Johann Adam von Posch
Freiherr Johann Adam von Posch (baron Jean Adam de Posch) (* December 12, 1722 in Dresden ; † June 14, 1803 in Breitensee (Vienna) ), Lord of Breitensee and Uttendorf, was the regional president of the Upper Austrian government in Freiburg from 1782 .
In the service of the imperial family
Johann Adam von Posch had been in the service of Emperor Franz since 1740 , first as secretary, then in 1752 as Conseiller en directeur de la Chambre des Comptes (advisor with the title of director of the financial administration) with a salary of 3000 florins and finally as supremus administratur administrator of the imperial private property . For this purpose, Maria Theresa entrusted him with the imperial family fund and other financial affairs related to her house after her husband's death. The Empress wrote to him: "I like to see him everywhere I am". Posch married Anna Maria von Kienmayer (1735-1804) in 1760, daughter of the noble merchant and city governor Johann Michael von Kienmayer.
Regional President of the Front of Austria
On April 7, 1782, Emperor Joseph II wrote to the KK Hofrat Freiherrn von Posch: “I have chosen you as President of the important Gubernio from Upper Austria, with complete confidence in the eagerness to serve and your skill, honesty and diligence that you have proven in various positions have appointed you to the Privy Council ”. Posch's remuneration was princely, as he received an allowance of 5000 florins on top of his previous salary of 10,000 florins, while his predecessor Carl von Ulm zu Erbach only received 7,000 florins.
The liberalization efforts of Joseph II fell during Posch's term of office, the implementation of which met with great resistance from his subjects. So raised by Posch the relic of breisgauischen judicium primae instantiae that Priminstanz or the right of the nobles and prelates to the first legal authority and taught instead on 1 July 1782, the Austrian front land rights. The emperor's alleviation of press censorship created a liberal climate at Freiburg University with the publication of Der Freymüthige , a magazine that was opposed by the conservative clergy.
With the death of his patron the Kaiser on February 20, 1790 von Posch's days were numbered. Joseph's successor Leopold II decided on January 25, 1791: "In view of his old age and his so far so useful service I want to retire Baron von Posch with his full salary". The emperor named Joseph Thaddäus von Sumerau , whose uncle Anton Thaddäus had been the predecessor of Ulm zu Erbachs , as his successor .
literature
- Friedrich Metz (Hrsg.): Vorderösterreich, a historical regional studies . Publisher Rombach, Freiburg 1967.
- Alfred Graf von Kageneck: The end of the front Austrian rule in Breisgau . Rombach & Co. Verlag, Freiburg 1981, ISBN 3-7930-0365-5 .
- Franz Quarthal: The four regional presidents of Upper Austria in the second half of the 18th century, in Habsburg and the Upper Rhine . Waldkircher Verlagsgesellschaft, Waldkirch 2002, ISBN 3-87885-344-0
Individual evidence
- ↑ in Quarthal, p. 162.
- ↑ in Quarthal, p. 164.
- ↑ by Kageneck p. 51.
- ↑ in Quarthal, p. 170.
- ↑ by Kageneck, p. 76.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Carl von Ulm zu Erbach | District President of Front Austria 1782–1791 |
Joseph Thaddäus of Sumerau |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Posch, Johann Adam von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Posch, Baron Jean Adam de |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian lawyer and administrative officer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 12, 1722 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dresden |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 14, 1803 |
| Place of death | Breitensee (Vienna) |