Franz Migerka

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Franz Migerka (born September 20, 1828 in Reintal , Lower Austria , † February 21, 1915 in Vienna ) was an Austrian tradesman.

Life

Migerka came from a family of craftsmen. At first he was an educator. In 1861 he joined the Brno Chamber of Commerce and Industry. There he suggested the establishment of the Moravian Trade Association and the organization of trade courts, which should be exemplary for the entire monarchy.

Migerka was appointed to the Ministry of Commerce in Vienna, where he mainly represented Austria vis-à-vis other countries, for example in 1869 at the opening of the Suez Canal , in 1876 at the World Exhibition in Philadelphia and in 1890 at the occupational safety conference in Berlin.

As early as 1859, Franz Migerka published a monograph entitled "About the importance of industrial exhibitions". In his remarks, he argues why he regards them as an “excellent development tool” for industry.

He dealt with issues of popular education and the women's movement and initiated the “Exhibition on Women's Work” at the Vienna World Exhibition in 1873 in his role as editor of the “Official Documents”. Franz Migerka, Wilhelm Exner (1840–1931) and other exhibition participants such as the industrialist Arthur Krupp (1856–1938) were the driving forces behind the idea of ​​founding an Austrian museum for technical developments and inventions. Three years after Migerka's death, in 1918, the Technical Museum for Industry and Commerce opened in Vienna.

From June 1883 until his voluntary retirement in April 1897, Migerka was a central trade inspector with the rank of ministerial councilor, whereby he knew how to provide general acceptance and recognition for the newly created trade inspection. He was also President of the Vienna Commercial Association ( Vienna-Innere Stadt , Maria-Theresien-Straße 22) for nine years and in 1890 the founder of the Museum of Industrial Hygiene (Rathausstraße 23, from 1900/01 also Ebendorferstraße 6). He participated in the founding of the people's education association and was a member of the board of the Wiener Sparkasse.

Migerka's wife was the writer and social worker Katharina Migerka (1844–1922), his daughter the women's rights activist Helene Migerka (1867–1928).

During his time at work he campaigned for social affairs with conviction and warmth. With his wife he founded housekeeping evening courses for women workers, where he also taught himself. His working participation in the aid association for apprenticeship girls, the association of working women, shows his primary interest in women's progress, for which he campaigned well into old age.

The body of Franz Migerka, who died in his apartment in Vienna- Leopoldstadt , Czerningasse 7, was consecrated on February 24, 1915 in the presence of Trade Minister Rudolf Schuster von Bonnott (1855–1930) in the parish church of St. Johann and then on the Döblinger Buried in the cemetery to rest.

In 1932 Migerkastraße in Vienna- Favoriten was named after him.

Publications

  • Review of the sheep wool industry in Brno from 1765–1864 and comparative statistical representation of the sheep wool industry in the district of the Chamber of Commerce in Brno in 1851 and 1863 . Statistical work of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Brno, Volume 2. Sn, Brno 1866.
  • Outline of the geography, as a basis for the presentation of trade schools . Rohrer, Brno 1869.
  • -, Carl Löw: The wool, woolen goods and the working machines of the woolen goods industry at the international exhibition in London 1871 . Self-published, Vienna 1871.
  • Carl Holdhaus, -: The use of female workers in the factory industry and in individual branches of the transport system in Austria. World Exhibition in Vienna in 1873 . Second, increased edition. Publishing house of the leading committee, Brno 1873. - Full text online .
  • Hugo Franz von Brachelli , -: Austria's commercial and industrial development in the last decades. Study . Meyer, Vienna 1873.
  • Venanzio G. Sella, - (translator.): Studies on the wool industry, published on the occasion of the world exhibition in Vienna . Court and State Printing House, Vienna 1876.
  • Education in the United States . Report on the World's Fair in Philadelphia 1876, Volume 11, ZDB -ID 1483162-4 . Faesy & Frick, Vienna 1877.
  • Administrative report of the commission on Austria's participation in the world exhibition in Philadelphia, 1876. Contributions to the history of the development of the United States and to the question of our exports . Report on the world exhibition in Philadelphia 1876, Volume 26 (final issue), ZDB-ID 1483162-4. Faesy & Frick, Vienna 1878.
  • Sketch of the development of industry and transport in Austria over the last four decades. Lecture given at the Vienna Commercial Association on December 3, 1888 . Publishing house of the Vienna Commercial Association, Vienna 1888.

literature

  • Felix Czeike : Historical Lexicon Vienna . Volume 4: Le - Ro . Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 1995, OBV .
  • Stefan Poser: Museum of Dangers. The social significance of security technology. The example of the hygiene exhibitions and museums for occupational safety in Vienna, Berlin and Dresden at the turn of the century . Cottbus studies on the history of technology, work and the environment, Volume 3, ZDB -ID 1388997-7 . Waxmann Verlag, Münster (among others) 1989, ISBN 3-89325-634-2 . (At the same time: Dissertation. Free University of Berlin, Berlin 1996).
  • H (annes) Stekl:  Migerka Franz. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 6, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1975, ISBN 3-7001-0128-7 , p. 273.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Catalog of the Austrian Library Association .
  2. ↑ Ulrike Felber (Red.), Carla Camilleri: World exhibition. Vienna scene in 1873 . Technisches Museum Wien (Ed.), Vienna 2004, ISBN 3-902183-10-1 , p. 23 ff.
  3. ↑ † Ministerialrat Dr. Franz Migerka. In:  Neue Freie Presse , Afternoon Journal, No. 18140/1915, February 22, 1915, p. 7, center right. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / nfp.
  4. ↑ Dr. Franz Migerka. For his 80th birthday. In:  Neue Freie Presse , Abendblatt, No. 16192/1909, September 18, 1909, p. 3, top left. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / nfp.
  5. ↑ Commercial Association, Vienna . In: Lehmann's general housing indicator . XXV. Vintage. Hölder, Vienna 1883, p. 136, top left.
  6. ↑ The trade-hygienic Museum in Vienna. In:  Der Bautechniker , year 1901, No. 5, February 1, 1901 (XXI. Year), p. 93 f. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / maintenance / construction.
  7. ↑ Ministerialrat Dr. Franz Migerka †. In:  Fremd-Blatt with military supplement Die Vedette , evening edition, No. 53/1915 (LXIX. Year), February 22, 1915, p. 2, bottom left. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / fdband Migerka Franz JDr. Min R. . In: Lehmann's general housing indicator . LVII. Volume 2.Holder, Vienna 1915, p. 865, bottom left.
  8. ↑ Ministerialrat Dr. Franz Migerka. In:  Neue Freie Presse , Morgenblatt, No. 18143/1915, February 25, 1915, p. 13 middle. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / nfp.

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personal data
SURNAME Migerka, Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian trade specialist
DATE OF BIRTH September 20, 1828
PLACE OF BIRTH Reintal (municipality of Bernhardsthal) , Lower Austria
DATE OF DEATH February 21, 1915
Place of death Vienna - Leopoldstadt