Joseph Alexander von Helfert
Joseph Alexander Helfert , from 1854 Freiherr von Helfert (born November 3, 1820 in Prague , † March 16, 1910 in Vienna ) was an Austrian politician and historian.
Life
Joseph Alexander Helfert is the son of the legal scholar Joseph Helfert and his wife Anna, b. Carpenter. From 1848 to 1860 he was the kuk Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Education and 1860/61 Minister of Education. In these functions he campaigned for the equality of nations in the school system within the monarchy. As a knight of the Iron Crown Order, 2nd class, Helfert was elevated to the status of Austrian baron on August 18, 1854 in Vienna . Since 1881 he belonged to the manor house .
He was the founder of the Institute for Austrian Historical Research (1854) and, with Franz Martin Schindler, of the Leo Society (1892), of which he was president until his death. The Austrian Leo Society, after Pope Leo XIII. named, was an association for the promotion of Catholic knowledge.
From 1859 to 1861 Helfert was deputy president of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde , from 1859 to 1868 he was president of the Alterthums-Verein zu Wien and from 1863 to 1910 he was president of the Kk Central Commission for the research and preservation of monuments .
Helfert was buried in the Pottenstein cemetery in Bohemia. In 1922 the Helfertgasse in Vienna- Meidling was named after him.
meaning
Helfert wrote narrative writings and made translations from Czech. As a historian, he dealt with the history of Austria with a focus on the revolution of 1848.
Fonts
- History of Austria from the outcome of the Vienna October Uprising in 1848 , 4 vols. 1869–86
- The Viennese journalism in 1848 . 1877 (Reprint 1977)
- Parnassus from Vienna in 1848 . 1882 (Reprint 1977)
- Austrian history lies. 2nd edition Paderborn 1897 ( ULB Münster )
- History of the Austrian Revolution in connection with the Central European Movement 1848/49 , 2 vols. 1907-09
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Helfert, Joseph Alexander Freiherr . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 8th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1862, pp. 254–257 ( digitized version ).
- Joseph Alexander Freiherr von Helfert: The Helfert . In: Die Kultur , Volume 11, Vienna 1909, pages 146–149.
- F. Halvacek: Joseph Alexander Helfert, his youth and his political activities up to his appointment as undersecretary of state . Dissertation. Vienna 1936
- F. Pisecky: Joseph Alexander Freiherr von Helfert as a politician and historian . Dissertation. Vienna 1949
- Helfert, Joseph Alexander Frh. Von; Ps. Guido Alexis. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 2, Publishing House of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1959, p. 256 f. (Direct links on p. 256 , p. 257 ).
- H. Koller: The attitude of Baron JA von Helfert to the main problems of the monarchy . Dissertation, Vienna 1962
- Erika Weinzierl : Helfert, Joseph Freiherr von. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 8, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1969, ISBN 3-428-00189-3 , p. 469 ( digitized version ).
Web links
- Literature by and about Joseph Alexander von Helfert in the catalog of the German National Library
- Entry on Joseph Alexander von Helfert in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
Individual evidence
- ^ Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels , Adelslexikon Volume V, page 93, Volume 84 of the complete series, CA Starke Verlag, Limburg (Lahn) 1984
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Helfert, Joseph Alexander von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Helfert, Joseph Alexander (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian historian and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 3, 1820 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Prague |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 16, 1910 |
| Place of death | Vienna |