Johann Nepomuk Stephan von Sacher
Johann Nepomuk Stephan von Sacher with the Order of Leopold in front of the Gross Salze salt mine, painting by Leopold Kupelwieser around 1826
Johann Nepomuk Stephan Ritter von Sacher (* 27. March 1759 in Kynzvart , Bohemia ; † 22. September 1836 in Lviv ) was an Austrian official and Gubernialrat in Lviv. From 1795 he was the director of the Groß Salze / Wieliczka salt mine .
In 1817 he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Leopold Order by the Emperor and was thus given the privilege to ask for elevation to the hereditary Austrian knighthood. He was raised to the knighthood with effect from April 1, 1818.
Johann Nepomuk Stephan Ritter von Sacher is the father of the later police director of Lemberg, Leopold Johann Nepomuk Ritter von Sacher .
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Sacher, Johann Nepomuk Ritter von . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 28th part. Imperial and Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1874, p. 28 ( digitized version ).
- Matthias Svojtka: Collectors as Pioneers of Scientific Knowledge - Case Studies Leopold Johann Nepomuk von Sacher-Masoch (1797–1874) and Karl Eggerth (1861–1888) . (PDF; 292 kB) In: Reports of the Federal Geological Institute, Volume 45, Vienna 2009, pp. 40–43 ISSN 1017-8880 .
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| SURNAME | Sacher, Johann Nepomuk Stephan von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sacher, Johann Nepomuk Stephan Ritter von; Sacher, Johann Nepomuk Stephan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian civil servant |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 27, 1759 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lázně Kynžvart |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 22, 1836 |
| Place of death | Lviv |