Ignaz von Heffter
Ignaz von Heffter , actually Johann Ignatz Valentin Heffter (born June 1, 1740 in Salzburg ; † August 24, 1818 there ) was sovereign from 1796 to 1811, i.e. during the French wars and the five-time change in nationality until 1805 Principality of Salzburg , Mayor of the City of Salzburg.
Heffter came from a wealthy Salzburg merchant family . This was owned by a linen and iron shop and since 1738 the second and third floors of the house Alter Markt 3 and since 1739 a farm in Parsch . In 1765, Johann Ignatz Valentin Heffter and his younger brother Franz Xaver Nikolaus (1747–1783) owned the linen business and the iron business for himself. On January 24, 1763, he married Viktoria Rauschenbichler (1741–1811) in Salzburg.
From 1796 to 1811 he held the office of Mayor of Salzburg for 15 years and thus made the last mayor of the city before the state of Salzburg finally became part of the Austrian Empire . In 1818 his son Anton became the first mayor of the district capital of Salzburg, which from 1816 belonged to the Salzburg district of the Crown Land of Austria above the Enns .
In memory of Ignaz von Heffter, the street running from Haunspergstraße to Plainstraße in the Elisabeth-Vorstadt district was named after him in 1913 .
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Heffter, Ignaz and Anton von . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 8th part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1862, p. 199 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Heffter from Hohenburg Johann Ignaz. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 2, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1959, p. 236.
- Announcements from the Salzburg Regional Studies Society ; Self-published by the company, Salzburg 2005; Chapter 4 - Rudolph Angermüller: The testament of the Salzburg mayor Ignatz Anton von Weiser (1701–1785), Mozart's lyricist.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Johann Peter Metzger |
Mayor of Salzburg 1796 - 1811 |
Municipal Council / Provisional Magistrate / Anton von Heffter |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Heffter, Ignaz von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Heffter, Johann Ignatz Valentin; Heffter von Hohenburg, Johann Ignaz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Mayor of the City of Salzburg |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 1, 1740 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Salzburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 24, 1818 |
| Place of death | Salzburg |