Hugo von Kutschera

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Hugo Freiherr von Kutschera

Hugo Freiherr von Kutschera (born March 16, 1847 in Vienna , † September 1, 1909 in Vöslau ) was an Austro-Hungarian diplomat and orientalist .

family

The Catholic Kutschera family came from Bohemia . The family line begins with Johann Kutschera (born 1744) from St. Johann near Prague .

Austrian baron Vienna, March 6, 1885 for Hugo Kutschera, Imperial and Royal Legation Councilor and Administrative Director of the Provincial Government in Sarajevo , as Knight of the Order of the Iron Crown, 2nd class.

Coat of arms (1885): In blue in the open sea, a 4-pointed dark rock, above which a gold-reinforced, silver seagull hovers; on the helmet with blue-silver covers a natural seagull; Motto: Terra marique

Life

Hugo Kutschera, son of a high official, studied Turkish , Arabic , Persian and other Eastern languages ​​at the Kk Academy for Oriental Languages in Vienna. In 1871 he became consul in Rustschuk , in 1876 Dragoman and then legation secretary in Constantinople . In 1880 the Greek Philological Society in Constantinople appointed him a full member.

In 1882 he became a civil servant in the Habsburg provincial government of Bosnia and Herzegovina and from 1887 was civil adlatus to the head of the provincial government in Sarajevo . He was responsible for the cultural integration of these Ottoman territories, which were previously subordinate to the Austro-Hungarian administration after the Berlin Congress of 1878.

After his retirement in 1909, he became involved in exploring the Khazars . His experience with Jews of Semitic and Khazar origin and his knowledge of the Eastern languages ​​and dialects gave him an insight that few researchers had. He, too, was convinced of the origin of the Eastern Jews from the Khazar people and wrote the work The Khazars - a historical study, which could not be published until after his death.

He was with Josephine, geb. Lederer, married. The daughter Caroline von Kutschera (1891–1956) emerges from the marriage.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815-1950 online edition.
  2. ^ Badener Zeitung, September 4, 1909.
  3. ↑ Genealogical Handbook of the Nobility, p. 177.

Fonts

  • The Khazars , Holzhausen, Vienna, 1910.

literature

personal data
SURNAME Kutschera, Hugo von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kutschera, Hugo Freiherr von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian diplomat and orientalist
DATE OF BIRTH March 16, 1847
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH September 1, 1909
Place of death Vöslau