Josef von Sedlnitzky
Count Josef Sedlnitzky Odrowąż von Choltitz (born January 8, 1778 in Tropplowitz , Austrian Silesia ; † June 24, 1855 in Baden near Vienna ) was a court official and head of the police and censorship department during the pre-march , Biedermeier in Vienna under State Chancellor Metternich .
Life
Sedlnitzky was police chief in Vienna from 1815 and was entrusted with censorship tasks in Biedermeier Austria by Emperor Franz I of Austria . Count Sedlnitzky was extremely unpopular, especially among the Austrian artists of the pre-March period . Count Sedlnitzky was deposed in 1848 during the revolution in Vienna . Count Sedlnitzky died in Baden near Vienna in 1855 .
His brother Leopold was Bishop of Breslau and later a member of the Council of State under Friedrich Wilhelm IV of Prussia.
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Sedlnitzky, Joseph Graf . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 33. Part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1877, pp. 284–288 ( digitized version ).
- Franz Ilwof : Sedlnitzky von Choltic, Josef Graf . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 33, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1891, pp. 528-531.
- Siegrid König: Joseph Count Sedlnitzky von Choltitz . Diploma thesis for obtaining the master’s degree at the humanities faculty of the University of Vienna, Vienna 1991
- J. Marx - Ch. Mentschl: Sedlnitzky von Choltitz Josef Gf .. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815-1950 (ÖBL). Volume 12, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2001-2005, ISBN 3-7001-3580-7 , p. 93 f. (Direct links on p. 93 , p. 94 ).
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Sedlnitzky, Josef von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sedlnitzky Odrowąż von Choltitz, Josef Graf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian civil servant, Vienna police chief |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 8, 1778 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tropplowitz , Austrian Silesia |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 24, 1855 |
| Place of death | Baden near Vienna |