Josef Ignaz von Kleinmayr

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Josef Ignaz von Kleinmayr (* 17th March 1745 in Klagenfurt , † 12. January 1802 in Seisenberg / Krain, today Žužemberk , Slovenia ) belonged to the owner of a paper mill , several printers and a publishing house as the most important writer in Carinthia and Krain of the most important writers of Josephinism .

Life

Kleinmayr's family came from Munich and, with Josef Kleinmayr, was already the third generation to live in Klagenfurt and work in the printing industry. Soon after Josef had taken over his mother's business in 1769, he founded the “weekly intelligence paper” as the first newspaper in Carinthia in order to better utilize the print shop. Due to the censorship, he had to limit himself to the adoption of official announcements, so his newspaper was largely an 'official journal'. News, especially those with a local reference, could only be included in the paper with a considerable delay, which remained so until 1848. The printing of calendars was more lucrative; the breakthrough came with the acquisition of the exclusive rights to reprint the Theresian reading books. In 1782 Kleinmayr opened another printing house in Ljubljana and also published an 'Official Gazette' here, which would later develop into the Duchy's first “real” newspaper. In 1784 he was appointed the official printer of official communications in Carinthia and Carniola. In order to be able to market his products better, he founded bookshops in Vienna and Leipzig. In 1785 he was able to secure the exclusive right to print the laws and ordinances of Joseph II for 10 years , he covered the increased need for paper by purchasing a paper mill in Seisenberg / Krain (today Žužemberk , Slovenia )

Official journals and school books were only one source of income. In addition to numerous specialist books (legal works, grammars, dictionaries, scientific works), fiction and poetry were also published. Kleinmayr achieved reputation and wealth through his work and built a palace in Klagenfurt , the so-called Kleinmayrhaus in part to this day on the edge of the former city wall with a garden still preserved today, surrounded by a high stone wall on the remains of the first city walls of Klagenfurt, which the lined the former castle . Today the city's cultural center, the town hall, is housed in this palace.

In 1787 he was raised to the nobility . After the death of Joseph II (1790) he was suspected by the authorities as a supporter of Josefinism and as a Freemason . After the death of his wife in 1793, he largely withdrew into private life.

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