Franz von Matzinger

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Bust of Franz von Matzinger in the Kunsthistorisches Museum

Franz von Matzinger (born March 23, 1817 in St. Pölten , † August 22, 1896 in Weidling ) was an Austrian civil servant.

Life

Franz Matzinger was the son of a teacher. He studied law at the University of Vienna and received his doctorate in 1841. He was active in the civil service from 1839 and made a career in the Interior Ministry under Alexander von Bach from 1850 . In 1854 he became a ministerial secretary and in 1857 a section councilor.

He designed the city expansion of Vienna through the sale of the land freed by the demolition of the fortifications . Matzinger was the actual author of the imperial handwriting of December 1857, which ordered the demolition of the bastions and the creation of the Vienna Ringstrasse . In 1859 he was ennobled and in 1879 raised to the rank of baron .

Though controversial at times, Matzinger, as head of the Vienna City Expansion Fund founded in 1858, remained a powerful central figure in the structural expansion of the city in the Ringstrasse area for decades. His term of office lasted until 1890. Matzinger was a member of all building committees for public buildings and president of the Hofbau-Comités (1883–1992). As a former Vienna Boys' Choir , he made a special contribution to the Society of Music Friends in Vienna , who received the property for their concert building from the state as a gift. In other respects, too, Matzinger was regarded as a tough negotiator, but as a highly culturally interested personality. Despite all attempts to “clear out” it and use his funds for other purposes, he handed over “his” city expansion fund with a high level of assets.

Franz Freiherr von Matzinger died on August 22, 1896 in Weidling. As early as 1875, during his lifetime, Matzingerstraße was named after him in Penzing (Vienna) (14th district) .

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personal data
SURNAME Matzinger, Franz von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian civil servant
DATE OF BIRTH March 23, 1817
PLACE OF BIRTH St. Polten
DATE OF DEATH August 22, 1896
Place of death uncertain: Weidling