Adolf Bachrach

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Adolf Bachrach (born December 27, 1853 in Sternberg ; † April 18, 1932 in Vienna ; from 1915 to 1919: Adolf Edler von Bachrach ) was an Austrian lawyer .

Life

Adolf Bachrach attended the Piarists' lower grammar school in Kremsier and the state upper grammar school in Opava . From 1873 he studied Jus at the University of Vienna . There he became president of the largest student organization in Vienna at the time, the Academic Reading Hall. He graduated with a doctorate in law .

Bachrach initially worked in the financial procuracy . From 1879 he worked as a defense lawyer in criminal matters . He was married to Louise Bachrach since 1880. In 1885, Adolf Bachrach founded a law firm in Vienna together with Leopold Florian Meissner , which he continued to run alone after Meissner's death. The law firm, in which Bachrach's son-in-law Paul Abel also worked, developed into one of the most famous in the capital.

Bachrach's areas of expertise included commercial law , constitutional law and princely law . He was legal advisor to the House of Habsburg , including Emperor Franz Joseph , Emperor Karl and especially the Habsburg-Tuscany line . For example, he was responsible for declaring the death of the former Archduke Johann Orth who was missing . He also worked for King Ferdinand I of Bulgaria and Prince Philipp of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha , for the latter in the marriage scandal with Louise of Belgium .

In addition, he worked for many years as a member of the Disciplinary Board of the Lower Austrian Bar Association and as a judge in the Disciplinary Senate of the Supreme Court . He was a member of the boards of directors of several companies, including Österreichische Telephonfabrik AG, Ariadne Draht- und Kabelwerke AG and Bachwitz AG.

Bachrach published numerous articles on legal issues that were aimed at a wide audience. Many of his writings, including Austro-Hungarian marriage law (1912) and the question of fault and the settlement of spouses in marriage disputes (1921), were devoted to Austrian marriage law and its reform. In law and imagination (1912) he criticized the free school of law . He also campaigned against the reintroduction of the death penalty in Austria.

He was raised to the nobility in 1915 with the title noble . He carried the title of ducal Saxon secret judicial councilor and Austrian government councilor. Adolf Bachrach died at the age of 78 and was buried at the Vienna Central Cemetery . In 1959 Bachrachgasse in Vienna- Kagran was named after him.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Arthur Lenhoff: Obituary Dr. Adolf Bachrach . In: Juristische Blätter , 1932, pp. 207–208 (online at ANNO )
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h i Felix Czeike (Ed.): Bachrach Adolf. In:  Historisches Lexikon Wien . Volume 1, Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 1992, ISBN 3-218-00543-4 , pp. 224-225 ( digitized version ).
  3. ↑ a b c Richard Preßburger:  An obituary for Adolf Bachrach. In:  Neue Freie Presse , April 20, 1932, p. 9 (online at ANNO ).Template: ANNO / Maintenance / nfp
  4. ↑ Bachrach, Adolf. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1957, p. 42.
  5. ↑ a b Government Councilor Dr. Adolf Bachrach died. In:  Der Wiener Tag , April 19, 1932, p. 5 (online at ANNO ).Template: ANNO / maintenance / day
  6. ↑ Judiciary Dr. Bachrach died. In:  Das Kleine Blatt , April 19, 1932, p. 5 (online at ANNO ).Template: ANNO / Maintenance / dkb
  7. ↑ Hans Stratowa: Wiener genealogical Paperback . Gerold, Vienna 1926, p. 15 .
  8. ↑ Felix Czeike (Ed.): Bachrachgasse. In:  Historisches Lexikon Wien . Volume 1, Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 1992, ISBN 3-218-00543-4 , p. 225 ( digitized version ).
personal data
SURNAME Bachrach, Adolf
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Edler von Bachrach, Adolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian lawyer
DATE OF BIRTH December 27, 1853
PLACE OF BIRTH Sternberg
DATE OF DEATH April 18, 1932
Place of death Vienna