Johann von Habrda

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Johann von Habrda (1901)

Johann Freiherr von Habrda (born December 27, 1846 in Vienna ; † May 1, 1916 ibid) was Chief of Police in Vienna from 1897 to 1907 as chief of police .

Life

Johann von Habrda was a legal intern at the regional court in Vienna in 1872/73. Then he moved to the police headquarters in Vienna.

As a police officer in 1889 after the incidents in Mayerling Castle near Vienna , Habrda was involved in secretly bringing the body of Mary Vetsera from Mayerling to the Heiligenkreuz Abbey at the request of the court, together with Ferdinand Gorup von Besánez , who later also became the police chief of Vienna . After Mary Vetsera was buried there, Habrda telegraphed from the post office in the village to the Vienna police headquarters: “Everything finished. Habrda. "

In 1896 the previous Chief Police Officer was promoted to Hofrat by Emperor Franz Joseph . At the same time he became deputy chief of police. 1897–1907 he served as the Vienna police chief. In 1901 von Habrda was appointed baron.

From August 31 to September 3, 1903, King Edward VII visited Emperor Franz Joseph in Vienna. In connection with this, Johann von Habrda, who had previously been promoted to Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO), was awarded the rank of Knight Commander (KCVO) by Great Britain (at the same time as Hugo Fürst Dietrichstein ) in 1904 .

During Habrda's term of office, the establishment of a modern criminal investigation department, the introduction of dactyloscopy , the establishment of the police museum and the construction of the police building on the Elisabethpromenade took place .

literature

Web links

Commons : Johann Habrda  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Private list of people involved in the case
  2. Gerd Holler: Bratfisch whistled wonderfully . In: Der Spiegel . No. 15 , 1980, pp. 204 ( online ).
  3. ^ Wiener Zeitung , No. 246 of October 26, 1896, official part