Ferdinand Fechtig of Fechtenberg
Ferdinand Freiherr Fechtig von Fechtenberg (born October 4, 1756 in Krenkingen , † September 27, 1837 in Vienna ) was an Austrian lawyer and section head in the State Council .
Live and act
Ferdinand Fechtig came from Krenkingen, a village in the Landgraviate of Klettgau , and grew up in a simple family. Between 1774 and 1777 Ferdinand Fechtig studied law at the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg . After receiving his doctorate in 1779, Ferdinand Fechtig entered the civil service as a lawyer and syndic of the Upper Austrian provinces. The brilliant administrative lawyer Ferdinand Fechtig, after being transferred to Vienna as Hofrat in 1793, was finally appointed as a really secret councilor and section head in the imperial-royal council of state, corresponding to the position of minister of state. In 1805 he regulated the liquidation and relocation of the St. Blasien monastery to Austria.
In 1793, Ferdinand Fechtig was promoted to the nobility with the title Edler von Fechtig and, as Vice-President of Justice, to the baron status in 1813 with the addition of "von Fechtenberg". Ferdinand Fechtig von Fechtenberg's designation "Indigena of the Kingdom of Hungary and the Carinthian state" meant belonging to the noble families of Hungary and Carinthia. He was in command of the Royal Hungarian Order of Saint Stephen .
He became an honorary citizen of Vienna on May 4, 1810 for his services as Vice President of the Supreme Judicial Office . An appointment as an honorary citizen of Freiburg im Breisgau in Baden followed.
literature
- Hanns Jäger-Sunstenau , Karl Uhlirz: The honorary citizens and honorary citizens of the City of Vienna, 1992, ISBN 3-7005-4629-7 , p. 30
Individual evidence
- ^ Rüdiger von Treskow: Carl von Rotteck, Erlauchter Defheidiger der Menschenrechte !: Regesten, Ploetz, 1992, p. 135
- ^ Ferdinand Fechtig von Fechtenberg: Death notice, Vienna September 27, 1837
- ^ Ernst Heinrich Kneschke: New general German Adels Lexicon, keyword Fechtenberg, Volume 3, Voigt, Leipzig, 1861 p. 213
- ↑ Hanns Jäger-Sunstenau, Karl Uhlirz: The honorary citizens and honorary citizens of the city of Vienna, 1992, ISBN 3-7005-4629-7 , p. 30
- ^ Ferdinand Fechtig von Fechtenberg: Death notice, Vienna September 27, 1837
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fechtig by Fechtenberg, Ferdinand |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Fechtig von Fechtenberg, Ferdinand Freiherr (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Lawyer and Austrian civil servant |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 4, 1756 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Krenkingen |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 27, 1837 |
| Place of death | Vienna |