. Auf dem Hauptrande des Schildes zwei gekrönte
Turnierhelme mit blau/goldenen Decken. Die rechte Helmkrone trägt zwei aufgerichtete schrägrechte
Ruder und jene zur linken einen geschlossenen, vorne blauen und mit einer goldenen Jacobsmuschel
belegten, hinten goldenen Adlerflug. Unter dem Schilde verbreitet sich ein blaues Band mit der Devise
PERSEVERANTIA PROVEHI in goldener Lapidarschrift.
Dear Randy,
nun das ist ein ziemlich einzigartiger Fall. Ich habe letzten Donnerstag
den Akt Moritz FUNK bestellt, in der Erwartung nichts in die Hand zu
bekommen (weil der Fall sowohl bei Frank als auch in den Adelsausweisen
des Ministeriums fehlt), bekam aber einen regulären Noblitierungsakt,
den ich exzerptiert habe und so beilege. Moritz Funk, wurde, dadurch,
dass er den Leopold-Orden bekam mit Diplom vom 20. Mai 1871 in den
erblichen österr. Ritterstand erhoben. Faszinierend daran ist, dass der
Akt sowohl bei Frank als auch in den amtlichen Berichten des
Ministeriums fehlt! Jedenfalls Moritz FUNK ist ein ganz echter "Ritter
von". Der Akt Kolisch ist komplizierter, schicke ich sowie Zeit ist.
Liebe Grüsze aus Wien
Georg
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From: "Erwin A. Schmidl" <erwin.schmidl@vienna.at>
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 21:17:57 +0200
To: "E. Randol Schoenberg" <randols@primenet.com>
Subject: Re: [geschichte-juden] Juden im Militaerdienst
Dear Dr. Schoenberg,
many thanks for your note. I am not sure whether we have been in
correspondence before, but in any case I appreciate your message. I have, of
course, come across Linienschiffskapitän Moritz Ritter von Funk (1831-1905),
and have included a paragraph in my booklet to him - my main source was
Moritz Fruehling, Biographisches Handbuch... (Vienna: 1911), pp. 207-8. In
addition, his personnel files are in the Vienna War Archives.
As he commanded the "Fasana" on her East Asian tour in 1871-2, one might
find additional information in the literature about the East Asian contacts
of the Monarchy.
I don't know about his descendants, though. As for additional photographs,
portraits most likely exist in the National Library's photo collection, in
the Army Museum as well as in the War Archives, although I don't recall
having seen one.
I hope that this information is of some use to you.
Again, many thanks for your message, and best greetings from Vienna,
yours sincerely, Erwin Schmidl
@N6000000002765609518@
Several years ago I received documents from Hofrat Dr. Christoph Tepperberg of the Oest. Kriegsarchiv concerning Moritz Ritter von Funk. In the handwritten "Qualifikations-Grundbuch-Heft" that he sent me it states at the top "Moritz Ritter von Funk". He also sent me a copy of a handwritten letter dated 31 March 1881 to the k.k. Reichs-Kriegs-Ministerium which was signed as Moritz Ritter v. Funk and other "offical" documents referring to him as "Ritter".So, at least as far as the Kriegs-Ministerium was concerned he was enobled.
In the (very unreliable and anti-Semitic, I know) "Weimarer historisch-genealoges Taschenbuch des gesamten Adels jehudaeischen Ursprung, 1913" it says at p. 599-600:
Funk aus der Stamme Levi. Mosaisch laut Frühling S. 207 -- Triest -- Nob: 1871 mit dem Rittertitel. Adleserwerber: Moritz Funk, mos. [geb.] 1831 und [gest.] Triest 15.9.1905 als k.u.k.Lin.-Schiffs-Kap. i.P.; [verh.] mit . . . .(?) Sohn: Max Friedrich Rr.v. Funk, [geb.] . . . ca. 1870. J.U. Dr. und Statth.-Sekr. In Triest. Weitere Kinder ? . . . .
Below is also an old e-mail from Prof. Erwin Schmidl, who mentions Funk in his "Jews in the Habsburg Armed Forces", p. 134 (1989) as follows:
A few years before, Moritz Ritter von Funk (1831-1905) had reached the same rank. Funk had attended the naval academy until 1848. In the following years, he took part in the operations of the wars of 1848/49, 1859, 1864 and 1866. From 1868 through 1871, he headed the "central office" of the war ministry's naval section. In 1871 he was promoted to captain / commodore, enobled, and given command of the ship "Fasana", a corvette. In 1871/72, "Fasana" undertook an important commercial mission to East Asia, visiting Siam (Thailand), China, and Japan. After his return, Captain v. Funk contributed to a new naval manual. Highly decorated, he retired in 1881.
