Josef Brigido von Bresowitz
Josef Graf Brigido von Bresowitz, Baron von Marenfels (* 1733 in Trieste , Holy Roman Empire ; † January 25, 1817 in Vienna , Austrian Empire ) was Governor of Laibach (1767–1774), President of the provincial administration of the imperial and royal crown domain of Temescher Banat (1774 –1778) and Governor of Galicia (1778–1794).
Live and act
The family on his father's side came from Capua . His father was Johann Jakob Hieronymus Brigido and his mother Maria Polixena Countess Prihovski from Prague .
Josef Brigido was from 1753 Adjunct of the county captain of Adelberg and Neustadl, 1760 Council of Krain and from 1767 governor of Ljubljana.
In 1774 he took over the presidency of the provincial administration of the Temescher Banat. During this presidency he carried out administrative reform. As a result of this reform, the crown land was divided into four districts of Chad , Timisoara , Werschetz and Lugosch . A certain number of lords and villages belonged to each district. This administrative division made it possible to better record the taxable households. He traveled through the villages, kept records and set up the imperial-royal building authority . At the same time he introduced a new judicial procedure. His contribution to the construction of a hydraulic system for the drinking water supply of the city of Timişoara is recorded on an inscription on the waterworks. He also had the villages of Wojtek and Moravita built, which is noted on an inscription on the church of Moraviota. After he was called to Galicia and Lodomeria in 1777 , his brother Pompejus took over the presidency of the Temescher provincial administration.
On June 28, 1777 he received the hereditary count status from the Austrian regent Archduchess Maria Theresa . From 1778 to 1780 he was Vice President of Galicia.In order to be able to settle the country with German colonists quickly and properly, Joseph II appointed Count Joseph von Brigido, whom he had met during the settlement of the Banat, as governor and supreme in 1780 Galicia Settlement Commissioner. After him the largest Josefin settlement was named Brigidau . Between 1789 and 1794 he was commissioner of the hereditary kingdoms of Galicia and Lodomeria. Then he became a real secret councilor and chamberlain . Thanks to a substantial donation of books and money from Count Josef von Brigido, it was possible to expand the rooms of the Graz Joanneum . In 1794 he retired.
literature
- Anton Peter Petri : Biographical Lexicon of the Banat Germans . Breit Druck und Verlag GmbH, Marquartstein 1992, ISBN 3-922046-76-2
- Francesco Griselini : Attempt of a political and natural history of the Timisoara Banat in letters 1717-1778 , Munich 1969
Web links
- Bibliografia Estreicher , Josef von Brigido
- Francesco Griselini: Attempt at a political and natural history of the Timisoara Banat , Vienna 1780, e-book of the University Library Vienna ( e-books on demand )
- wojteg.de , history of the community Wojteg
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Anton Peter Petri: Biographical Lexicon of the Banat Germans . Breit Druck und Verlag GmbH, Marquartstein 1992, ISBN 3-922046-76-2
- ^ Books.google.de , Johann Matthias Korabinsky: Geographical-historical and product lexicon of Hungary
- ↑ Francesco Griselini: Attempting a political and natural history of the Timisoara Banat in letters 1717-1778 , Munich 1969
- ^ Galiziendeutsche , Joseph Graf von Brigido
- ^ Landesbibliothek Steiermark , Bibliography: Subject Graz
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bresowitz, Josef Brigido von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Marenfels, Josef Graf Brigido von Bresowitz, Freiherr von (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Governor of Ljubljana, President of the Temescher Banat, Governor of Galicia |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1733 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Trieste , Holy Roman Empire |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 25, 1817 |
| Place of death | Vienna , Austrian Empire |