Carl von Seyffertitz

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Carl (Karl) Maria Josef Leopold Freiherr von Seyffertitz (born February 17, 1825 in Siebeneich , Gft.  Tirol ; † July 12, 1900 in Bregenz , pseudonym Max Vermunt ) was an old Austrian civil servant , politician and scientist .

Life

Carl von Seyffertitz comes from the officer family Seyffertitz , and was the first son of Carl Josef Freiherr von Seyffertitz (1781–1831), captain of the Tyrolean Kaiserjäger, and Rosa Countess von  Wolkenstein-Rodenegg (1799–1844). He married Emilie Gysi (1828–1902) ), and had two daughters.

Carl von Seyffertitz completed a law degree at the University of Innsbruck from 1843 , and entered the civil service, where he worked at the Bregenz district office until 1860, and then left it again. As a liberal politician, he was a member of the Vorarlberg state parliament from 1864–1868 , and also acted as deputy governor . From 1867 to 1870 he was mayor of Bregenz , but resigned. From 1865 he was a member of the Reichsrat , but also resigned from this office in 1868 in the course of the dispute over the revocation of the Concordat , which he supported with the circle around Franz Michael Felder , and left political life.

Since 1860 Carl von Seyffertitz had been deputy chairman of the Museum Association for Vorarlberg and correspondent of the Geological Reichsanstalt . In 1868 he was one of the founding members of the Association for the History of Lake Constance and its Surroundings . After 1868 he devoted himself mainly to various meteorological, geological and historical studies, gave lectures and wrote travel descriptions.

Achievements and honors

From his time as a member of parliament, the request from 1867 to determine the community officials in a secret ballot. He also made an outstanding contribution to the establishment of the Valduna hospital (today LKH Rankweil).

In 1870 he became an honorary citizen of Bregenz.

Publications (selection)

  • as Max Vermunt: Auf Vermunt . In: Guido von Sommeruga, OeAV (Hrsg.): Yearbook of the Austrian Alpine Association . tape 2 , 1866, p. 3–23 ( digitized in the Google book search).
  • A contribution to the Diaconus Alb. Steudel's study "About the erratic phenomena in the Lake Constance region". In: Writings of the Association for the History of Lake Constance and its Surroundings. 3rd year 1872, pp. 91-94 ( digitized version ).
  • The amount of precipitation in the Lake Constance basin and its distribution. In: Writings of the Association for the History of Lake Constance and its Surroundings. 12th year 1883, pp. 61-69 ( digitized version ).
  • Wind and weather signs on Lake Constance. In: Writings of the Association for the History of Lake Constance and its Surroundings. 19th year 1890, pp. 134-138 ( digitized version ).
  • The fall wind of the Bregenz Bay. In: Writings of the Association for the History of Lake Constance and its Surroundings. 25th year 1896, pp. 27-29 ( digitized version ).
  • Singer's ascent. In: Elderberry. 5, 1927, no.21.
  • with Ludwig von Hörmann a . a .: Hikes through Tyrol and Vorarlberg (= Our Fatherland. 2), n.d.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Lineage of the Seyffertitz family , seyffertitz.at
  2. ^ Association for the history of Lake Constance and its surroundings, statutes and list of members from December 1868: Stadtarchiv Lindau, B II / 85/4, acts of the city council, subject Bodensee-Geschichts-Verein, Tit. IV., Cap. 11, compartment 85, act 4.
personal data
SURNAME Seyffertitz, Carl von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Seyffertitz, Carl Maria Josef Leopold Freiherr von (full name); Vermunt, Max (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian civil servant, politician and scientist, member of the state parliament
DATE OF BIRTH February 17, 1825
PLACE OF BIRTH Siebeneich , Tyrol
DATE OF DEATH July 12, 1900
Place of death Bregenz