Anton Füster

Anton Füster. Lithograph by Eduard Kaiser , 1848

Anton Füster (also Anton Fister ) (born January 5, 1808 in Radmannsdorf in Krain , † March 12, 1881 in Vienna ) was an Austrian politician and theologian.

Life

Anton Füster studied philosophy and theology in Laibach and Trieste and then taught as a religion professor in Gorizia . In 1847 he was appointed professor of religion and education at the University of Vienna , where he also worked as a university preacher. He took an active part in the 1848 revolution and was field chaplain of the Academic Legion . Füster was a member of the Reichstag ; after its dissolution in 1849, he fled to America via England. He was sentenced to death in absentia in 1856. He only returned to Europe in 1876.

In a contemporary diary, a mocking verse is handed down to Anton Füster:

"Oh! Doesn't disturb him in his happiness / His gaze rests on cobblestones,
And he kisses a barricade lady / The professor, Father, Deputy Füster. "

Grave of Anton Füster at the Vienna Central Cemetery

Füsterweg in the 22nd district of Vienna, Donaustadt, was named after him in 1932 , and he was also given an honorary grave at the Vienna Central Cemetery .

Works

Memoirs from March 1848 to July 1849 , 2 volumes, 1850

literature

Constantin von Wurzbach : Füster, Anton . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 5th part. Typogr.-literar.-artist publishing house. Establishment (L. C. Zamarski & C. Dittmarsch.), Vienna 1859, p. 27 ( digitized version ).
Füster Anton. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1957, p. 382.

Web links

Commons : Anton Fister - collection of images, videos and audio files

Entry on Anton Füster in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
Anton Füster in the inventory of the Austrian National Library

Individual evidence

↑ Anna Hartmann: Memories of an old Viennese woman . Ed .: Erika Flemmich ( So that it doesn't get lost. No. 41). Böhlau / Vienna / Cologne / Weimar 1998, ISBN 3-205-98848-5 ; P. 380.

personal data
SURNAME	Füster, Anton
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Fister, Anton
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian politician and theologian
DATE OF BIRTH	January 5, 1808
PLACE OF BIRTH	Radmannsdorf in Carniola
DATE OF DEATH	March 12, 1881
Place of death	Vienna

[1] Anna Hartmann: Memories of an old Viennese woman . Ed .: Erika Flemmich ( So that it doesn't get lost. No. 41). Böhlau / Vienna / Cologne / Weimar 1998, ISBN 3-205-98848-5 ; P. 380.