Jožef Krajnc
Jožef Krajnc , also Josef Krainc , Josef Krainz , (born February 17, 1821 in Škale , today in Velenje ; † February 22, 1875 in Prague ) was an Austrian - Hungarian lawyer , philosopher , university professor and politician of Slovenian origin.
Life
Krajnc was the son of a farmer of the same name. From 1832 to 1841 he attended high school in Celje in Styria, Slovenia, from which he graduated with the Matura . From 1841 to 1845 he studied philosophy and law in Graz . He received his doctorate in both subjects. He financed his studies from 1842 as a private tutor for the estate owners Kodolič. From 1845 he was employed as a legal trainee, first at Radkersburger , then at the Graz magistrate. After passing the criminal judge examination in 1847, he worked as a judge in Graz.
During the March Revolution , Krajnc belonged to the Austrian Reichstag from 1848 to 1849 , replacing Vinzenz Gurnigg , who did not accept his mandate. As a member of the Reichstag, among other things, he was a member of the Constitutional Committee and consistently campaigned for the equality of minority languages, especially Slovenian, with German. He also advocated the union of the Carniola with the Slovenian Styria .
At the University of Graz, Krajnc taught - in Slovene - from 1850, initially as an associate professor and from 1852 as a full professor of civil law. After this chair was closed in 1854, he worked as a temporary assistant at the Financial Procuratorate in Laibach , before he was appointed to a chair for civil, exchange and commercial law in Sibiu in Transylvania in 1855 . Krajnc kept this professorship until he moved to a chair for Austrian civil and common German private law at the University of Innsbruck in 1870 .
His appointment to a professorship in civil law at the University of Prague in 1871 became a political issue. The university climate was shaped and poisoned by deep tensions between Czechs and German-Austrians (mostly called Germans ) - both in the teaching body and among the student body. Some Germans considered Krajnc to be a favorite of the Austrian Minister of Education Josef Jireček , who was of Czech descent, and found the ad hoc retirement of his German-Austrian predecessor Schneider to be an affront. A group of German students, among their ringleaders Fritz Mauthner , ensured that Krajnc's inaugural lecture ended in riots. Mauthner's autobiography Memories: According to Prague's Youth , this resulted in physical injuries to Krajnc. A protest note from the German student body against Krajnc's appeal, addressed to the Austrian Ministry of Education, was unsuccessful.
Krajnc died in Prague in 1875. His successor as professor of civil law at the University of Prague was Horaz Krasnopolski .
plant
Krajnc completed the first Slovenian translation of the General Civil Code , which Anton Mažgon had started.
Krajnc also initiated the system of Austrian general private law , a textbook that was continued and published by his pupil, friend and colleague Leopold Pfaff after his death .
family
In 1858 Krajnc married Maria Petritsch. The marriage produced two sons and a daughter.
Web links
- Krainc (Krajnc, Krainz), Josef Dr. iur. Dr. phil. on parlament.gv.at
Individual evidence
- ^ Fritz Mauthner , Memoirs: Prager Jugendjahre , pp. 167-172
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Krajnc, Jožef |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Krainc, Josef |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austro-Hungarian lawyer, philosopher and politician of Slovenian origin |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 17, 1821 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Škale , today in Velenje |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 22, 1875 |
| Place of death | Prague |