Maribor — Town of Seamen
Keywords:
pomorščaki, Maribor, trgovska mornarica, avstrijska vojna mornaricaAbstract
The author gives a report on the seamen of Maribor, who joined the Austrian and Yugoslav navy as well as the mercantile marine in the period 1821—1945. He states that about 1300 seamen joined the Austrian navy, among them three admirals (Wilhelm Tegetthoff, Konstantin Radey and Pavel Pachner) and several senior officers and officials. From the period of old Yugoslavia he deseribes the activity of 11 officers and doctors, among them two admirals (Josip Černy and Franjo Rustja). The author concludes the report with the statement that the seamen of Maribor did their patriotic duty too, besides they transferred the maritime tradition of Maribor to the tirne after the World War II.