Joseph Trausch
Franz Joseph Trausch (also Josef ; born February 9, 1795 in Kronstadt ; † November 16, 1871 there ) was a Transylvanian historian and literary scholar .
Life
Joseph Trausch's ancestors on his father's side up to the fifth generation were all clergy . After he had been trained at a grammar school in his hometown and then in Klausenburg and Neumarkt , he became magistrate's honorary secretary in June 1817. In 1831 he became a magistrate and ten years later police director. Later he was appointed legal consultant in Sibiu and in February 1850 he was appointed President of the Imperial and Royal Chamber Procurator . Having addition Fiscal Council was established in October 1853, he received the Knight's Cross of the Franz-Joseph-Order and joined in December 1860. own desire back into the retirement . In 1863 and in the following year he was still appointed to the crown in the state parliament in Sibiu, later returned to Kronstadt and died there on November 16, 1871.
Trausch was one of the founders of the Society for Transylvanian Cultural Studies . In 1842 he was appointed a member of the association committee; he held this position until 1858. In that year he was promoted to head of the association, which he remained until 1869. His most important work is the three-volume writer's lexicon or biographical-literary thought sheets of the Transylvanian Germans .
Publications (selection)
- History of the Burzenland Chapter
- Comments on the petition submitted by the Transylvanian Greek-unirected bishop, Basilius Moga, 1837 to the state estates assembled in Sibiu (Kronstadt 1844)
- Clear representation of the older municipal constitution of the city of Kronstadt based on the old local institutions of this city (Kronstadt 1865)
- Contributions and acts on the history of the Reformation of Kronstadt (Kronstadt 1865)
- Writer's lexicon or biographical-literary thought sheets of the Transylvanian Germans. 3 volumes. Kronstadt 1868–1871; Unchanged reprint: Cologne / Vienna 1983.
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Trausch, Franz Joseph . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 47th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1883, pp. 30–36 ( digitized version ).
- Georg Daniel Teutsch : Trausch, Josef . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 38, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1894, pp. 513-515.
- Á. Z. Bernád: Trausch, Joseph. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 14, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2012–, ISBN 978-3-7001-7312-0 , p. 433.
Web links
- Works by and about Joseph Trausch in the German Digital Library
- Literature by and about Joseph Trausch in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Trausch, Joseph |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Trausch, Franz Joseph (full name); Trausch, Josef; Trausch, Franz Josef |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Transylvanian historian and literary scholar |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 9, 1795 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kronstadt |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 16, 1871 |
| Place of death | Kronstadt |