Ignaz von Schönfeld

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Ignaz Ritter von Schönfeld (* 1778 in Prague ; † November 11, 1839 in Vienna ) was an Austrian civil servant, entrepreneur and genealogist .

family

Ignaz von Schönfeld was a son of the imperial and royal book printer Johann Ferdinand von Schönfeld and Johanna Lehnert. He was married to Susanna Countess von Logothetti (born January 16, 1785 in Chernivtsi , † April 18, 1857 in Vienna, last resident in Leopoldstadt No. 547, daughter of Jakub Count Logothetti and Catherine d'Ymbault). So far, four children are known from the marriage:

  • Leon, † after 1818.
  • Eduard, born March 24, 1809 in Czernowitz; † December 10, 1839 in Vienna; single; First lieutenant in the kk dragoon regiment Grand Duke of Toscana, Leopold II., No. 4 in Güns (Hungary) and Innsbruck ; last living at Wollzeil No. 861.
  • Johann Ferdinand, * 1814 in Czernowitz; † December 24, 1857 in Vienna; Official clerk in Vienna, incapacitated in 1853 due to nonsense, last residing in Leopoldstadt No. 547.
  • Maria, * 1815 in Chernivtsi; † November 19, 1835 in Vienna.

Life

Ignaz von Schönfeld studied law at the Charles University in Prague , initially worked at the regional courts in Tarnów and Czernowitz, became district administrator in 1805 , quit his job in 1813 and initially ran his father's Prague printing works, which he handed over to his brother Jakob in 1818. He then moved to Vienna, where he took on a court agent position as a commercial agent. A little later he co-founded the association of the First Austrian Spar-Casse in Leopoldstadt in Vienna , in whose management he was involved until 1828. He then briefly traveled to Odessa on behalf of the Logothetti family .

After the death of his father (1821) he managed the Schönfeldsches Technological Museum , which was left in Vienna, as well as the Schönfeldsches aristocratic archive . He sold the museum as early as 1822/23. On the basis of the extensive aristocratic collection, he published the first Austrian aristocratic scheme in 1824 , but aroused resistance from the imperial authorities and therefore also sold the aristocratic archives in 1825. He invested the proceeds with little success in various economic ventures and also had to take back the aristocratic archives in the early 1830s because of an impending legal dispute.

His economic and political merit can be seen in the significant participation and development of the first Austrian savings bank, which promoted the welfare of the poorer population.

Works

  • Manual of the illustrated court rules . Revision. Prague and Vienna 1801 ( onb.ac.at ).
  • Schematism of the nobility of the Austrian imperial state . tape 1 . Vienna 1824 ( onb.ac.at ).
  • Schematism of the nobility of the Austrian imperial state . tape 2 . Vienna 1825 ( onb.ac.at ).

literature

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Deceased in Vienna . In: Wiener Zeitung . No. 287 . Vienna April 22, 1857, p. 6 ( onb.ac.at ).
  2. ↑ Procházka, p. 44.
  3. ^ Family calendar for the common year 1818 . Prague 1818, p. 73 ( google.de ).
  4. ↑ Deceased in Vienna . In: Wiener Zeitung . No. 287 . Vienna December 13, 1839, p. 4 ( onb.ac.at ).
  5. ↑ Announcements . In: The press . No. 231 . Vienna October 4, 1853, p. 2 ( onb.ac.at ). Deceased in Vienna . In: Wiener Zeitung . No.  298 . Vienna December 30, 1857, p. 8 ( onb.ac.at ).
  6. ↑ Deceased in Vienna . In: Wiener Zeitung . No. 269 . Vienna November 23, 1835, p. 4 ( onb.ac.at ).


personal data
SURNAME Schönfeld, Ignaz von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian civil servant, entrepreneur and genealogist
DATE OF BIRTH 1778
PLACE OF BIRTH Prague
DATE OF DEATH November 11, 1839
Place of death Vienna