Johann von Pischek

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Karl von Leibbrand (2nd from left) and Johann von Pischek (3rd from left, slightly hidden) with other celebrities at the opening of the hydropower plant in Lauffen am Neckar
Grave site in the Prague cemetery in Stuttgart

Johann Baptist Burghard von Pischek (born January 15, 1843 in Frankfurt am Main , † August 23, 1916 in Oberstdorf ) was a lawyer and Minister of the Interior of the Kingdom of Württemberg .

origin

In 1844 Pischek's family moved from Frankfurt to Stuttgart . His father, Johann Baptist Pischek (* 1814; † 1873) , who came from Bohemia , has since worked as a singer at the Württemberg Court Theater . The mother's name was Johanna nee Heinz (* 1822, † 1847). After her early death, the father married the sister of his deceased wife. The family had four children in total.

Life and politics

From 1853 to 1860 Johann Pischek attended the Eberhard-Ludwigs-Gymnasium in Stuttgart, before he completed a law degree at the University of Tübingen from 1860 to 1866 , which he supplemented with a stay in Heidelberg in the winter semester of 1861/62 . He passed the two state law exams in the spring of 1866 and in the fall of 1867. His activity in the Württemberg judicial service began with the position of assistant judge and later judge at the Stuttgart City Court. In 1872 he started his career in the Ministry of the Interior as a councilor. As part of his official duties, he dealt with matters of hydraulic engineering and structural engineering both at the state level and in a commission for the investigation of the Rhine at the national level. From 1891 Pischek headed the ministerial department for building construction, but was transferred to the State Ministry in 1892 because of conflicts with Interior Minister Karl von Schmid . After the death of Minister Schmid, Pischek succeeded him on December 14, 1893 and remained in office as a member of the Mittnacht , Schottenstein , Breitling and Weizsäcker governments until December 20, 1912. During his long time as Minister of the Interior of Württemberg, Pischek introduced a whole series of laws. These included several tax laws, pension regulations, welfare regulations, building regulations and municipal and district regulations. The attempt to reform the administrative structure of Württemberg by reducing the number of senior offices failed in 1911. At the end of the following year, Karl von Fleischhauer succeeded him as Minister of the Interior. On January 29, 1913, Pischek entered the Chamber of Class Lords as a member of the Chamber of Commerce , where he was active in parliament "with zeal and devotion" until his death.

Pischek also worked in leading positions in various state and private organizations, such as the Allgemeine Rentenanstalt, the Gesellschaft für Kaufmann-Erholungsheim and the municipal aid committee in Stuttgart.

He died in Oberstdorf in 1916 and found his final resting place in the Prague cemetery in Stuttgart .

family

Johann Pischek belonged to the Roman Catholic Church . In 1873 he married the daughter of a civil servant Helene Klett (* 1853; † 1887). The couple had four children.

Honors

Remarks

  1. ↑ Funeral address of the Vice President of the First Chamber, Otto von Buhl , on August 27, 1916
  2. ↑ Helene Klett was a granddaughter of Friedrich von Klett
  3. ↑ Court and State Manual of the Kingdom of Württemberg 1907, p. 31

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personal data
SURNAME Pischek, Johann von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pischek, Johann Baptist Burghard von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lawyer and minister
DATE OF BIRTH January 15, 1843
PLACE OF BIRTH Frankfurt am Main
DATE OF DEATH August 23, 1916
Place of death Oberstdorf