Franz von Krauss (lawyer)

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Franz von Krauss

Franz Freiherr von Krauss (also Krauss ), born November 24, 1837 in Laibach ; † October 27, 1919 in Vienna , baron since 1855, was an Austrian administrative lawyer and from 1885 to 1892 as head of the Imperial and Royal Police Directorate in Vienna, Police President .

Life

Franz von Krauss was the son of a civil servant of the same name (see section Family). He entered the civil service in 1858; a year earlier his uncle Karl von Krauss , former Imperial and Royal Justice Minister, had been appointed President of the Supreme Court . His uncle Philipp von Krauss had been finance minister from 1848-1851.

In 1878 he was appointed district captain of Wiener Neustadt .

In 1885 Franz von Krauss was appointed by the Kaiser to succeed the late Karl Krticzka von Jaden as head of the Imperial and Royal Police Directorate in Vienna . At that time it was located in the 1st district , Schottenring 11. (Today there is a hotel on this property.)

During his tenure as police chief in Vienna, the tragedy of Mayerling between Crown Prince Rudolf and Baron Mary Vetsera occurred in 1889 . Krauss was initially concerned with the disappearance of the young woman, and only then with the investigation into the Mayerling case. Without the knowledge of the emperor, he created a reserve file (as they were called secret files at the time), which was subsequently passed on to the next police chief and kept by him. The file was found in Berlin in 1955 and is one of the most important documents in the Mayerling case. However, the publication of the act could not provide a definitive explanation for the course of the tragedy.

Police President Krauss was also a founder and honorary member of the First Vienna People's Kitchen Association. His suggestions and his support for the poorest districts of Vienna enabled the establishment of the people's kitchen in Ottakring, for which association president Kühn thanked particularly at the opening ceremony on May 14, 1891.

After Krauss left office on May 22, 1892 after more than six years of activity to become the new state president of the Duchy of Bukovina , he was awarded the Commander's Cross with Star of the Franz Joseph Order in recognition of his achievements as police president , and he was also awarded the following on the following day Day received in audience by Emperor Franz Joseph I.

Krauss succeeded the unfortunate Anton Graf Pace von Friedensberg on May 22, 1892 in the office of President of Bukovina , the easternmost crown land of the Austrian half of the empire neighboring Galicia . State president based in Chernivtsi was the title of imperial governor (see list of state presidents of the Duchy of Bukovina ). The lawyer had the advantage of being familiar with the eastern part of the monarchy from his family history.

He was retired on June 7, 1894 at his own request. On this occasion, the emperor, with the highest resolution of June 7th, 1894 , gave him the expression of the highest satisfaction with his many years of faithful and diligent service . On June 8, 1894, the emperor entrusted Count Leopold Goëß with the successor until further notice , who was later formally appointed state president.

In 1910 Franz von Krauss appeared in Adolph Lehmann's Vienna address book at 1., Schreyvogelgasse 4 (across from the University of Vienna ) and with numerous awards.

Franz von Krauss was buried in a grave of honor in the Grinzing cemetery , where his family also rests.

Baron Krauss and Bertha von Thoren before their marriage, after 1860
Announcement of the wedding of Rosa Freiin von Krauss in 1894

Awards (selection)

family

In the 18th century, Philipp Krauss immigrated from Bavaria to the Habsburg Monarchy and worked in Lemberg as an imperial and kk state accountant. He had three sons, Karl (1789–1881), later Minister of Justice, Philipp (1792–1861), later Minister of Finance, and the youngest Franz (* October 30, 1796; † August 9, 1842). The three sons were born at their father's place of work, in Lemberg, Galicia .

Franz Krauss (senior), father of the person discussed here, married the Austrian Johanna Victoria von Ostermann; Like his father, he became an imperial civil servant, later entrusted with the function of the Galician gradient administrator and appointed councilor . As the youngest of the three brothers, he died first, relatively young.

In August 1855 the Emperor transferred the baron title, which had already been granted to his brothers in 1847, to the widow Johanna Victoria and the children of Franz, who died in 1842. Since then, Franz (junior) has held the title of baron.

Franz (junior) married Bertha von Thoren (* August 22, 1843; † July 22, 1908 in Vienna) and had two children with her: Franz (1865–1942), who became an architect, and Rosa (* July 2, 1869 in Krems an der Donau ; † January 6, 1950 in Vienna ), who married Count (1918) Stephan (1869–1933), son of the two-time governor of the Bukovina, Alexander Freiherr Wassilko von Serecki . Their only daughter, Zoe, was a well-known Austrian parapsychologist and astrologer .

coat of arms

1847/1855: Quartered shield with heart shield, heart shield: In gold, three (two over one) blond curly angel heads of natural color with silver wings. 1 and 4 in blue on a green three-hill an inward-facing, gold-crowned, reinforced silver griffin, which forms the family coat of arms with the heart shield. 2 and 3 in Roth a silver crossbar drawn in the shape of a square. The baron's crown rests on the shield, on which three crowned tournament helmets rise. The silver griffin of 1 and 4 grows out of the crown of the helmet placed inwards on the right; From the middle, targeted helmet, an inward-facing, silver-armored man with golden wings and a raised right hand rises, his left hand pressed in his side. The knight's helmet is crowned with gold and the visor is lowered; the crown of the left, inward-facing helmet bears three flowing ostrich feathers; a silver one between two red ones. The helmet covers are blue-silver on the right, blue-gold in the middle, and red on the left with silver. Shield holders are two wild men of natural color, their heads and loins surrounded by oak leaves, both looking outwards, the one on the right holding the shield with his left hand, the one on the left holding it with his right, and each holding a fallen club with his free hand.

literature

  • Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of baronial houses, Volume 20, Verlag Justus Perthes, Gotha 1870, p. 456 f.
  • Constant von Wurzbach: "Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich", 13th part, KK Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1865
  • Carpenter:  Krauss Franz Frh. Von. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 4, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1969, p. 226.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Wiener Zeitung. April 7, 1891, p. 5.
  2. ↑ The press. May 14, 1891, p. 15.
  3. ↑ Grazer Tagblatt , No. 143, Monday, May 23, 1892, p. 6.
  4. ↑ Bukowinaer Rundschau , No. 1141, Thursday, May 26, 1892, p. 3.
  5. ↑ a b Wiener Zeitung , Vienna, No. 132, June 12, 1894, p. 1.
  6. ^ Edition 1910, Volume II, p. 634, middle = p. 728 of the digital representation
  7. ↑ Graves Grinzinger Friedhof: Krauß Franz on viennatouristguide.at
  8. ^ A b Constant von Wurzbach: "Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich", 13th part, KK Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1865, p. 149 ff.
personal data
SURNAME Krauss, Franz von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Krauss, Franz Freiherr von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian policeman, police chief of Vienna (1886-1892)
DATE OF BIRTH November 24, 1837
PLACE OF BIRTH Laibach
DATE OF DEATH October 27, 1919
Place of death Vienna