Alois von Mednyánszky
Alois von Mednyánszky (born April 20, 1784 in (Túróc) -Prekopa, Kingdom of Hungary ; † June 17, 1844 in Freistadt an der Waag (Galgóc), Kingdom of Hungary, today Hlohovec, Slovakia ) was an administrator, historian and writer.
origin
The origins of the Mednyánszky family go back to the time of King Andrew II . The family name was mentioned for the first time in 1227. The grandfather Anton von Mednyánszky (1702–1796) already played an important role in Hungarian political life. During the reign of Emperor Charles VI. he was involved in campaigns against the Turks and on the occasion of her coronation in 1741 in the Franciscan Church in Pressburg, Maria Theresa made him the " Knight of the Golden Spur ". On October 24, 1750 he received the hereditary title of nobility of baron from the empress. In 1758 Anton Mednyánszky was appointed Imperial and Royal Chamberlain.
Life
Alois Freiherr von Mednyánszky von Mednye and Megyes (that's his full name) was the son of Ladislaus Mednyánszky (1752–1792) and Countess Josephine Esterházy. He spent his childhood on his parents' estate in Beckow . He received his school education in the Piarist high school in Trenčín and between 1797 and 1801 at the Theresianum in Vienna . He then continued his studies at the Pressburg Royal Academy (philosophy and law) (1801-1804). In 1804 he became a draftsman at the Royal Hungarian Court Chancellery in Vienna . In 1806 he was appointed Imperial and Royal Chamberlain. During this time he was commissioned to transport the archives of the Hungarian Court Chancellery to Ofen in order to save the files from Napoleon Bonaparte's army .
After the early death of his first wife Antonia Maria Bolza (1789–1810), he initially retired from civil service to his estate in Veszele ( Neutra County ) and dealt with literature and science.
In 1820 he married Countess Agnes Mailáth (1798–1855). This second marriage had three children.
Throughout his life Mednyánszky collected historical documents that he tried to process. The family archive deposited at the Beckow family estate and an extraordinarily extensive library were very helpful to him. But also sagas, fairy tales and legends preoccupied him. He was a correspondent of Jacob Grimm with whom he regularly exchanged research material and experiences in this area.
In 1828 he returned to the civil service and became a member of a committee for the reform of the school system; In 1930 he was appointed court advisor to the Royal Hungarian Court Chancellery. Since May 1837 he has been elected chief provost of Neutra County. In 1842 he became President of the Royal Hungarian Court Chamber in Vienna.
With the establishment of the ' Hungarian Academy of Sciences ' [Magyar Tudományos Akadémia] Mednyánszky earned lasting merits, at the same time he was elected an honorary member of this institution (1831). In 1817 he was also made an honorary member of the Royal Bavarian Academy of Sciences .
Alois von Mednyánszky died on June 17, 1844 in Galgóc.
plant
- Picturesque journey on the Waag River in Hungary, Pesth, 1826
(the first Hungarian translation under the title Festői utazás a Vág folyón, Magyarországon 1825-ben was not published until 1981 as a joint edition of the Hungarian publishing house "Europa, Budapest" and the Slovakian "Tatran-Verlag, Bratislava").
This work was actually created at the suggestion of the well-known Viennese graphic artist Joseph Fischer (1761-1843) . In 1819 Fischer created a number of graphics of the palaces, castles and villages in the Waagtal . And Fischer asked Mednyánszky to write accompanying texts for these graphics. After Mednyánszky thoroughly toured and explored the area, he was able to write his extensive book, which he then illustrated with the graphics of Fischer.
- Stories, sagas and legends from Hungary's prehistoric times, Pesth, 1829
(the first Hungarian translation was published under the title Elbeszélések, regék s legendák a magyar előkorból was published in Pesth in 1832).
This book was of groundbreaking importance for Hungarian literature. Many sagas and legends were first described in this book, which have become common property of Hungarian literature today. Numerous Hungarian writers such as Maurus Jókai , Kálmán Mikszáth , Gyula Krúdy have received many impulses from this book and have processed them in their works.
- Sounds from life, poems and short stories, Oedenburg , no year.
Together with Baron Joseph von Hormayr , he published the paperback for patriotic history from 1820 at his own expense , which appeared annually in Oedenburg until 1829. In this "pocket book" also numerous articles by Mednyánszky appeared, most of which dealt with the history of Hungary. The “Taschenbuch” was the first periodical in Hungary to deal with history on a scientific basis.
literature
- Austrian Biographical Lexicon (ÖBL), Vol. 6 (Lfg. 27, 1974), p. 186
- Magyar életrajzi Lexicon. [Hungarian Biographical Lexicon]. Volume 2, Budapest 1982, ISBN 963-05-2499-6 . (Hungarian)
- German biography
- Miklós Mednyánszky: A Mednyánszky család ["The Mednyánszky Family"], Budapest 2016, ISBN 978-615-5479-33-5 (Hungarian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Today Priekopa near St. Martin an der Turz ( Turz County )
- ^ Anton Klipp: Pressburg. New views on an old city. Karpatendeutsches Kulturwerk, Karlsruhe 2010, ISBN 978-3-927020-15-3 , p. 59.
- ↑ a b in Miklós Mednyánszky p. 88 and p. 163ff
- ↑ ÖBL, Vol. 6, p. 186
- ↑ Miklós Mednyánszky: A Mednyánszky család, pp. 117 to 124
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mednyánszky, Alois von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Administrative officer, historian and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 20, 1784 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | (Túróc) -Prekopa, Kingdom of Hungary |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 17, 1844 |
| Place of death | Free town on the Waag (Galgóc), Kingdom of Hungary, today Hlohovec, Slovakia |