Daniel Fockhy

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Daniel Fockhy (* March 8, 1626 in Vienna ; † March 23, 1695 ibid) was Mayor of Vienna from 1688 to 1691 .

Life

Daniel Fockhy was the son of the honey and plum merchant Emerich Fockhy, who had been raised to the knightly nobility in 1623 and was a member of the Outer Council, and his second wife Katharina Pietsch. Initially a businessman, he acquired citizenship in 1661 and began to work in public functions from 1663. In 1674 he was a member of the Inner Council. During the plague epidemic of 1679 he was in charge of the control of the hospitals. Fockhy was chief chamberlain in 1682 before he became a lieutenant colonel in the vigilante group during the Second Turkish Siege in 1683. During this difficult time, he proved himself by monitoring the distribution of the provisions together with Jakob Daniel Tepser and managing the fire fighting work. While Mayor Johann Andreas von Liebenberg was ill, Fockhy represented him until his death at the end of 1683. In 1686 he was a senior member of the Inner Council and on January 24, 1687 received the title of Imperial Councilor. Eventually he became mayor of the city of Vienna from 1688 to 1691. During his tenure he introduced the first public lighting of streets and squares (June 5, 1688), issued new fire regulations and received Joseph, who was crowned king, in Vienna in 1690 . After his replacement by Johann Franz Peickhardt , Fockhy remained a member of the Inner Council until his death.

Daniel Fockhy was first married to Maria Magdalena Laminith, the daughter of an imperial court cellar master, from 1653 until her death in 1667, and from 1669 to Maria Veronica Ostermair, widow of the Bohemian court chancellor Johann Schnüring von Schnürnfels. After his death he was buried in St. Stephen's Cathedral near the Annen Altar. In 1875 Fockygasse in Vienna- Meidling was named after the former mayor.

literature

  • Otto Trautmann: The mayor and city treasurer Daniel Fockhy . Dissertation. Vienna 1948

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personal data
SURNAME Fockhy, Daniel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Mayor of Vienna
DATE OF BIRTH March 8, 1626
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH March 23, 1695
Place of death Vienna