Eduard von Strahl

Eduard von Strahl (1817-1884)

Anton Eduard Josef von Strahl (born April 28, 1817 in Rudolfswerth, Krain ( Novo mesto , Slovenia ); † September 26, 1884 in the so-called Strahl Castle ( Stara Loka ) in Škofja Loka ) was a lawyer , judge , art collector and writer .

origin

Edward's father came from a middle-class family from Erfurt : Friedrich Anselm (von) Strahl (born March 15, 1784 in Erfurt; † December 15, 1821 in Stara Loka). He was a son of Carl Joseph Strahl, Kurmainzischer Kornmeister, citizen (since 1783), beer vigil and mayor in Erfurt, lived on the Kornmarkt, and Friederica Josepha Spitz, daughter of a master brewer in Erfurt. Friedrich Anselm joined the Austrian army, took part in the battle of Aspern , was last kuk captain and married on June 12, 1815 in Petrovče pri Celju Eduard's mother Theresia (Terezija) Justina Dempscher (Demšar) (born September 26, 1793 in Stara Loka; † December 23, 1829 in Stara Loka), daughter of Josef Dempscher, owner of Altenlack Castle (Strahl Castle).
Children:

Henriette (born April 7, 1816 in Novo Mesto; † February 10, 1856 in Agram) ⚭ July 10, 1848 in Nova Gorica , with Josef Maximillian von Shivitz (born January 6, 1813 in St. Veith; † April 25, 1895 in Gorizia), kuk city council
Eduard [see chapter family]

One of Eduard's uncle was Christoph Joseph Friedrich Strahl, assistant (later an officer), who acquired Erfurt's citizenship in 1815.
An uncle on his mother's side was his guardian, Franz Xaver Demšar (1790–1846), Appellationsrat in Vienna.

Life

Beam Castle in Stara Loka (part of Škofja Loka ) 2007.

Eduard von Strahl grew up at Altenlack Castle in Altenlack (Stara Loka), today a district of Škofja Loka , which his father had bought in 1819 from his brother-in-law Josef Dembscher (Jožef Demšar). When his father Friedrich Anselm died in 1821, his uncle Franz Xaver Demšar (1790–1846), Appellationsrat in Vienna, became his guardian. Strahl studied law at the University of Vienna from 1835 to 1839 and then worked as a judge at regional and district courts in Laibach , Gorizia and Treffen before he retired in 1868. In 1873 he was raised to the Austrian knighthood.

In retirement, von Strahl worked as a writer. He wrote poems, politically committed texts, especially writings on arts and crafts. As the son of a German father and a Slovenian mother, he was interested in the Slovenian history and language of his homeland, Carniola , and translated poems by the Slovenian national poet France Prešeren . Politically, he was considered a liberal and was active as a supporter of the German constitutional party in Carniola.

He gained particular importance through his collection of paintings, handicrafts and antiques, some of which he inherited from his uncle, at his Altenlack Castle, which soon became the most important art collection in Krain. Over the years he increased this through numerous purchases from the Italian antiques dealer Alessandro Volpi, through his relationships with artists and friends who are interested in art, as well as through collecting objects in parsonages, churches and from private collections. His son Karl (1850–1929), who was also a lawyer, inherited the collection and continued to run it. After the First World War, the government confiscated the collection and ordered it to be inventoried. With the help of the journalist and collector Ante Gaber, Karl von Strahl compiled an inventory catalog (partly published by Janko Polec in 1930) in which he published further data in addition to the collection history, making the catalog an important source for provenance research. After Karl von Strahl's death in 1929, the Narodna Galerija ( Slovenian National Gallery ), the Narodni muzej and the Etnografski muzej, all in Ljubljana, acquired large parts of the art collection.

family

Eduard von Strahl married the painter Cäcilia Maria Theresia ( Cecilija Marija Terezija ) von Pettenegg (born January 21, 1821 in Dunaj ; † February 26, 1855 in Laibach), daughter of Carl , on November 4, 1844 in Ljubljana ( St. Nikolau Cathedral ) von Pettenegg (1790-1859) and his wife Elisabeth born. by Pilgram . Child:

Karl Friedrich Josef ( Karel Friderik Jožef ) (born September 12, 1850 in Treffen , Krain; † December 24, 1929 in Stara Loka) ⚭ 1886 studied with Maria von Lehmann († April 1929), daughter of Ernst von Lehmann and Alojzija Souvan 1868–1872 law at the University of Graz, worked from 1872 on various courts in Laibach, Rudolfswerth , Nassenfuss , Rann , Pettau and Eberndorf as district judge. Retired in 1899 for health reasons, he then lived at Altenlack Castle.

