Franz Glöckner

Franz Glöckner (born August 18, 1822 in Neustadt an der Mettau (?), Bohemia ; † March 8, 1899 in Klagenfurt ) was mayor of Klagenfurt.

Franz Glöckner studied civil engineering and came to Klagenfurt with his sister and her son in the 1860s and became a senior engineer and deputy head of the kk building department at the state government . In 1871 he became a local councilor, in 1887 deputy mayor and construction advisor, and in 1890 he was elected mayor.

During his only two-year term of office, the construction of the state high school and the establishment of the “Wörthersee” ice skating club and on July 1, 1891 the test ride of the horse-drawn tram from the city center to the lake, which, including three derailments, lasted over two hours. The last night watchman in Klagenfurt retires in the same year and the establishment of the state telephone network was approved. In 1892 further incorporations were made and on May 1st the workers demonstrated for the introduction of the eight-hour day.

On May 3, 1892, the “Klagenfurter Zeitung” called for a “rejuvenation of the municipal council”. The 70-year-old Franz Glöckner resigned on the same day.

Franz Glöckner had been married since 1889 but had no children. He bequeathed his house in what is now Mießenaler Strasse to his nephew Dr. Franz Jantsch , a respected archaeologist and councilor at the regional court.

literature

• Gotbert Moro (ed.): The state capital Klagenfurt. From their past and present. 2 volumes. Self-published by the state capital, Klagenfurt 1970.

predecessor	Office	successor
Franz Erwein	Mayor of Klagenfurt 1890 - 1892	Friedrich Posch