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Erasmus Freiherr von Handel (Hof-Atelier Adèle, around 1900)

Erasmus Sigmund Hugo Freiherr von Handel (born June 1, 1860 at Mirskofen Castle near Landshut , Bavaria , † June 6, 1928 in Salzburg ) was an Austrian civil servant and politician.

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Erasmus von Handel attended the Theresianisches Gymnasium in Vienna and then studied law at the University of Vienna . In 1882 he entered the civil service as a civil servant in the Lieutenancy of Trieste and in 1889 moved to the Ministry of the Interior. From 1902 to 1905 he was governor in the Kingdom of Dalmatia , from 1905 to 1916 governor of Upper Austria . In 1916/17 he was Minister of the Interior, from 1917 he was a member of the manor house . In 1917/18 he was again governor of Upper Austria, 1918/19 a member of the provisional state assembly .

Erasmus von Handel was married and had two children.

Honors

• Secret Council (1902)
• Grand Cross of the Franz Joseph Order (1908)
• Grand Cross of the Royal British Order of Victoria (1908)
• Order of the Iron Crown 1st Class (1916)
• War Cross for Civil Merit, 1st Class
• Decoration of Honor of the Red Cross
• Honorary citizen of Linz , Eferding , Grieskirchen , Hallstatt and Vöcklamarkt .

literature

• Commerce Erasmus Early From. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 2, Publishing House of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1959, p. 174 f. (Direct links on p. 174 , p. 175 ).

Web links

Commons : Erasmus von Handel  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Erasmus von Handel biography on the server of the federal state of Upper Austria .

predecessor	Office	successor
Emil David von Rhonfeld	Governor (Landeschef) of the Crown Land Kingdom of Dalmatia 1902–1905	Nikola Nardelli
Konrad Prince of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst	kk Minister of the Interior (Cisleithanien part of the empire) 30 Aug. 1916 - 21 Oct. 1916	?