Leopold Friedrich von Hofmann
Leopold Friedrich Freiherr von Hofmann (born May 4, 1822 in Vienna ; † October 24, 1885 there ) was an Austrian diplomat , minister and general manager at the Vienna Court Theater. He came from a family of the imperial knighthood, which originally came from the Breisgau, and from which several members had worked for the Reichshofrat or the Reich Chancellery since the 18th century. His grandfather Ignaz von Hofmann was already a councilor.
Life
Leopold Friedrich von Hofmann studied law in Vienna from 1840 to 1844 and entered civil service at the Austrian regional court in 1842. In 1845 he was a concept official in the State Chancellery, in 1847 an attaché at the embassy in Bern , in 1848 assigned to the German office of the Foreign Ministry and in 1851 used on missions to Dresden and Berlin on the German question .
In 1856 he completed his habilitation as a lecturer in German constitutional and federal law at the University of Vienna. After he had been promoted to Ministerial Secretary in 1857 and to Legation Councilor in 1859 , he was assigned as Adlatus to the governor of Holstein, Gablenz , in 1865 .
In 1869 he became head of section in the Foreign Ministry and was given the head of the press as a department. After Ludwig von Holzgethan's death in 1876 , he was appointed joint Imperial Finance Minister and a member of the manor house . In 1878 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina .
In 1879, after the annexation crisis, he was entrusted with the administration of Bosnia and Herzegovina as governor . However, on April 8, 1880, he resigned his ministerial position, as an avid friend of the arts and sciences, he preferred to take the position of general manager at the head of the Vienna Court Theater .
Baron Hofmann died in Vienna and is buried in Hinterbrühl .
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Hoffmann, Leopold Friedrich von . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 9th part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1863, p. 174 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Friedrich Schütz: Feuilleton. From the life of Baron Hofmann (part 1/2). In: Neue Freie Presse , Morgenblatt, No. 7603/1885, October 28, 1885, p. 1 ff. (Online at ANNO ). .
- Friedrich Schütz: Feuilleton. From the life of Baron Hofmann (part 2/2). In: Neue Freie Presse , Morgenblatt, No. 7604/1885, October 29, 1885, p. 1 ff. (Online at ANNO ). .
- Hofmann 6) Leopold Friedrich, Baron von . In: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon . 4th edition. Volume 8, Verlag des Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig / Vienna 1885–1892, p. 621.
- Hofmann 2) Leopold Friedrich, Baron von . In: Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon . 6th edition. Volume 9, Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig / Vienna 1907, p. 430 .
- Features section. Baron Hofmann. In: Neue Freie Presse , Morgenblatt, No. 16584/1910, October 23, 1910, p. 1 f. (Online at ANNO ). .
- Leopold Friedrich von Hofmann. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 2, Publishing House of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1959, p. 383 f. (Direct links on p. 383 , p. 384 ).
- Edith Marktl-Futter: Hofmann, Leopold Freiherr von. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 9, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1972, ISBN 3-428-00190-7 , pp. 457 f. ( Digitized version ).
Web links
- Entry on Leopold Friedrich Freiherr von Hofmann in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
Individual evidence
- ^ Leopold Hofmann in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Gyula Andrássy |
Austro-Hungarian finance minister 14 Aug 1876 - 8 April 1880 |
József Szlávy |
| - ( Osman Pasha , vizier) |
Governor of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1879 |
József Szlávy from Érkenéz and Okány |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hofmann, Leopold Friedrich von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hofmann, Leopold Friedrich Freiherr von (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian diplomat and minister |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 4, 1822 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 24, 1885 |
| Place of death | Vienna |