Oktavian Regner von Bleyleben

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Octavian of Bleyleben

Octavian Alfred Wenzel Bohuslav Baron Regner of Bleyleben (* 23. November 1866 in Brno , † 12. August 1945 in Dietach , Upper Austria ) was an imperial administrative lawyer , Privy Councilor and State President of the Duchy of Bukovina , then governor of Moravia and finally governor of Archduchy Austria under the Enns .

Origin and family

Ruins of the Geiersburg

Bleyleben came from the Dutch nobility. The brothers Alexander and Jakob Regner (also Regnier) von Bleyleben were confirmed by Emperor Rudolf II on April 23, 1610 in the traditional nobility and knighthood and at the same time received the incolat in the old Bohemian knighthood. A crest improvement took place in 1627. This Alexander, imperial captain and owner of the vulture castle at appearance of Mary, bought in 1628 the court Streckewald , sold this but already back in 1655 to a count of Martinitz . One branch of the family acquired the baron status as early as 1790.

Octavian married Gabriele (1869–1952), granddaughter of Lieutenant Field Marshal Karl Joseph Franz Wolf von Wachtentreu , daughter of Major General Josef (* 1830) and Gabriele Zdekauer von Treukron (* 1842) in Bubeneč on August 21, 1892 . The couple had three daughters, Annemarie Elisabeth (* 1897) and Margarethe (* 1900) and later a son, Alfred Franz Gabriel (* 1916), an Austrian captain.

Life

The son of the professor at the Technical University in Brno, Alfred Regner von Bleyleben, studied law at the University of Vienna , where he also received his doctorate. He then entered the civil service and from 1888 served as a lawyer in the Moravian Lieutenancy. In 1897 he was appointed to the Ministry of the Interior in Vienna and from 1900 headed the presidential office. In 1902 he was promoted to the ministerial council.

In Bukovina

Seat of the state government of the Duchy of Bukovina after 1905

On October 1, 1904, Emperor Franz Joseph I appointed him President of the Bukovina. He held the office until December 15, 1911. His term of office there coincided almost exactly with that of Governor Georg Wassilko von Serecki . The two personalities were in close contact. Not only did they tirelessly strive for a balance and peaceful coexistence between the various ethnic groups and religions, they also harmonized in economic decisions. For example, to avert an unforeseeable economic catastrophe, Wassilko worked out proposals for the restructuring of the Raiffeisen banks, which the first official in the state had immediately implemented. On Regner's initiative, the regional association for the Bukowina of the Austrian Society of Golden Crosses was established in 1907 with its seat in Chernivtsi. Similar to the “White Cross”, a chain of officer's health resorts, the decision was made in 1893 to build the same home for the officials of the Reich and the administrative lawyer became its honorary president.

After the capacities of the German House in Czernowitz were no longer sufficient, a new building was decided after the acquisition of a plot of land on Herrengasse, which was inaugurated on June 5, 1910. On February 4, 1911, the German academic associations organized a great ball in the ballroom of the German House. Almost the entire secular Czernowitz audience was present at the top with Bleyleben, governor Georg Wassilko von Serecki and mayor Felix von Brewer-Fürth .

On June 25, 1911, he reinstalled Felix Baron von Fürth as mayor of the state capital.

He and his wife were also very involved in charitable matters. With the establishment of the institute for the deaf, dumb and the blind, he set himself a permanent monument. Through his dealings with the Bukovinian parties, nationality leaders, but also his officials, he created an atmosphere of mutual trust. For the latter, the compelling motto was: “impartiality, justice and goodness”.

During his term in office in Bukovin, Emperor Franz Joseph I appointed him a Real Privy Councilor in 1908 and elevated Bleyleben to Gödöllő on May 24, 1911 to the status of hereditary-Austrian baron.

In Moravia

Brno, Palace of Justice

Because he had proven himself in balancing the national disputes in Bukovina, Bleyleben succeeded Karl Freiherr Heinold von Udynski , who had advanced to become Minister of the Interior, governor of Moravia to ensure peace there. During this time he was even traded as a candidate for a civil service ministry.

The most important goal of his efforts was the elimination of the disputes between Germans and Czechs in Moravia that still existed despite the national settlement of 1905. He believed that the best way to achieve this goal would be through gracious cooperation on both sides, but the outbreak of war cut off this part of domestic politics. During the war, the governor was engaged in war relief actions and expressed keen interest in all branches of this now extremely important public activity. He also took great care of the Galician refugees housed in Moravia.

His term of office in Moravia ended on December 3, 1915.

In Lower Austria

Palais Niederösterreich in Vienna

From then on he served as the last governor of the Archduchy of Austria under the Enns ( Lower Austria ) until November 8, 1918 . At the same time, he held the function of first deputy chairman of the Danube Regulation Commission until December 26th of that year. In October 1916, this time Prime Minister Körber wanted him to join his cabinet as Minister of the Interior. But Bleyleben showed that he was not inclined to follow the calling in consideration of the great tasks. He was made an honorary citizen of Oberhollabrunn in view of his great services in the construction of the new hospital wing and around the city itself .

