Emil Homann

Emil Homann (born September 1, 1862 in Vienna ; † February 9, 1945 in Leoben , Styria ), Knight Homann von Herimberg from 1912 , Baron Homann von Herimberg from 1918 to 1919 , was an Austrian civil servant and Minister for Public Works .

Emil Homann

Life

Homann studied law and political science at the University of Vienna and completed mining studies at the Bergakademie in Leoben . In 1887 he joined the ministry of the ministry of agriculture in Leoben. Transferred to Vienna in 1888, he was assigned to the mining district in Graz from 1893 to 1899 . He then took over the department for administrative matters relating to mining in the Ministry of Agriculture in Vienna. In 1891 he married his wife Hermine (* 1868) in Leoben.

Design for Homann's knighthood coat of arms, 1912

Promoted to Ministerialrat in 1907 , in 1908 Homann moved to the newly established Ministry of Public Works together with the mining department. Since 1909 head of section, he was responsible in particular for the oil production in Galicia and for the establishment of the mine inspection in the ministry. Nobilitated as Knight Homann von Herimberg in 1912 , appointed to the Privy Council in 1916 , he took over the provisional management of the Ministry of Public Works on June 23, 1917. From August 30, 1917 to November 11, 1918, he finally served as Minister for Public Works in the last three governments of the monarchy, the Seidler , Hussarek and Lammasch cabinets .

With dismissal of the government on 11 November 1918 by Emperor Homann was Charles I nor the baron appointed. This is considered to be the very last rise of the Habsburg monarchy. He was also a Dr.mont.hc of the montanist universities in Příbram and Leoben.

In 1919 and 1920 he served as head of the liquidating War Ministry . From 1927 to 1935 he was President of the Dorotheum , from 1921 also President of the Austrian Association of Engineers and Architects .

When the German Wehrmacht marched in in March 1938 , Homann was arrested, but released a few days later following personal intervention by Edmund Glaise-Horstenau with Gestapo leader Reinhard Heydrich .

Fonts

The coal supply in Austria during the war. Hölder-Pichler-Tempsky, Vienna 1925.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c Homann von Herimberg, Emil Frh. (1862–1945), administrative officer. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 2, Publishing House of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1959, p. 411 f. (Direct links on p. 411 , p. 412 ).
^ Genealogical handbook of the nobility . Starke, Limburg an der Lahn 1957, p. 168.
^ The last ascension of the monarchy. Austrian State Archives from February 1, 2009.
↑ Peter Broucek (Ed.): A General in the Twilight. The memories of Edmund Glaise von Horstenau. Volume 2: Minister in the corporate state and general in the OKW. Böhlau, Vienna / Graz 1983, ISBN 3-205-08743-7 , p. 279.

personal data
SURNAME	Homann, Emil
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Homann von Herimberg, Emil Josef Felix Freiherr; Homann-Herimberg, Emil
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian civil servant and minister
DATE OF BIRTH	September 1, 1862
PLACE OF BIRTH	Vienna
DATE OF DEATH	February 9, 1945
Place of death	Leoben

[ÖBL-1] Homann von Herimberg, Emil Frh. (1862–1945), administrative officer. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 2, Publishing House of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1959, p. 411 f. (Direct links on p. 411 , p. 412 ).

[2] Genealogical handbook of the nobility . Starke, Limburg an der Lahn 1957, p. 168.

[3] The last ascension of the monarchy. Austrian State Archives from February 1, 2009.

[4] Peter Broucek (Ed.): A General in the Twilight. The memories of Edmund Glaise von Horstenau. Volume 2: Minister in the corporate state and general in the OKW. Böhlau, Vienna / Graz 1983, ISBN 3-205-08743-7 , p. 279.