Franciszek Ksawery d'Abancourt de Franqueville

Franciszek Ksawery d'Abancourt de Franqueville (pseudonyms "Budzimir Socha" and "Strażnik Narodowy"; born January 28, 1815 in Lesko ; † April 22, 1892 in Bolechiw ) was a Polish publicist and economic and political activist . His brother was the resistance fighter Karol d'Abancourt de Franqueville . His son was the lawyer and politician Karol d'Abancourt de Franqueville .

Life

Franciszek Ksawery d'Abancourt de Franqueville was born on January 28, 1815 to Augustyn d'Abancourt de Franqueville, the nephew of Charles-Xavier Franqueville d'Abancourt , in Lesko, where his father had emigrated during the French Revolution .

Since Franciszek Ksawery d'Abancourt de Franqueville was orphaned at a young age, Count Franciszek Ksawery Krasicki took on his education, which he received in Sanok , Sambor and Przemyśl . In Vienna he studied chemistry , physics , mathematics and agronomy at the university and at the polytechnic .

When he returned to Poland, he took over his Łówcza estate, where he abolished forced labor before the introduction of indemnisation.

In 1848 he became a member of the Rada Narodowa and from 1852 belonged to the Galician Economic Society , where he campaigned for the establishment of a higher agricultural school in Dublany . In order to familiarize himself with the state of schools and public gardens abroad, he made trips to Austria , Germany , the Czech Republic , Hungary , France and Belgium . During this time he published articles in the newspapers "Czas" and "Przegląd Powszechny". In April 1857, the business company entrusted him with the reorganization and management of Dublany, which he gave up after a year.

In 1861 he founded the newspaper " Dziennik Polski " with the participation of Florian Ziemiałkowski and Franciszek Smolka , in which he systematically opposed Anton von Schmerling's policies over the next two years . In 1863 he was finally convicted together with Henryk Rewakowicz for the article "Jak rzeczy stoją w Europie" of treason and imprisoned in Lviv . By deposit and guarantee he was released a short time later several citizens. After his release, he joined the January Uprising .

After the uprising, thanks to his acquaintances in Vienna, he obtained residence permits for insurgents and refugees. He made friends with Agenor Gołuchowski and mediated between him and Richard Belcredi in the following years.

In 1872, in agreement with Agenor Gołuchowski, he presented Gyula Andrássy with a memorandum on Austria's attitude towards foreign countries and on projects for the reconstruction of Poland.

In 1875 he presented Josef Lasser von Zollheim with a memorandum in which it was shown that Austria, as a multi-ethnic state, should not only have a German character and that the legislation should be based on the needs of the nationalities.

During the Russo-Turkish War he took action against the Świętojurcy with the brochure “Ostrożnie z ogniem” (Lemberg 1877) because he feared actions that could damage the Polish cause.

In the years 1876 to 1882 he campaigned for the expansion of the railway network in Galicia.

In the last years of his life he became deaf, so he withdrew and wrote diaries. He died on April 22, 1892 in Bolechiv .

Works

• Era konstytucyjna austro-węgierskiej monarchii od 1848–1881, Karkau 1881.

literature

• Helena d'Abancourt: d'Abancourt de Franqueville Franciszek Ksawery . In: Polski Słownik Biograficzny . tape 1 . Krakow 1935, p. 2-3 .