Bleyleben enjoyed great popularity in Lower Austria, as it did everywhere during his demanding work. On October 27, 1917, he had received the Civil Cross for War Merit, 1st Class, and the Grand Cross of the Royal Bavarian Order of Merit of St. Michael from the Kaiser .

In his honor there was and is again in Gmünd (Lower Austria) a street named after him for the first time since July 14, 1916. On December 12, 1919, it was decided to rename the street “Robert-Hamerling-Gasse”, but this was not carried out. The name "Bleylebenstraße" was temporarily revoked in 1945 because the origin of the former governor's wife could not be fully established and the street was left without a new name. On August 5, 1946, the old name “Bleylebenstraße” came into force again. The Palaverama Music Festival took place there on the Bleyleben festival area until 2015.

During the 1930s and 40s, the family lived in Baden near Vienna (Helenenstrasse 5), where the couple celebrated their golden wedding anniversary on August 21, 1942 .

coat of arms

Coat of arms of the Knight Regner von Bleyleben
Coat of arms of the Barons Regner von Bleyleben

1610: Squared with a golden heart shield , in the same a black eagle . 1st and 4th field divided by silver and red five times to the left. 2nd and 3rd divided by gold and black. Two helmets: 1. Eagle flight divided by gold and black ; 2. a silver unicorn growing out of the helmet crown . The covers are black and gold on the right and red and silver on the left.

1627: Square with a golden heart shield, inside a crowned, black eagle. 1 and 4 divided by red and silver six times to the left. Field 2 divided by gold over black, 3 divided by black over gold. Two helmets as above.

1790/1911: As above, only a third was inserted between the two helmets. Gem : a shield covered with a seven-pearl crown , split in red and black. In addition, the coat of arms was given two armored knights with open visors as shield holders , whose right hand holds a bare sword in the free hand, the left a shield split in red and black. The motto is: Virtute parta, honore conservanda .

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Rudolf J. Count von Meraviglia-Crivelli : "The Bohemian Adel", in Siebmacher'schen Wappenbücher Volume IV, 9 Department, Nuremberg 1886, p. 23, T. 19.
  2. ↑ http://www.peterswald.org/geschichte/Ortsgrund.html
  3. ↑ a b Dr. Heinrich Kadich , & Pastor Conrad Blaźek : "The Moravian Adel", in Siebmacher's large book of arms, vol. IV, 10th department, Bauer & Raspe, Nuremberg 1899. P. 109 f., T. 86
  4. ^ Deutsches Adelsarchiv , Deutscher Adelsrechtsausschuss : " Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels ", Freiherrliche Häuser B, Volume I, Verlag CA Starke, Glücksburg / Ostsee 1954, p. 311
  5. ↑ a b c A. Cornaro:  Regner von Bleyleben, Oktavian Frh. (1866–1945), administrative officer. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 9, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1988, ISBN 3-7001-1483-4 , p. 19.
  6. ↑ a b Bleyleleben's rise. In:  Bukowinaer Post , No. 2782/1911 (XIXth year), December 17, 1911, p. 1 f. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / bup.
  7. ^ The Austrian Society of the Golden Cross and the history of the Golden Cross Private Clinic ( Memento from August 12, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  8. ↑ The meaning of the "German House" in Chernivtsi ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  9. ^ Ceremonial installation by the new mayor. In:  Bukowinaer Post , No. 3093/1914 (XXI. Volume), January 13, 1914, p. 1 ff. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / bup.
  10. ↑ Österreichische Land-Zeitung No. 48 b, of November 29, 1915, p. 2
  11. ↑ Österreichische Zeitschrift für Verwaltung No. 52, from Thursday, December 26, 1918, p. 208
  12. ↑ Teplitz-Schönauer Anzeiger No. 172, from Thursday, October 26, 1916, p. 2
  13. ↑ Znaimer Tagblatt No. 239, from Saturday, October 20, 1917, p. 2
  14. ↑ Vorarlberger Landes-Zeitung No. 256, from Thursday, November 8, 1917, p. 1
  15. ↑ STRASSENNAMEN, gmuend.at ( Memento from April 18, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  16. ↑ Manuel Fronhofer: A festival celebrates farewell . In: thegap.at , February 17, 2015, accessed on August 25, 2017.
  17. ↑ Baden city news. (…) Golden wedding. In:  Badener Zeitung , No. 67/1942 (LXIII. Volume), August 22, 1942, p. 4 middle. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / bzt.
personal data
SURNAME Regner von Bleyleben, Oktavian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Regner von Bleyleben, Octavian Alfred Wenzel Bohuslaw Freiherr (full name); Regner von Bleyleben, Octavian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian administrative officer and lawyer, politician
DATE OF BIRTH November 23, 1866
PLACE OF BIRTH Brno
DATE OF DEATH August 12, 1945
Place of death Dietach , Upper Austria