Max Wickenburg

Count Max (imilian) Capello von Wickenburg (born March 21, 1857 in Vienna , † February 4, 1918 in Grundlsee , Styria ) was an Austrian civil servant and minister.

Max Wickenburg

Life

He was the son of Count Ottokar Capello von Wickenburg (1831–1904) and his wife Sophie, née Hunyady von Kéthely (1835–1869). His younger half-brother was the painter Alfred Wickenburg . In 1889 he and his wife Gabriele had a daughter, Sophie Johanna Henriette, married Brusselle-Schaubeck.

Wickenburg studied law and political science in Graz . During his studies he became a member of the Arminia Graz fraternity in 1874 . He earned the Dr. jur. and entered the civil service. From 1892 to 1903 he acted as district captain of the Leoben district , later he became a secret councilor and head of the arts section in the Ministry of Culture and Education .

In 1898 Wickenburg received the Knight's Cross of the Franz Joseph Order , in 1909 he became Commander of the Order of St. Stephen and in 1911 he was awarded the Order of the Iron Crown , Knight 1st Class. He was also an honorary citizen of Leoben .

From November 15, 1908 to February 10, 1909, Wickenburg was Minister for Public Works, and from January 9, 1911 to November 3, 1911, Austrian Interior Minister in the Bienerth and Gautsch cabinets .

From 1912 until his death in 1918 he was in charge of the Society of Monuments of Music in Austria (DTÖ).

Individual evidence

↑ Constantin von Wurzbach : Wickenburg-Capello, Counts of, Genealogy . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 55th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1887, pp. 226–228 ( digitized version ).
^ Gerhard Pferschy: The Styrian district captains since 1868. In: Mitteilungen des Steiermärkisches Landesarchivs 18 (1968) p. 124.
↑ ^a ^b Fritz Fellner (Ed.): Fateful Years of Austria 1908–1919. Josef Redlich's political diary. Volume 3: Biographical data and registers. Böhlau, Vienna / Cologne 2011, ISBN 978-3-205-78617-7 , p. 225.
^ Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume I: Politicians. Volume 6: T-Z. Winter, Heidelberg 2005, ISBN 3-8253-5063-0 , pp. 288f.
↑ Monuments of Tonkunst in Austria (DTÖ) Institute for Musicology at the University of Vienna.

personal data
SURNAME	Wickenburg, Max
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Capello von Wickenburg, Count Maximilian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian civil servant and minister
DATE OF BIRTH	March 21, 1857
PLACE OF BIRTH	Vienna
DATE OF DEATH	February 4, 1918
Place of death	Grundlsee (municipality)

[1] Constantin von Wurzbach : Wickenburg-Capello, Counts of, Genealogy . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 55th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1887, pp. 226–228 ( digitized version ).

[2] Gerhard Pferschy: The Styrian district captains since 1868. In: Mitteilungen des Steiermärkisches Landesarchivs 18 (1968) p. 124.

[Fellner-3] Fritz Fellner (Ed.): Fateful Years of Austria 1908–1919. Josef Redlich's political diary. Volume 3: Biographical data and registers. Böhlau, Vienna / Cologne 2011, ISBN 978-3-205-78617-7 , p. 225.

[4] Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume I: Politicians. Volume 6: T-Z. Winter, Heidelberg 2005, ISBN 3-8253-5063-0 , pp. 288f.

[5] Monuments of Tonkunst in Austria (DTÖ) Institute for Musicology at the University of Vienna.