Karl von Brzesowsky

Karl von Brzesowsky

Karl Freiherr von Brzesowsky (born September 7, 1855 in Brno , † 1945 in Vienna ) was the chief of police in the kk police department in Vienna from 1907 to 1914 .

Brzesowsky completed his law studies at the University of Vienna , where he became a member of the Bruna Sudetia fraternity in 1875 , and joined the Vienna police in 1879. In 1908 he had the police operation to lead the celebrations for the 60th anniversary of the reign of Emperor Franz Joseph I , which brought with it numerous visits by foreign heads of state.

On October 23, 1909, the French aviation pioneer Louis Blériot organized sightseeing flights on the Simmeringer Haide in the presence of Franz Joseph I. in front of 300,000 spectators, which required a large-scale deployment of the police.

On March 14, 1910, the enormous sympathy for the funeral procession for the Viennese mayor Karl Lueger required another large-scale deployment in the guard and cordon service: well over half a million spectators lined the streets. Emperor Franz Joseph I took part in the blessing of Lueger in St. Stephen's Cathedral with all of the archduchesses and archduke present in Vienna .

Brzesowsky and the Viennese police, however, largely missed the suicide of the Austro-Hungarian General Staff Supreme Alfred Redl , whose espionage for Russia had been exposed, on May 25, 1913 in a Viennese old town hotel. The Austro-Hungarian Army regulated the process itself, eliminating the police.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume I Politicians, Part 1: AE. Heidelberg 1996, p. 147.
2. ^ Felix Czeike : Historical Lexicon Vienna. Volume 1: A – Da. Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 1992, ISBN 3-218-00543-4 , p. 400.
3. ↑ Fred Hennings: As long as he lives . Volume 3: Accept my glory and dignity! , Verlag Herold, Vienna / Munich 1969, p. 68 f.

literature

• Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume I Politicians, Part 1: A – E. Heidelberg 1996, pp. 147-148.