Gustav von Leonhardt

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Gustav von Leonhardt (born January 8, 1838 in Graz , † April 7, 1891 in Vienna ) was an Austrian banking specialist and general secretary of the Oesterreichische Nationalbank .

Life

He was the son of Andreas Leonhardt (1800–1866). Gustav Leonhardt was after an apprenticeship at the upper secondary school and the Geyer'sche commercial school Comptoirist at Carl Kanitz. In 1857 he joined the “privileged Austrian National Bank”. He was an employee of Wilhelm von Lucam (1820–1900). In 1867 he founded the Compass publishing house . In 1869 he was appointed assistant secretary and in 1870 secretary of the bank. In 1872 he founded the economic journal Der Tresor as a supplement to Compass, which was published until 1919. His dual role - on the one hand the managerial position in the bank and on the other hand the ownership and editing of two economic periodicals that obtained statistical data from the bank - was discussed by the press at the time. The conflict of interest culminated in a declaration of honor by Leonhardt in 1874. A few weeks later he gave up the management of the vault. In 1878 he withdrew completely. In the same year he became General Secretary of the newly founded Austro-Hungarian Bank and successfully carried out the restructuring of the National Bank that was necessary due to the transition to a dualistic monarchy. He decentralized the banking business in the Habsburg Monarchy and divided the area into 40 districts, with each district receiving a branch and subsidiary branches. Leonhardt was a representative of the expansion of the central bank's credit policy. In 1880 he withdrew entirely from the Compass. In 1888 he was awarded the Leopold Order on account of his services , which entitled him to bear the title of nobility "Knight of Leonhardt". Gustav von Leonhardt wrote several books on monetary policy.

He had four children with his wife Valerie Deutsch (1842–1901) from Iglau . Hugo von Leonhardt (1862–1916) was the financial district director in Korneuburg . Fritz von Leonhardt (1868–?) Worked in the London branch of Deutsche Bank AG . Like his father, he too published on monetary policy. Other common children were Andolf (1864–1871) and Hedwig (1867–1896).

Gustav von Leonhardt's grave is located at the Matzleinsdorf Evangelical Cemetery .

Publications

  • The warrant as bank paper. Study of the position of the warrant in the commercial transactions of the card banks. Vienna: Hölder 1886
  • The administration of the Austrian-Hungarian Bank 1878–1885. Vienna: Hölder 1886
  • The legal justification for the check system in Austria: an expert opinion provided upon request. Vienna: Manz 1881
  • The Austrian-Hungarian Bank and the interests of the general credit. Lecture given in the Lower Austrian Trade Association on March 26, 1886. Vienna: Verl. D. Lower Austria Trade Association 1886

literature

  • Tano Bojankin: The History of Compass Publishing-An Interim State ; in: Sylvia Mattl-Wurm / Alfred Pfoser (ed.): Die Vermessung Wiens, Lehmann address books 1859–1942. Metroverlag, Vienna 2011, p. 339 ff.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ status of civil servants, 1-688 pp 213ff, Archive of the Austrian National Bank.
  2. ↑ Der Tresor, No. 1, April 7, 1872, p. 2.
  3. ↑ The safe. Revue. Statistics and archive for economics and finance. Austrian magazine for capital and pension. Edited by Gustav Leonhardt. Vienna :, Köhler 1872–1918.
  4. ↑ Der Tresor, No. 105, April 13, 1874, p. 246.
  5. ^ Fritz von Leonhardt, About the English banking system. 149th Plenary Assembly of the Society of Austrian Economists, held on March 20, 1906. - Vienna: Verl. D. Ges. Austrian economists 1906
  6. ↑ Group 19, 1 + 2
personal data
SURNAME Leonhardt, Gustav von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian bank manager
DATE OF BIRTH January 8, 1838
PLACE OF BIRTH Graz
DATE OF DEATH April 7, 1891
Place of death Vienna