Adolf von Schwarz

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Adolf von Schwarz (born February 17, 1807 in Vienna as Adolf Schwarz ; † December 16, 1872 ibid) was an Austrian statistician , lawyer and author .

Life

Adolf Schwarz was born in Vienna on February 17, 1807, the son of Johann Heinrich Schwarz, the mayor of Deutschbrod . After high school in Deutschbrod and Klagenfurt , where he had moved with his mother after the early death of his father in 1820, he began studying law at the University of Vienna in 1824 , which he graduated in 1828. After he had passed his judicial examination in 1830, he entered court practice at the Vienna Cathedral Chapter in 1832 . Before that, his professor, Count Vidoll, wanted to bring him to the military border as a judge, before the area of ​​activity in the Vienna Cathedral Chapter opened up. From 1833 he was a patrimonial officer and in the following year 1834 he became the prince-archbishop's legal advisor in Ober Sankt Veit . In 1836, Schwarz became a judicial administrator in Neunkirchen . After the dissolution of the patrimonial jurisdiction, Schwarz came to the Regional Court of Wiener Neustadt in 1850 to organize the public prosecutor's office with the rank of Higher Regional Court Councilor (OLGR) . There he acted as public prosecutor in the first jury trial in Austria .

In 1854, Schwarz took over the management of the public prosecutor's office at the Vienna Regional Court and during this time became a pioneer of criminal justice statistics in Austria. Initially only intended to keep records of business transactions, in 1857 he was entrusted with the design of the necessary forms. His statistical publications were then met with great acclaim. In 1859 Schwarz rose to the position of third vice-president at the Vienna Regional Court and took over the management of the Vienna Criminal Court from 1863 to 1864. In 1864 he received the Order of the Iron Crown III. Class was in the equestrian collected and allowed henceforth as Nobilitierter carry a "from" or "Knight of" in front of his family name. In 1870 he became a member of the Imperial and Royal Statistical Central Commission . Von Schwarz, who had earned high merits in his legal career in the civil service as a single judge, public prosecutor, collegiate judge and court director as well as a statistician, was also considered a remarkable tourist , botanist and pianist .

In 1872, when he was also awarded the honorary title of councilor , von Schwarz retired as Vice President of the Vienna Regional Court in criminal matters. On December 16 of the same year, at the age of 65, he died in his hometown of Vienna from the consequences of a "brain and lung disease". The former mayor's son had not recovered properly from a broken leg in Piaristengasse in the winter of 1871/72 and was described as "continuously sickly" in the period after the broken leg. The funeral took place on December 19, 1872. Of his five sons, Vincent (1839–1915), a judge of the state, Cecil (1844–1912), an ironworks director in British India and Colonel Heinrich (1845–1915) are particularly noteworthy. Furthermore, he also left his wife and a daughter.

Works (selection)

  • 1849: A few words about the legal position of the patrimonial officials vis-à-vis the state, with special regard to the province of Lower Austria.
  • 1870: Results of the administration of criminal justice for crimes and offenses in the district of the Vienna Regional Court during the twelve years 1858 to 1869.
  • 1871: The increase in crimes, compared with the increase in the population in Austria under the Enns, Austria above the Enns and Salzburg during the years 1857 to 1869. , In: Mitteilungen aus dem tone of statistics 18

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g Hofrath Schwarz † .. In:  Illustrirtes Wiener Extrablatt , December 18, 1872, p. 3 (online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / iwe, accessed on January 28, 2020
personal data
SURNAME Schwarz, Adolf von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schwarz, Adolf; Schwarz, Adolph; Schwarz, Adolph von; Schwarz, Adolf Ritter von; Schwarz, Adolph Ritter von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian statistician, lawyer and author
DATE OF BIRTH February 17, 1807
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna , Austrian Empire
DATE OF DEATH December 16, 1872
Place of death Vienna , Austria-Hungary