Leopold von Goëss

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Leopold Peter Graf von Goëss, Freiherr zu Karlsberg and Moosburg (born October 28, 1848 in Graz ; † July 22, 1922 in Ebenthal in Carinthia ), was a doctor of law, kuk chamberlain, privy councilor and Fideikommissherr , politician and state president of the Duchy of Bukowina , then governor in Trieste and the coastal region .

Leopold Graf von Goess around 1900

Life

The brother of the Carinthian governor, Zeno Vinzenz Graf von Goëss , from the Goëss family took up a position as an administrative lawyer after completing his studies, and immediately became court councilor in the service of the provincial council of Carinthia.

First head of the state government, entrusted with the management of the business of the state president (June 8 to September 6, 1894), he then became president of the Bukovina region until December 14, 1897 . In this function he worked successfully in pacifying conflicts of interest of different nationalities.

From December 14, 1897 to October 1, 1904, Goëss was governor in Trieste and the coastal region. In this office he tried to balance the tensions between Italians and Slovenes, which had intensified , especially during the 1901 census , but at the same time preferred the German-speaking element in trade and commerce and expanded the port of Trieste. In the wake of irredentist demonstrations at Lloyd Triestino , Goëss was recalled.

In 1905 he became a member of the manor house of the Austrian Reichsrat , in 1911 Obersterbstabelmeister (a court office, a kind of master of ceremonies at the court table) in Carinthia as well as a secret councilor and treasurer. He did economic studies and was under discussion for a ministerial office. After the First World War, Goëss became involved on the German- Carinthian side on the occasion of the Carinthian referendum in 1920 . Goëss became an honorary citizen of Sereth (Siret) (Bukowina) and Cherso (Cres) (Istria) because of his services .

family

Goëss was Fideikomissherr the Primo (since 1891) and the secondary education (since 1911) in Carinthia on Ebenthal, Karlsberg and Moosburg, Lord on Ligist and Premstätten, in Styria, married on July 24, 1889 in Bleiburg the Star Cross Order and Palace Lady Marianne ( * September 10, 1869 in Streiteben ; † Graz April 21, 1904 in Graz), daughter of Johann Duclas, Count of Thurn and Valsassina-Como-Vercelli and Gabriele Countess of Bray-Steinburg . The couple had six children.

literature

  • Emil Brix : The colloquial languages ​​in old Austria. Between agitation and assimilation. The language statistics in the Zisleithan people's payments, 1880 to 1910. Böhlau, Vienna / Graz 1982, ISBN 3-205-08745-3 , p. 188.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ernst Rutkowski (ed.): The constitution-loyal large estate 1900-1904. Letters and documents on the history of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy. With special consideration of the Bohemian-Moravian area. Volume 2, Verlag Oldenbourg, Munich 1991, ISBN 3-486-52611-1 , p. 34.
  2. ^ Goëss, Leopold Graf. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 2, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1959, p. 18.
  3. ↑ geneall.net
  4. ↑ Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Gräfliche Häuser 2006, p. 84

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personal data
SURNAME Goëss, Leopold von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Goëss, Leopold Graf von, Freiherr zu Karlsberg and Moosburg (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian administrative lawyer and civil servant
DATE OF BIRTH October 28, 1848
PLACE OF BIRTH Graz
DATE OF DEATH July 22, 1922
Place of death Ebenthal in Carinthia