Eduard von Bach

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Eduard Freiherr von Bach, lithograph by Josef Kriehuber , 1855.

Eduard Freiherr von Bach (born December 21, 1814 in Loosdorf , † February 8, 1884 in Vienna ) was an Austrian politician and administrative officer.

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Freiherr Eduard von Bach was a son of the lawyer Michael Bach ; his brothers were the composer Otto Bach and the politician Alexander von Bach .

Bach studied at the University of Vienna a . a. Cameral sciences and got a job in the state administration after successful completion. Bach received his first major assignment in 1846 when he was appointed district chief in Galicia and Bukovina . He held this office for over two years. In mid-1849 he was appointed civil commissioner to Transylvania until the end of 1850 .

Bach reached the high point of his career in 1852 when he was appointed governor of Austria ob der Enns ; For almost 20 years he carried out his official business from Linz . Between 1854 and 1855 he also worked as civil commissioner for the Danube principalities with special powers . In his further career in 1867/1868 he worked as governor (Landeschef) of the Austrian coastal lands in Trieste .

As a bearer of the Order of the Iron Crown, 1st class and in recognition of his services, Eduard was raised to the baron status in 1854, shortly after his brother Alexander was appointed , with the same coat of arms.

coat of arms

Coat of arms of the Barons von Bach 1854

1854: The red central shield, with three slanted, toothed, silver bars running through it, lies on a rounded, silver paw cross, which squares the main shield. 1 and 4 in gold, a red lion facing inwards, with a high silver cross in front of it with both front paws. 2 and 3 sheaves of gold in blue (1, 2). Above it rests the baron crown with four crowned helmets. The first, with a red and gold blanket, carries the lion with the cross growing and turning inward; the second, with black and gold covers, an inward-looking, gold-armed, crowned, black eagle; the third, with red and silver covers, four red ostrich feathers, which are marked like the central shield; Above the fourth helmet, with blue and gold covers, hovers above between an open blue flight, the wings of which are each covered with a golden sheaf, also a golden sheaf, so that all three sheaves take the position as in the 2nd and 3rd field . Shield holders are two golden griffins that stand on a golden arabesque ornament, around which a red ribbon with the motto In cruce spes mea in silver lapidary letters is wrapped.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the baronial houses for the year 1861, Volume 11, Verlag Justus Perthes, Gotha 1860, p. 8

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predecessor Office successor
Ernst von Kellersperg Governor (Landeschef) of the Austrian coastal lands
1867–1868 		Karl Moering
personal data
SURNAME Bach, Eduard von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bach, Eduard Freiherr von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian politician and administrative officer
DATE OF BIRTH December 21, 1814
PLACE OF BIRTH Loosdorf
DATE OF DEATH February 8, 1884
Place of death Vienna