Franz Isidor Proschko

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Franz Proschko's grave

Franz Isidor Proschko , pseudonym: Franz von Hohenfurth , (born April 2, 1816 in Hohenfurth , Bohemia , † February 6, 1891 in Vienna ) was an Austrian writer and lawyer .

Life

From 1828 he attended grammar school in Budweis and then studied civil and criminal law at the University in Prague . After completing his studies at the University of Vienna with a legal dissertation , he accepted a position as an intern at the police headquarters in Linz . He married as such and it was there that his daughter Hermine Camilla , who later also worked as a writer, was born at the end of July 1851 . Proschko was appointed secretary of the Francisco Carolinum Museum in Linz on October 22, 1853 .

Proschko was also a police officer and after a stopover in Graz he was transferred to Vienna in 1867. In 1878 he was awarded the title of Police Council and in 1883 he retired . Franz Isidor Proschko died on February 6, 1891 in Vienna at the age of 75. He found his final resting place in a grave of honor in the Vienna Central Cemetery (group 0, row 1, number 37) between the composers Joseph Mayseder and Johannes Baptist Moser .

In Vienna and Vyšší Brod (Hohenfurth), memorial plaques still commemorate him today. In Linz there is the Proschko walk.

Works (selection)

In total, Proschko wrote around 75 works - mainly poems , novels and novels . Proschko has received several awards for his literary work. From Emperor Franz Joseph I he was awarded the Great Golden Medal for Art and Science and Pope Pius IX. awarded him the Order of St. George .

  • Forays into the history and legend of Austria above the Enns: Kepler in Linz . (Based on authentic original sources from the estate and museum archives in Linz.) Pp. 17–58. Report XIV, Articles IX of the Francisco-Carolinum Museum in Linz. 1854.
  • The infernal machine. Historical novel from the French consular and imperial times . Prague 1854.
  • The Jesuit. Historical novel from the time of the 30 years war . Sartorius, Vienna 1857.
  • A bohemian student (1861)
  • The last of the Rosenbergs. Historical novel from the 17th century . Vienna 1861.
  • A witch trial . Historical original novel (from the life of the famous astronomer Johannes Kepler) Hartleben, Vienna 1866.
  • The needle. Historical novel from French history . Hübner, Leipzig 1858 (2 vol.)
  • Firefly. A collection of fables and parables . Manz, Regensburg 1857.
  • The Black Man (1863)
  • Germany and Hungary . Günther, Leipzig 1867 (3 vol.)
  • History and legend from Moravia . Manz, Vienna 1878.
  • Maria Theresa . Manz, Vienna 1876.
  • Erasmus Tattenbach . Historical novel from the 17th century.

literature

personal data
SURNAME Proschko, Franz Isidor
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hohenfurth, Franz von (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian writer
DATE OF BIRTH April 2, 1816
PLACE OF BIRTH Hohenfurth , Bohemia
DATE OF DEATH February 6, 1891
Place of death Vienna