Joseph of Spaun
Knight Joseph von Spaun , from 1859 Freiherr von Spaun (born November 11, 1788 in Linz , Upper Austria ; † November 25, 1865 ibid) was an Imperial and Royal Councilor and Lottery Director, honorary citizen of Vienna and Teschen .
family
Joseph von Spaun came from the originally Swabian Spaun family , whose lineage begins with the farmer and yarn maker Bartholomäus Spaun , documented 1583–1599, in Deisenhausen ( Günzburg district ) and which later became prosperous in Linz (Upper Austria). He was the son of Franz Xaver Ritter von Spaun (1756-1804), imperial councilor and estate syndic in Upper Austria , and the widowed Josepha Steyrer von Riedenburg (1757-1835). His siblings included the historian and folklorist Anton Ritter von Spaun (1790–1849), Franz von Spaun (1792–1829), Marie, married Ottenwalt (1795–1847) and Maximilian Gandolf (1797–1844).
Spaun married Franziska Roner Edle von Ehrenwert on April 14, 1828 in Vienna (* July 17, 1795 in Calliano , Asti Province , South Tyrol ; † January 31, 1890 in Görz ), the daughter of the landowner and Imperial and Royal Captain Joseph Roner Edler von Ehrenwert . The son of this marriage is the later kuk Admiral Hermann Freiherr von Spaun (1833–1919).
On August 25, 1859, with a diploma dated November 2, 1859, Spaun was elevated to the status of Austrian baron in Vienna .
Life
Spaun studied law at the University of Vienna from 1806 to 1809 and then entered the civil service. In 1808 he met Franz Schubert , who was eight years his junior, in Konvikt , and this led to a lifelong friendship. Spaun repeatedly supported Schubert financially. He also made it possible for him to go to the opera and the theater. He also introduced the young Schubert to parts of Viennese society. Spaun also acted as host at the last great Schubertiade during the composer's lifetime on January 28, 1828.
On May 18, 1841 he was made an honorary citizen of Vienna . Joseph von Spaun acquired an estate in Traunkirchen , Upper Austria, on which he stayed annually. Many people in Traunkirchen are familiar with him as a committed swimming instructor.
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Spaun, Joseph Freiherr (father) . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 36th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1878, pp. 80–82 ( digitized version ).
- Ch. Fastl: Spaun Josef Frh. Von. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 13, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2007–2010, ISBN 978-3-7001-6963-5 , p. 7.
- Genealogical manual of the nobility , noble houses B Volume XVIII, page 443, Volume 95 of the complete series, CA Starke Verlag, Limburg (Lahn) 1989, ISSN 0435-2408 .
- Carl Glossy : From the memoirs of Joseph Freiherrn von Spaun, in “Grillparzer-Jahrbuch”, 8th year, Vienna 1898, pp. 275–303.
- TG Waidelich: "And you never write ..." Unknown Schubert letter to Joseph von Spaun; in: Österreichische Musikzeitschrift 54 (1999), issue 3 (March), pp. 25–29.
- Susanne Eckstein: "To go over the river, with a defiant chest" - ice skaters, swimmers, hikers in the Schubert circle, in: Schubert: Perspektiven, Volume 8, Issue 2 (2008)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Susanne Eckstein: Schubert at the swimming pool? in: The Schubertian (The Schubert Institute, Sheffield), October 2006.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Spaun, Joseph von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian councilor and lottery holder |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 11, 1788 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Linz , Upper Austria |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 25, 1865 |
| Place of death | Linz , Upper Austria |