Josef Franz Knoll
Josef Franz Knoll (* 1713 in Passau , Holy Roman Empire , † October 23, 1776 in Lugosch , Austria-Hungary ) was an administrative officer of the Crown and Chamber Domain of Temescher Banat .
Live and act
As a kk administrative officer, Josef Franz Knoll worked in the Banat from 1742 , where he rose from clerk (1750–1752) to sub-administrator (1752) and finally to district administrator. From 1752 to 1756 he headed the Panschowa district , and between 1756 and 1759 the Tschanad district . From 1764 Knoll was active in the colonization work, where he was responsible for the expansion and re-establishment of numerous localities.
Under the supervision of Josef Franz Knoll, the following villages in the Banat were expanded:
- 1763–1765: Deutschsanktpeter , Bruckenau , fair , Freidorf , Rekasch , Mercydorf ,
- 1766: Saderlach , Sanktandreas , Neubeschenowa , Neupetsch
In 1765 Knoll was responsible for founding the model parish Billed with 252 houses. Billed was the first newly founded village of the Theresian colonization . The village was laid out as a model for all subsequent new foundations in the Banat according to the plans of the Vienna Court Chamber . Knoll, as head of the Timisoara district based in Sanktandreas (1759–1768), had the overall supervision of the development of the predium Billed.
From 1771 to 1776 Knoll headed the Lugosch district. In 1768 he was charged with corruption and removed from office.
literature
- Anton Peter Petri : Biographical Lexicon of the Banat Germans . Breit Druck und Verlag GmbH, Marquartstein 1992, ISBN 3-922046-76-2 .
- Johann Heinrich Schwicker : History of the Temescher Banat , LaVergne, TN USA 2010
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Anton Peter Petri : Biographisches Lexikon des Banater Deutschtums , Marquartstein 1992
- ^ Franz Klein : Billed. Chronicle of a heath community in the Banat in sources and documents 1765–1980
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Knoll, Josef Franz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Administrator of the chamber domain Temescher Banat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1713 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Passau , Holy Roman Empire |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 23, 1776 |
| Place of death | Lugoj , Austria-Hungary |