Joseph von Giovanelli zu Gerstburg and Hörtenberg
Joseph von Giovanelli , from 1835 Freiherr von Giovanelli zu Gerstburg and Hörtenberg (born September 12, 1784 in Hörtenberg , † September 14, 1845 in Bozen ) was a Tyrolean freedom fighter and Austrian politician.
Life
Joseph Freiherr von Giovanelli zu Gerstburg and Hörtenberg studied law in Padua and Innsbruck , then (1801–1805) law and political science in Vienna . In April 1805 he came as an intern for the Bolzano District Office and then to the fiscal office and Gubernium to Innsbruck.
His father Josef von Giovanelli had already organized national defense with Andreas Hofer in 1809 . During the provisional government in Tyrol under Andreas Hofer, he was entrusted with the office of Minister of the Interior. Giovanelli was the creator of Hofer'schen state constitution of 23 August 1809. In November of the same year he brought the authored by his father declaration of submission of the Tyrol to the French General Vial of Trento , in December he moved with his family to Vienna.
After the end of Bavarian rule over Tyrol (1814) Giovanelli campaigned at the Viennese imperial court for the restoration of the old state constitution of Tyrol, but fell on deaf ears with Chancellor Metternich . In 1835 he was raised to the rank of baron.
Giovanelli was leader of the conservative party in Tyrol and most recently mercantile chancellor in Bolzano . He cultivated close relationships with the Munich Görres district and with the historical-political papers published in Munich , which were widely distributed among the Tyrolean clergy.
His son Ignaz became leader of the ultramontane party in the Tyrolean state parliament in 1861 and from 1867 in the Reichsrat .
literature
- Giovanelli zu Gerstburg and Hörtenberg Joseph Frh. Von. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1957, p. 446.
- Reinhard Heydenreuter: Tyrol under the Bavarian lion. History of a changeable relationship (p. 244). Pustet, Regensburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-7917-2134-7 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mercedes Blaas: The uprising of the Tyroleans against the Bavarian government 1809. Schlernschriften 328 , Innsbruck 2005, cited. n. [1] .
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Giovanelli zu Gerstburg and Hörtenberg, Joseph von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Giovanelli zu Gerstburg and Hörtenberg, Joseph Freiherr von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Tyrolean freedom fighters and politicians |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 12, 1784 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hörtenberg residence |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 14, 1845 |
| Place of death | Bolzano |