In the book "140 Jewish Marshals, Generals & Admirals" by E. Rubin it says
Battleship Commander Moritz Ritter von Funk
He was born in Vienna in 1831, and took part in the campaigns of the years 1848, 1859, 1864 and 1866, and for his military exploits was awarded the following decorations:
Cross for Military Merit, Knight's Cross of the Order of Leopold, Komtur Cross of the Order of Francis Jospeh, Commander Cross of the Danish Order of Danebrog, Royal Prussian Order of the Red Eagle, Commander Cross of the Order ofthe House of Hannover, Imperial Ottoman Medschidije Order, Royal Greek Order of the Redeemer, Siamese Order of the Crown, etc., etc.
He fought in the campaign of 1848-49 on board the Fregate "Bellona" and took part in the campaign of 1866 as Captain of Fregate.
After the war, from 1868 to 1871 he was Chief of the Naval Department of the Austrian-Hungarian War Ministry, afterwards promoted Battleship Commander and was raised to nobility.
In July, 1879, he was awarded the Komtur Cross of the Order of Francis Joseph for "his special merits for the Austrian-Hungarian Navy" and in 1881 he was pensioned.
He died in 1905 in Trieste.
So maybe this can help solve the riddle of the Ritter von Funk. My cousin Georg Heinz Teller in Düsseldorf has an old photo of Moritz, which unfortunately I don't have a copy of.
Randy
© Georg Gaugusch Stand: 23.10.2003
1
Moritz Funk
Allerh. Handschreiben vom 23. Juli 1870, Verleihung des Ritterkreuzes des Leopoldordens.
Diplom vom 20. Mai 1871, Österr. Ritterstand
Linienschiffscapitain, geb. 1831 Proßnitz.
Wappen: In einem blauen Schild zwei aufgerichtete schrägrechte goldene Ruder, welche oben und
seitwärts drei goldene Jacobsmuscheln begleiten. Auf dem Hauptrande des Schildes zwei gekrönte
Turnierhelme mit blau/goldenen Decken. Die rechte Helmkrone trägt zwei aufgerichtete schrägrechte
Ruder und jene zur linken einen geschlossenen, vorne blauen und mit einer goldenen Jacobsmuschel
belegten, hinten goldenen Adlerflug. Unter dem Schilde verbreitet sich ein blaues Band mit der Devise
PERSEVERANTIA PROVEHI in goldener Lapidarschrift.
Dear Randy,
nun das ist ein ziemlich einzigartiger Fall. Ich habe letzten Donnerstag
den Akt Moritz FUNK bestellt, in der Erwartung nichts in die Hand zu
bekommen (weil der Fall sowohl bei Frank als auch in den Adelsausweisen
des Ministeriums fehlt), bekam aber einen regulären Noblitierungsakt,
den ich exzerptiert habe und so beilege. Moritz Funk, wurde, dadurch,
dass er den Leopold-Orden bekam mit Diplom vom 20. Mai 1871 in den
erblichen österr. Ritterstand erhoben. Faszinierend daran ist, dass der
Akt sowohl bei Frank als auch in den amtlichen Berichten des
Ministeriums fehlt! Jedenfalls Moritz FUNK ist ein ganz echter "Ritter
von". Der Akt Kolisch ist komplizierter, schicke ich sowie Zeit ist.
Liebe Grüsze aus Wien
Georg
----------
From: "Erwin A. Schmidl" <erwin.schmidl@vienna.at>
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 21:17:57 +0200
To: "E. Randol Schoenberg" <randols@primenet.com>
Subject: Re: [geschichte-juden] Juden im Militaerdienst
Dear Dr. Schoenberg,
many thanks for your note. I am not sure whether we have been in
correspondence before, but in any case I appreciate your message. I have, of
course, come across Linienschiffskapitän Moritz Ritter von Funk (1831-1905),
and have included a paragraph in my booklet to him - my main source was
Moritz Fruehling, Biographisches Handbuch... (Vienna: 1911), pp. 207-8. In
addition, his personnel files are in the Vienna War Archives.
As he commanded the "Fasana" on her East Asian tour in 1871-2, one might
find additional information in the literature about the East Asian contacts
of the Monarchy.
I don't know about his descendants, though. As for additional photographs,
portraits most likely exist in the National Library's photo collection, in
the Army Museum as well as in the War Archives, although I don't recall
having seen one.
I hope that this information is of some use to you.
Again, many thanks for your message, and best greetings from Vienna,
yours sincerely, Erwin Schmidl
@N6000000002765609518@