Leopold Florian Meissner
Leopold Florian Meissner (born June 10, 1835 in Vienna , † April 29, 1895 ibid) was an Austrian police officer, lawyer, local politician, journalist and writer. With his papers from a police commissioner , which were written “in a protocol-like, authentic style”, he left “a comprehensive moral picture of Viennese society before the turn of the century”.
Life
The son of a surgeon from Reichenberg ( Northern Bohemia ) joined the Vienna Police Department in 1853 as a law firm trainee. While working, he completed a law degree, left the authority in 1873 as a senior government councilor to work as a lawyer and journalist. However, he remained a volunteer legal advisor to the police. As a journalist, he was part of the editorial team of the Deutsche Zeitung . In addition, he held a number of political offices at community level, was a member of the district school council and initiator of the first Austrian civil servants' day (1872). Since 1863 Meissner was with the writer and social worker Franziska Meissner , geb. Diemer, married. In 1882 he founded a savings bank in the Vienna suburb of Währing . In 1887 the same community made him an honorary citizen.
The Evangelimann , known for the opera of the same name by Wilhelm Kienzl , comes from Meissner's “sketchy stories drawn from real life”. From the papers of a police inspector, published by Reclam in 1892/94 .
In Vienna- Döbling there is the Dr.-Meißner-Park named after Meissner .
He was buried in the Vienna Central Cemetery (group 27A, row 1, number G2).
Works
- From the papers of a police inspector. Wiener Sittenbilder , 5 volumes, Leipzig 1892–94, additions in Deutsche Zeitung , August 14th and 18th, 1894
- Christmas Games , posthumously ed. by Franziska Meissner-Diemer, 1896, with a biographical introduction
- Numerous articles in Deutsche Zeitung , Neues Wiener Tagblatt , Allgemeine Juristen-Zeitung, etc. a.
literature
- H. Meißner: Meissner Leopold Florian. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 6, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1975, ISBN 3-7001-0128-7 , p. 202.
- Legal Bulletin , Volume 24, 1895, Page 211
- Allgemeine Juristen Zeitung , Volume 18, 1895, Page 275
- EB: The Evangelimann's father , in: Neues Wiener Tagblatt , No. 115/1935
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gerald Leitner, in: Killy Literature Lexicon from 1988 to 1992, Volume 8
- ↑ ÖBL 1815-1950 , Volume 6 (Lfg. 28, 1974), page 202
- ^ Wilhelm Kosch : Deutsches Theaterlexikon , Volume 2, 1960
- ↑ According to Leitner, Killy , Meissner has processed historical material into "edifying, pious festivals" in this work.
Web links
- Literature by and about Leopold Florian Meissner in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Meissner, Leopold Florian |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian police officer, lawyer, journalist and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 10, 1835 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 29, 1895 |
| Place of death | Vienna |