Fonts (selection)

To shed light on the question of what claims the state of Carniola can make on the imperial from the incorporation of the provincial fund. Aerar appears justified to raise. Laibach 1862.
Krain's artistic conditions in the previous centuries. A cultural historical study. Eduard von Strahl. Self-published, 1884.
In twelve hours! Dedicated to the state electors. Front cover. Eduard Ritter von Strahl. IV Kleinmayr & F. Bamberg, 1877.

Web links

Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815-1950, Vol. 13 (Lfg. 61, 2009), p. 343 online version
Anton Jožef Edvard Strahl in the Slovenian Wikipedia (further literature can be found there)

Individual evidence

↑ see article in the English language Wikipedia Stara Loka
↑ ^a ^b Martin Bauer (arrangement), Bürgerbuch der Stadt Erfurt 1761–1833, series of publications by the Stoye Foundation, vol. 38. No. 1783, No. 1815.
^ Military Schematism of the Austrian Empire 1815, p. 324.
↑ H. v. Stratowa, Vienna genealogical paperback. 1926, p. 322.
↑ According to the feudal letter of February 7, 1766, Altenlack passed to Josef Demscher, after whose death on March 7, 1798 it fell to his son Josef Dembscher Junior. Josef Dembscher junior sold the estate to his brother-in-law Ameln von Strahl with a purchase agreement dated February 8, 1819. [see Francè Stelè, p. 87]
↑ ^a ^b ^c France stele Zbornik za umetnostno zgodovino: Archives d'histoire de l'art, Volume 10 (1930). [basic article on Stahls art collection and biography].
↑ Maximilian Gritzner, Status surveys and grace acts of German sovereigns during the last three centuries. CA Starcke 1881, p. 566 .
↑ Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Volume 131. CA Starcke 2003. P. 181: Lichtensteiner Adelsstand March 16, 1846 for Eduard Strahl kk state court auscultants in Görz, Austrian knighthood 1873.
^ The collection of Eduard and Karl Ritter von Stahl in Stara Loka. In: Federico Zeri, Ksenija Rozman, European Paintings: Catalog of the Collection. Narodna galerija, 2000, p. 14 ff.

personal data
SURNAME	Strahl, Eduard von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Strahl, Anton Eduard Josef (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German lawyer, art collector and writer
DATE OF BIRTH	April 28, 1817
PLACE OF BIRTH	Novo Mesto
DATE OF DEATH	September 26, 1884
Place of death	Stara Loka

[1] see article in the English language Wikipedia Stara Loka

[Bürgerbuch-2] Martin Bauer (arrangement), Bürgerbuch der Stadt Erfurt 1761–1833, series of publications by the Stoye Foundation, vol. 38. No. 1783, No. 1815.

[3] Military Schematism of the Austrian Empire 1815, p. 324.

[4] H. v. Stratowa, Vienna genealogical paperback. 1926, p. 322.

[5] According to the feudal letter of February 7, 1766, Altenlack passed to Josef Demscher, after whose death on March 7, 1798 it fell to his son Josef Dembscher Junior. Josef Dembscher junior sold the estate to his brother-in-law Ameln von Strahl with a purchase agreement dated February 8, 1819. [see Francè Stelè, p. 87]

[Kunstsammlung-6] France stele Zbornik za umetnostno zgodovino: Archives d'histoire de l'art, Volume 10 (1930). [basic article on Stahls art collection and biography].

[7] Maximilian Gritzner, Status surveys and grace acts of German sovereigns during the last three centuries. CA Starcke 1881, p. 566 .

[8] Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Volume 131. CA Starcke 2003. P. 181: Lichtensteiner Adelsstand March 16, 1846 for Eduard Strahl kk state court auscultants in Görz, Austrian knighthood 1873.

[9] The collection of Eduard and Karl Ritter von Stahl in Stara Loka. In: Federico Zeri, Ksenija Rozman, European Paintings: Catalog of the Collection. Narodna galerija, 2000, p. 14 ff.