Kazimierz von Grocholski
Kazimierz (Kasimir) Ritter von Grocholski (* 1815 in Rozyska near Tarnopol , Galicia , † December 10, 1888 in Abbazia , Istria) was a Polish-Austrian lawyer and politician .
Grocholski studied law in Vienna , was a fiscal official until 1842 and was elected to the House of Representatives as a member of the Galician state parliament in 1861 , to which he had belonged continuously ever since.
He was a federalist and strove for the greatest possible autonomy in his home country. Achieving this was the purpose of the so-called Galician resolution , the author of which was Grocholski, and which, after being passed through in the Galician state parliament in 1869, he brought as a proposal to the Reichsrat .
In the Hohenwart Ministry from February 6 to October 30, 1871, he was minister without portfolio (minister without portfolio ). As President of the Galician Landtag and the Polish Club in the Reichsrat, he headed its selfish but very successful policy for the rule of the Poles in Galicia and their influence in Austria and has gained great power in the Reichsrat since the resignation of the constitutional ministry and the introduction of the reconciliation policy . In 1878 he was appointed privy councilor.
literature
- Grocholski Kazimierz from. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 2, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1959, p. 66.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Grocholski, Kazimierz von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Grocholski, Kasimir von; Grocholski, Kazimierz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish-Austrian politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1815 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rozyska near Tarnopol , Galicia |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 10, 1888 |
| Place of death | Abbazia , Istria |