Eduard Herbst

Eduard Herbst, lithograph by Adolf Dauthage , 1862

Caricature by E. Herbst in Prague's humorous magazine (1881)

Eduard Herbst (born December 9, 1820 in Vienna ; † June 25, 1892 there ) was an Austrian legal scholar and politician .

Grave in the Vienna Central Cemetery

Herbst received a professorship at the University of Lviv in 1847 and moved to the Charles University in Prague in 1858 . In 1861 he became a member of the Bohemian Landtag and the Austrian Imperial Council , where he made a name for himself as a spokesman for the German representatives. Of 30 December 1867 to the April 12, 1870 fall was in " citizen's ministry " kk Minister of Justice .

In the summer of 1878, at Herbst's suggestion, the emperor entrusted the Cisleithan finance minister Sisinio von Pretis-Cagnodo with the formation of a new government. However, since Herbst did not want to participate in the formation of the government, Pretis put the order back.

The grave of honor for autumn is located in Vienna's central cemetery (group 14 A, number 22). In 1883, Herbststrasse was named after him in Vienna- Ottakring (16th district) .

literature

Constantin von Wurzbach : Herbst, Eduard . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 8th part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1862, p. 360 f. ( Digitized version ).
von Schulte: Herbst, Eduard . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 50, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1905, p. 216 f.
Autumn Edward. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 2, Publishing House of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1959, p. 280 f. (Direct links on p. 280 , p. 281 ).
Robert A. Kann : Herbst, Eduard. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 8, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1969, ISBN 3-428-00189-3 , p. 588 f. ( Digitized version ).

Web links

Commons : Eduard Herbst - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Works by and about Eduard Herbst in the German Digital Library
Entry on Eduard Herbst in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )

personal data
SURNAME	Autumn, Eduard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian legal scholar and politician
DATE OF BIRTH	December 9, 1820
PLACE OF BIRTH	Vienna
DATE OF DEATH	June 25, 1892
Place of death	Vienna