August Lenk from Wolfsberg
August Lothar Lenk von Wolfsberg (born October 1, 1821 in Pressburg , † January 31, 1889 in Vienna ) was an Austrian ministerial advisor and diplomat ( consul general ).
biography
August was the son of Baron Jakob Lenk von Wolfsberg's second marriage .
After completing his legal studies, his diplomatic career began in 1848 as the Imperial and Royal Consulate General Chancellor in Galați , in the same office transferred to Beirut on March 6, 1850 , where he worked until March 27, 1851. The other stages of his diplomatic career were:
- Imperial and Royal Vice Consul in Widin since March 28, 1851, during this term of office decorated with the Royal Prussian Order of the Red Eagle 4th class ,
- kk consul in Trebizond , from February 6, 1859 to September 12, 1860,
- kk consul in Istanbul , then promoted to
- kk consul general in Saloniki 1860,
- kk Consul General in Jerusalem from January 1, 1861 to 1864, received imperial approval on December 24, 1862 to wear the Persian Order of the Sun and Lions with the rank of officer and on April 4, 1864 to wear the commander's cross of the papal St. New Year's Eve Order , with which he had recently been honored.
- kk Consul General in Belgrade since June 1866, at the same time
- kuk consul general in Corfu from 1868,
- kuk Consul General in Barcelona since April 18, 1870, there awarded the Commander's Cross of the Royal Spanish Order, Order of Charles III. (Imperial approval of January 22, 1873). Previously, on March 29, 1870, he had already been decorated tax-free with the Order of the Iron Crown, 3rd class. On August 14, 1879, the emperor granted him the title of Ministerial Councilor tax-free. His last station was that of des
- Imperial and Royal Consul General in Marseille from February 19, 1881 (appointed January 1 of the year).
At Wolfsberg's request, Emperor Franz Joseph I retired him on July 17, 1884, and on this occasion and in recognition of his many years of loyal and fruitful service, awarded him the Commander's Cross of the Imperial Austrian Order of Franz Joseph with the star . Before that he was allowed to wear the Commander's Cross with the star of the Royal Spanish Order of Isabellas the Catholic and the Commander's Cross of the Royal Serbian Takovo Order (February 1, 1873) . After his retirement, Wolfsberg was awarded the Officer's Cross of the French Legion of Honor, with permission to wear in Austria on March 30, 1885.
The diplomat died of old age in his Viennese apartment at Am Opernring No. 6 .
family
August, half-brother of the kuk Feldzeugmeister Wilhelm Lenk von Wolfsberg , was in her first marriage to Maria Thavonat von Taron, baroness on Sachsengang (born November 27, 1838 in Sachsengang, † in an assassination attempt on June 17, 1864 in Jerusalem) The following year was destroyed by Muslims, married second to Franziska Antonia Freiin Nell von Nellenburg and Damenacker (born January 28, 1836 in Brno , † June 13, 1883 in Nyon) in Rome on May 8, 1866. His second wife gave birth to three daughters Karolina, Eveline and Giselle.
coat of arms
Blazon from 1801: shield cut across. Above in red a curved, gold-rimmed, armored right arm with sword, below in blue on a green three-mountain a natural wolf. The armored arm with the sword rises from the shield above the crowned, targeted helmet. The ceilings are underlaid with silver on the right and blue on the left.
August did not have the title of baron. The reason for this is unknown.
plant
- Contributions to the national economy of Spain, KK Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1872, 74 pp.
literature
- Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Freiherrliche Häuser 1913, 1941.
- Maximilian Mayerhoffer, family tree and evidence of nobility from the Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch Familie Putz von Rolsberg, Tannheim 1951
- News about Industry, Trade and Transport, Volume 12, Vienna 1877
Individual evidence
- ^ Johann Evangelist Kirnbauer von Erzstätt: "The arms of the nobility in Lower Austria", Volume 2, Verlag Bauer & Raspe KG, Neustadt 1983, p. 327
- ↑ Laibacher Zeitung No. 69, from Tuesday, March 26, 1850, p. 325
- ↑ Siebenbürger Bote No. 162, from Friday, October 14, 1853, p. 814
- ↑ Rudolf Agstner: Austria in Istanbul: K. (below) K. Presence in the Ottoman Empire, LIT Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, Vienna 2010, page 172
- ↑ Wiener Zeitung No. 9, from Tuesday, January 13, 1863, p. 1
- ↑ Allgemeine Zeitung München, supplement to No. 120, from April 29, 1864, p. 1949
- ↑ Austria Wochenschrift für Volkswirtschaft u. Statistics, XIX. Vol., No. 30, p. 856, Vienna, July 27, 1867
- ^ Wiener Zeitung of April 27, 1870
- ^ News on Industry, Trade and Transport, Volume 12, Vienna 1877
- ↑ Die Presse No. 87, of Tuesday, March 29, 1870, p. 3
- ^ News on Industry, Trade and Transport, Volume 12, Vienna 1877, p. 65
- ↑ Die Presse No. 223, of Thursday, August 14, 1879, p. 4
- ^ News about industry, trade and transport from the statistical department in the KK Ministry of Commerce, Volumes 20–21, KK Hof- und staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1880, p. 128
- ↑ Das Vaterland No. 197, of Friday, July 18, 1884, p. 6
- ↑ Neue Freie Presse No. 3032, from Saturday, February 1, 1873, p. 2
- ↑ Das Vaterland No. 112, from Wednesday, April 23, 1884, p. 4
- ↑ Das Vaterland No. 88, from Monday, March 30, 1885, p. 4
- ↑ Wiener Zeitung No. 31, from Thursday, February 7, 1889, p. 7
- ^ Maximilian Mayerhoffer, family tree and evidence of nobility of the Putz von Rolsberg family, Tannheim 1951
- ^ The coats of arms of the nobility in Lower Austria, Volume 26 of J. Siebmacher's great Wappenbuch, Verlag Bauer & Raspe, Nuremberg 1983, p. 327
- ^ Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Freiherrlichen Häuser 1913, 1941.
- ↑ Constant von Wurzbach: Lenk von Wolfsberg, Jacob Freiherr. In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich. Part 14, Verlag der kk Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1865, p. 363.
- ^ Austrian National Library: "Regulations for the catalog work of the kk Hofbibliothek", 1st volume, self-published by the kk Hofbibliothek, Vienna 1901, No. 279
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lenk from Wolfsberg, August |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lenk von Wolfsberg, August Lothar (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian ministerial advisor and diplomat (consul general) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 1, 1821 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pressburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 31, 1889 |
| Place of death | Vienna |