Karl Wiser

Karl Wiser, lithograph by Adolf Dauthage

Karl Wiser , also Carl Wiser (born March 6, 1800 in Vienna , † June 18, 1889 in Linz ) was an Austrian lawyer , member of the Reichrat and Landtag and mayor of Linz.

education and profession

The son of the Viennese court jeweler Anton Wiser and his wife Helee , nee Reisch , a bourgeois daughter , attended grammar school in Vienna and studied philosophy and law at the University of Vienna . After completing his doctorate, he became a lawyer and his first marriage was Therese Schultz, who was the mother of two children, but died in 1830. In 1824 he was appointed to the court chamber procurator. In 1833 he married Maria Hackl and in 1835 moved with his wife to Linz . Here he opens a law firm as court and court counsel.

Political activity

From 1848 he was politically active and from 1848 to 1851 and 1861 to 1885 a member of the Linz City Council and for twelve years, from 1873 to 1885, Mayor of Linz . In the years 1848 to 1849 and 1861 to 1863 he was a member of the city of Linz in the Reichsrat , from 1861 to 1880 in the state parliament of the Crown Land of Austria ob der Enns , and deputy governor from 1861 to 1867, from May 15, 1868 to June 24, 1868 also exercising Governor .

When he was elected on April 6, 1873 Linz Mayor, the city of Linz took drawn up by him since 1867 Municipal Statute . His tenure as mayor lasted twelve years, and he was able to realize some of his ideas: the expansion of the rail network with Linz as a hub , new schools were built, a new market structure established and the Linz canalization carried out. He resigned from office at the age of 85 due to a serious eye condition.

Memberships and functions

Karl Wiser was leader of the liberal party in Upper Austria, president of the Upper Austrian Chamber of Lawyers , member of the State Court of Justice , vice-president of the Upper Austrian Art Association and the Upper Austrian Museum Association , chairman of the Beautification Association. He also held many other functions.

Honor

• Appointed honorary citizen of Linz in 1880
• In 1892, the Karl-Wiser-Strasse in Linz was named after him, which connects the Volksgartenstrasse with the Sandgasse (it was previously called "Zum Croatendörfl").
• Honorary grave at the city ​​cemetery Linz / St. Martin

literature

• Constantin von Wurzbach : Wiser, Karl . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 56th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1888, pp. 59–61 ( digitized version ).
• Eduard Straßmayr: Mayor Dr. Karl Wiser (1800-1889). In: Yearbook of the City of Linz 1953. Linz 1954, pp. 233–248 ( online (PDF) in the forum OoeGeschichte.at).

Web links

• Biography of Karl Wiser on the server of the federal state of Upper Austria .
• Wiser, Karl in Constant von Wurzbach , Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich , 56th volume, Vienna 1888.
• OÖN from December 12, 2007, series about Linzer street names OÖN from December 12, 2007, series Linzer street names

predecessor	Office	successor
Viktor Drouot	Mayor of Linz 1873–1885	Johann Evangelist Wimhölzel
Dominik Lebschy	Governor of Austria ob der Enns (exercising) 1868	Moritz owner