Alexander Hormuzaki (politician)

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Alexander Hormuzaki

Alexander Hormuzaki (born August 16, 1823 in Czernawka (Cernăuca) near Chernivtsi (Cernăuți) ; † March 8, 1871 in Naples , buried in Dulceşti, Neamț district ) was an Austrian - Romanian politician and publicist in the Duchy of Bukovina .

ancestry

His family, whose name is of Greek fanariotic descent, belonged to the Moldavian nobility. In 1636 a Hurmuzaki was presented with an estate by the Prince of Moldova for his services to the divan. During the reign of Prince Nikolaus Mavrocordatos, also a fanariot , Emanuel was head stable master and a member of the divan.

Constantin bought the Czernawka estate (Cernăuca) in 1765. Alexander's father Doxaki (1782-1857) used to grant refuge to Romanian leaders who had fled Transylvania for political reasons at great expense. As early as 1818 he had asked to be awarded the rank of count, but this was refused. His request for elevation to the baron class was also given a negative answer. From then on, the family illegally held the title of knight in Bukovina.

Alexander was the brother of the long-time governor of the Bukovina Eudoxius von Hormuzaki and the lawyer and politician Constantin Hormuzaki .

biography

Alexander's tomb in Dulceşti

He was a member of the Bukovinian state parliament and a long-standing member of the Reichsrat . Alexander was one of the pioneers of the Romanian national movement in Bukovina, co-founder of the "Romanian Academic Society", President of the Romanian Cultural and Literature Society, the forerunner of the " Academia Română" (Romanian Academy) founded on April 1st, 1866 , to their Founding members he counted. He advocated the introduction of the Romanian language in schools and the reform of the education system. His articles on education, published in the Foaia Societății , were impressive . He remained single and childless.

literature

  • Erich Prokopowitsch: The nobility in the Bukowina , publishing house "Der Südostdeutsche", Munich 1983
  • IG Sbiera: Hurmuzachi . Enciclopedia Română, II., Bucharest 1900
  • Ion Nistor: Istoria Bucovinei . Ed. Humanitas, Bucharest, 1991

Web links

Commons : Hormuzaki  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Erich Prokopowitsch, Der Adel in der Bukowina, Verlag "Der Südostdeutsche", Munich 1983, p. 124
  2. ^ IG Sbiera, "Hurmuzachi", Enciclopedia Română, 1900, II, pp. 736-739
  3. ↑ Academia Română: Official website (English)
  4. ↑ Erich Prokopowitsch, Der Adel in der Bukowina, Verlag "Der Südostdeutsche", Munich 1983, p. 163
  5. ↑ Patrioti cu inima, cu fapta , 5 decembrie 2005, Carmen Preotesoiu, Jurnalul Național
personal data
SURNAME Hormuzaki, Alexander
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hurmuzachi, Alexandru; Hormuzaki, Alexander (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austro-Romanian politician and publicist
DATE OF BIRTH August 16, 1823
PLACE OF BIRTH Czernawka (Cernăuca)
DATE OF DEATH March 8, 1871
Place of death Naples