Joseph Anton von Pilat
Joseph Anton Pilat , from 1831 Edler von Pilat , ( pseudonym : Aristide ; * February 20, 1782 in Augsburg , † May 2, 1865 in Vienna ) was a German publicist .
Life
Career
After completing school at the Jesuit College St. Salvator in Augsburg , he studied law at the University of Göttingen .
In 1803 he became the private secretary of Klemens Wenzel Lothar von Metternich , who was ambassador to the Prussian court in Berlin at the time . In the following years he accompanied him on his further stations: 1806 to Paris and 1809 to Vienna .
In 1811 Metternich entrusted him with the management of the Oesterreichischer Beobachter (daily newspaper) after Friedrich Schlegel had been removed from the editor. He held this position until 1848.
In 1818 he was appointed real secretary of the Imperial and Royal Court, later a government councilor in extraordinary service at the State Chancellery.
Pilat was close friends with Adam Müller and Friedrich von Gentz .
The devout Catholic was in lively contact with Zacharias Werner , Johann Smidt and Klemens Maria Hofbauer and was their liaison in politics.
family
On May 4, 1805, he married Elise Dorothea von Mengershausen in Berlin.
The marriage resulted in three sons and three daughters.
Awards
In 1818 he received the Order of the Red Eagle, third class.
He was also awarded the gold civil honor cross.
On July 20, 1831 he was raised to the Austrian nobility.
literature
- Karin Schneider, Eva Maria Werner: Europe in Vienna. Who's Who at the Congress of Vienna 1814/15. Böhlau Verlag, Vienna 2015, ISBN 978-3-205-79488-2 , p. 256 ff.
- Helmut Reinalter : Pilat, Josef Anton Edler von. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 20, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-428-00201-6 , p. 483 f. ( Digitized version ).
- A. Cornaro: Pilat, Josef Anton von. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 8, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1983, ISBN 3-7001-0187-2 , p. 74.
- Franz Ilwof : Pilat, Joseph Edler von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 53, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1907, pp. 59-61.
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Pilat, Joseph Anton Edler von . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 22nd part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1870, pp. 281–284 ( digitized version ).
Web links
- Literature by and about Joseph Anton von Pilat in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by and about Joseph Anton von Pilat in the German Digital Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jakob Baxa: Adam Müller. A picture of life from the Wars of Liberation and the German Restoration. , P. 300 ff., Jena 1930.
- ^ Letters from Friedrich von Gentz to Pilat: A Contribution to the History of Germany in the XIX. Century. , Vogel Verlag, Leipzig 1868.
- ^ Augsburgische Ordinari Postzeitung from July 29, 1805.
- ^ Wilhelm and Caroline von Humboldt in their letters , Volume VI, p.385, Mittler, Berlin 1910
- ^ Wilhelm and Caroline von Humboldt in their letters , Volume VI, p. 385
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pilat, Joseph Anton von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pilat, Joseph Anton Edler von (full name); Aristide (pseudonym); Pilat, Joseph Anton |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German publicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 20, 1782 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | augsburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 2, 1865 |
| Place of death | Vienna |