Josef Thaddeus Lumbe von Mallonitz

Josef Thaddeus Lumbe von Mallonitz

Josef Thaddeus Lumbe Edler von Mallonitz , Czech Josef Tadeáš Lumbe šlechtic z Malonic (born February 26, 1801 in Prague ; † June 1, 1879 in Mallonitz , Klattau district in western Bohemia ( Malonice in Czech ) near Kolinetz ) was a German-Bohemian agricultural expert and politician .

origin

Joseph Thaddeus Lumbe , since 1867 Lumbe Edler von Mallonitz was on 26 February 1814 in Prague , the son of the Austro-Hungarian professor of the Greek language at the high school of Prague's Old Town Josef Daniel Lumbe 1761 (* in Kreibitz (Chribska), District Warnsdorf in Northern Bohemia , died 1823 in Prague) and was the younger brother of Carl Lumbe (* 1807 in Prague, died 1865 there), doctor and landowner, member of the Bohemian Landtag (1867–1869) and the Reichsrat (1872–1879) and uncle of Franz Ritter von Lumbe (since 1912) (* 1848 in Prague, died 1920 in Amschelberg ( Kosova Hora ), Seltschan district (Sedlcany)), court advisor in the Chamber of Commerce, secretary, archivist and knight of the Emperor Franz Joseph Order (1898) and treasurer of the Habsburg-Lorraine house treasure.

biography

Josef Thaddäus Lumbe studied physics and mathematics at the Charles University in Prague and was awarded a doctorate there in 1820. phil. PhD. He began his professional activity in 1824 as an adjunct at the physico-mathematical chair of the Philosophical Faculty of Charles University in Prague, a task that he carried out until 1827. From 1823 to 1836 he was also a tutor and private tutor in Doxan ( Doksany ) for the family of Baron Lexa von Aehrenthal . During this activity he got to know rural life and developed a special focus on practical agricultural activities. In order to give the practical experience a theoretical basis, he studied from December 1826 at the Agricultural Faculty in Prague and from February 1829 also at the Prague Polytechnic, the subject of agriculture . In 1832, after completing his studies, he became a full professor of agriculture at Charles University in Prague. From 1837 he took on the same position at the Polytechnic in Prague (later the Czech Technical University ), of which he was director from 1848 to 1864. In 1869 he retired.

He was a member of scientific and agricultural organizations in Bohemia , including managing director of the Pomological Society from 1835 to 1853 , a committee member since 1831 and vice-president of the Patriotic-Economic Society since 1852 . In 1865 Josef Thaddäus Lumbe was appointed to the royal council and in 1867 he was raised to the hereditary nobility with the predicate Edler von Mallonitz . He was a member of agricultural societies in Brno , Saint Petersburg and Moscow , a member of the Royal Bohemian Society of Sciences, Literature and Art and an honorary member of the Lotos Scientific and Medical Association in Prague.

As an agricultural expert, he was also drawn into politics in order to translate his agricultural research findings into political action. From 1861 to 1880 he was a member of the state parliament in the Kingdom of Bohemia and from 1867 to 1879 as a member of the Reichsrat in Vienna . He campaigned for the expansion of the agricultural school system and made lasting contributions to the water management legislation.

Fonts (selection)

Josef Thaddäus Lumbe wrote numerous specialist studies in the field of agriculture, animal breeding and agricultural policy, including:

• Comparison of the nutritional power of different feed materials , in the calendar of the Patriotic Economic Society in the Kingdom of Bohemia , 1854
• The advantages and importance of cultivating sainfoin , ibid, 1856
• Some Important Lessons on Knowledge of Arable Land , ibid, 1857
• About the local climate with special consideration for the Kingdom of Bohemia , ibid, 1858
• The ponds of Bohemia , ibid, 1863.

literature

• Heribert Sturm : Biographical lexicon on the history of the Bohemian countries. Published on behalf of the Collegium Carolinum (Institute) , Vol. II, R. Oldenbourg Verlag München 1984, ISBN 3-486-52551-4 , pp. 518 and 519 bearers of the Lumbe family (originally Lumpe) from Kreibitz, Warnsdorf district in Böhmen .
• Genealogical paperbacks of the knight and noble families, the noble houses (Brünner Taschenbuch), Brünn Buschak and Irrgang: Lumbe von Mallowitz in 2nd year (1877) and 3rd year (1878)
• Constantin von Wurzbach : Lumbe, Joseph Thaddäus . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 16th part. Imperial and Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1867, p. 158 f. ( Digitized version ).
• Vávra:  Josef Thaddeus Lumbe von Mallonitz. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 5, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1972, p. 368.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Vávra:  Josef Thaddeus Lumbe von Mallonitz. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 5, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1972, p. 368.