Johann von Chlumecký

Johann von Chlumecký (born March 23, 1834 in Zara , † December 11, 1924 in Bad Aussee ) was an Austrian lawyer and statesman.

Johann Freiherr von Chlumecký
by Josef Löwy († 1902)

Life

He was a son of the Bohemian Gubernialraths and kk Hofraths Anton Chlumecký (1777–1861; since 1827: Anton von Chlumecký, since 1844: Anton Ritter von Chlumecký) and Anna Cozzi, who came from a respected Trieste family. He was the brother of Peter von Chlumecký .

In 1855, Chlumecký received a law degree in Vienna. In 1865 he became a member of the Moravian Landtag, in 1869 a member of the Reichsrat and in 1871 Minister of Agriculture. In 1872 he gave an initiative to found the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences in Vienna and in 1873 to found the Hallstatt Wood School , later the HTBLA Hallstatt , which resulted in the first contact with the Salzkammergut . In 1875 he was Minister of Commerce and gave an initiative to create the state railway system. In 1879 he resigned from civil service. In 1880 he was again active as a member of the Reichsrat and President of the Reichsrat . In 1889 he had a legal collaboration on the Japanese constitution. In 1897 he waived his mandate.

Johann von Chlumecký was married to Leopoldine von Liebenberg. The son Leopold von Chlumecký (1873–1940) came from this marriage . 

Awards, honors

• Elevation to the hereditary baron status , 1881 
• Honorary citizenship of the city of Olomouc 
• Honorary citizenship of the city of Znojmo 
• Grand Cross of the Order of St. Stephen (Secret Council Dignity) in recognition of participation in the establishment of universal suffrage , 1906  

literature

• Adolf Werner: From the end of the Habsburg Monarchy to the First Republic (in the view of Baron Leopold Chlumecky). Dissertation. University of Vienna, Vienna 2009. - Full text (PDF; 1.2 MB) .
• Martin Pollner: The barons of Chlumecky. Documentation of a very difficult search for clues. Self-published by Martin Pollner, Vienna 2008, ISBN 978-3-9500220-2-5 .
• Martin Pollner: Biography Chlumeckýs. In: Alpenpost , Bad Aussee o. J., ZDB -ID 1054461-6 .
• Chlumecký Johann Frh. Von. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1957, p. 144.
• Reinhold Lorenz:  Chlumecky, Johann Freiherr von. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 3, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1957, ISBN 3-428-00184-2 , p. 210 ( digitized version ).
• Baron von Chlumecky. (For the 60th birthday). In:  Tages-Post , XXX. Volume, No. 67/1894, March 23, 1894, p. 1. (Online at ANNO ). .
• Freiherr von Chlumecky (on his 70th birthday). In:  Znaimer Wochenblatt / Südmährerland , LV. Volume, No. 24/1904, March 23, 1904, p. 1. (Online at ANNO ). .
• Political review. Chlumecky's 80th birthday. In:  Znaimer Wochenblatt / Südmährerland , LXV. Volume, No. 24/1914, March 24, 1914, p. 2 middle. (Online at ANNO ). .
• Daily news. Johann Chlumecky. (On the 90th birthday). In:  Wiener Zeitung , No. 69/1924, March 22, 1924, p. 4, top left. (Online at ANNO ). .
• An old Austrian. For Johann Chlumecky's 90th birthday. In:  Neue Freie Presse , Morgenblatt (No. 21384/1924), March 23, 1924, p. 5 f. (Online at ANNO ). .
• Johann Chlumecky †. A statesman from old Austria. In:  Neue Freie Presse , Morgenblatt (No. 21641/1924), December 12, 1924, p. 2, top left. (Online at ANNO ). .

Web links

Commons : Johann von Chlumecký  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Lorenz: Chlumecky. In: New German Biography .
2. ↑ Werner: From the end of the Habsburg Monarchy , p. 6.
3. ↑ Political News. (...) Chlumecky's sixtieth birthday. In:  Mährisches Tagblatt , XV. Volume, No. 68/1894, March 23, 1894, p. 3, top left. (Online at ANNO ). .
4. ↑ From the city and surroundings. Baron von Chlumecky. In:  Znaimer Wochenblatt / Südmährerland , XLV. Volume, No. 24/1894, March 24, 1894, p. 4 middle. (Online at ANNO ). .