Joseph Kenner
Joseph Kenner (born June 24, 1794 in Vienna , † January 20, 1868 in Bad Ischl ) was a kk civil servant , draftsman, poet, district captain of Freistadt and district head of Bad Ischl.
Kenner grew up as a half-orphan (or child of an unknown father) with his mother (née Harl, 1767–1844) in Linz near the von Spaun family and from 1805 to 1811 attended the Konvikt and the Stiftsgymnasium Kremsmünster in the Kremsmünster Abbey , where he met Franz von Schober and Franz von Schlechta, among others . Then he came to the Wiener Stadtkonvikt , where he met the composer Franz Schubert , who set several of his poems to music.
Kenner was a student of jurisprudence and political science until 1816, after which he switched to the Linz District and Tax Office as an intern, where he was promoted to the Magistrate Council in 1822 and again in 1843. Finally he worked from 1850-54 as district captain of Freistadt and then until 1857 as district chairman (governor's council) in Ischl.
Kenner's commitment was also important for the coin collection of the Upper Austrian Museum Association. Kenner became close friends not only with Schubert's friends from Linz, but also with Moritz von Schwind , who held him in high regard in his own profession and who contributed a cycle of illustrations to Kenner's horror or martyr ballad Der Liedler .
In 1858, Kenner spoke to Ferdinand Luib about Schubert and his surroundings in precisely formulated memories.
Kenner's sons Anton and Friedrich later also held important positions in the Austrian art and intellectual life as well as in the Austrian Academy of Sciences .
literature
- Peter Hauser: On the 150th birthday of the numismatist Dr. Friedrich Kenner. In: Yearbook of the Upper Austrian Museum Association. Year 129a, Linz 1984, pp. 203–210 ( PDF (2 MB) on ZOBODAT ; short biographical sketch).
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Kenner, Joseph . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 11th part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1864, p. 167 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Joseph Kenner. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 3, Publishing House of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1965, p. 295 f. (Direct links on p. 295 , p. 296 ).
- Schubert - The memories of his friends. Edited by Otto Erich Deutsch . Leipzig 1966 or Wiesbaden 1983, pp. 94-105 ISBN 978-3-7651-0186-1
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Connoisseur, Joseph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian civil servant, draftsman and poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 24, 1794 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 20, 1868 |
| Place of death | Bad Ischl |