Anton Friedrich Mittrowsky von Mittrowitz and Nemischl

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Anton Friedrich Mittrowsky von Mittrowitz and Nemischl 1835

Anton Friedrich Count Mittrowsky von Mittrowitz and Nemischl ( Czech : Antonín Bedřich hrabě Mitrovský z Nemyšl ) (born May 20, 1770 in Brno , † September 1, 1842 in Vienna ) came from an old Moravian noble family, was kk real secret councilor and treasurer , governor of Moravia and Silesia , Supreme Chancellor of kk united chancellery and President of Studienhofkommission .

Life

The son of the President of the Appeal Johann Baptist Graf Mittrowsky pupil was the (1736-1811) Theresianum , came after completing law studies in 1791 in the service of the Bohemian Chancellery was 1792 county commissioner in Jihlava , in 1796 there already Kreishauptmann , 1797 in Znojmo .

After he was appointed the Real Secret Council in 1802, he was first Vice-President of the Lower Austrian Government for two years, then Vice-President of the Bohemian Gubernium. In 1815 Emperor Franz I appointed him governor of Moravia and Silesia. He held this office for twelve years. During this time he made an outstanding contribution to regional studies by collecting and securing historical written sources. In 1827 he was appointed court chancellor, in 1830 supreme chancellor and president of the study commission, positions which he held until his death. In this function he had new teaching and educational establishments, institutes for art and sciences built, and he also took care of the expansion of road and shipping routes. Mittrowsky was committed to promoting efforts to rapidly introduce the railway system that was just developing by the state, following the Belgian model.

The lord of the dominions Wiesenburg, Morawetz and Mittrow Castle in Moravia became an honorary citizen of Vienna in 1801 .

Awards (selection)

coat of arms

Coat of arms of Count Mittrowsky von Mittrowitz and Nemischl 1769

1769: A silver post in the red shield. Three crowned helmets rise above the count's crown. A lion of natural color grows up out of the right helmet, looking inwards, holding a sword up in the left front paw. On the middle helmet (belonging to the family coat of arms) there are two buffalo horns, divided transversely by silver and red, made of alternated tinctures, which are occupied at the mouth. A tiger of natural color grows up out of the helmet on the left, looking inwards and carrying a sword upright in its right paw. The helmet covers are red and silver and the shield is held by two outward-looking, grim lions.

literature

  • Gregor Wolny : The Margraviate of Moravia: Prerauer Kreis. Volume 1, self-published, Brno 1835.
  • Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the count's houses, volume 28, Justus Perthes Verlag, Gotha 1855, p. 523 f.
  • Ernst Heinrich Kneschke: "German count houses of the present: in heraldic, historical and genealogical relation", 2nd volume L – Z, Verlag TO Weigel, Leipzig 1853.
  • Historical commission of the Imperial Academy of Sciences in Vienna (ed.): “Archive for customer of Austrian historical sources”, notes sheet, volume 5, KK Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1855.
  • Constantin von Wurzbach : Mittrovsky von Mittrowitz and Nemischl, Anton Friedrich Graf . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 18th part. Imperial and Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1868, pp. 384–387 ( digitized version ).
  • Graffler-Czikann: “History of the railways of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy”, Vol. 4, Vienna 1899.
  • Burkhard Köster : "Military and Railways in the Habsburg Monarchy: 1825-1859", Oldenbourg Verlag, Munich 1999.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Historical Commission of the Imperial Academy of Sciences in Vienna (ed.): “Archive for Customer Austrian Historical Sources”, Notes, Volume 5, KK Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1855, p. 461 f.
  2. ↑ Wurzbach; Gräffler-Czikann: "History of the Railways of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy", Vol. 4, Vienna 1899, p. 124
  3. ↑ Burkhard Köster : "Military and Railway in the Habsburg Monarchy: 1825-1859", Oldenbourg Verlag, Munich 1999, p. 141 ff.
  4. ^ Gregor Wolny: "The Margraviate of Moravia topographically, historically and statistically portrayed", Volume 1 - Prerauer Kreis, Verlag Seidel'sche Buchhandlung, Brünn 1835, p. 372
  5. ^ Gregor Wolny: "The Margraviate of Moravia: Prerauer Kreis", Volume 1, self-published, Brno 1835, p. IV
  6. ^ Ernst Heinrich Kneschke: "German count houses of the present: in heraldic, historical and genealogical relation", 2nd volume LZ, Verlag TO Weigel, Leipzig 1853, p. 122
personal data
SURNAME Mittrowsky von Mittrowitz and Nemischl, Anton Friedrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mitrovský z Nemyšl, Antonín Bedřich hrabě; Mittrowsky von Mittrowitz and Nemischl, Anton Friedrich Graf (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Supreme Chancellor of the Imperial Court Chancellery, President of the Court Commission
DATE OF BIRTH May 20, 1770
PLACE OF BIRTH Brno
DATE OF DEATH September 1, 1842
Place of death Vienna