Leopold von Aichelburg-Labia

Leopold Freiherr von Aichelburg-Labia (born April 3, 1853 in Klagenfurt ; † November 12, 1926 there ) was an Austrian politician and from 1909 to 1918 Governor of Carinthia .

Leopold was born as the son of the doctor Arnold Freiherr von Aichelburg-Bodendorf. After his mother's death in 1856, his aunt Countess Labia took over his upbringing. From her he inherited the Ehrental Castle near Klagenfurt, and from 1884 it was called Aichelburg-Labia. He lived as a privateer and managed his estates Ehrental and Gut Schönfeld near Klagenfurt.

In 1887 he turned to politics and became a member of the state parliament of the German Nationalists . From 1882 to 1909 he was a state committee assessor in community and school matters. In 1909 he was appointed governor.

Grave site at Klagenfurt cemetery Sankt Georgen am Sandhof

Shortly before Italy entered the war in March 1915, he called on the Carinthians to volunteer to defend the Carinthian border, whereupon 8,000 men volunteered. Under the Aichelburg-Labias High Command, the volunteer riflemen occupied the state border on May 19 until they were replaced by regular troops.

With the end of the monarchy , Aichelburg-Labia had to cede his office to Arthur Lemisch on November 11, 1918 .

In his pension he devoted himself to economic and non-profit associations, especially the Red Cross . After a long period of diabetes , Aichelburg-Labia died after a leg amputation on November 12, 1926. He was buried in the family crypt at the cemetery in St. Georgen am Sandhof .

Leopold Freiherr von Aichelburg-Labia was the last governor of Carinthia appointed by Emperor Franz Joseph I.

literature

• Anton Kreuzer : Carinthian. Biographical sketches. 20th century. Kärntner Druck- und Verlagsgesellschaft, Klagenfurt 1995, ISBN 3-85391-128-5 , p. 33 ff.
• Aichelburg-Labia Leopold Frh. From and to. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1957, p. 10.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Governor a. D. Leopold (Frh. V.) Aichelburg-Labia (...). In:  Badener Zeitung , November 20, 1926, p. 6, center left. (Online at ANNO ).