Philipp Weber from Ebenhof

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Philipp Weber , from 1853 knight of Ebenhof , from 1869 baron von Ebenhof (born April 30, 1818 in Cerhenitz near Kolín , Bohemia ; † July 21, 1900 in Linz , Upper Austria ), was a top Imperial Austrian official.

Life

Philipp Weber attended the Lesser Town High School in Prague and then studied law at the Charles University in Prague . In 1838, in the era of State Chancellor Klemens Wenzel Lothar von Metternich , he entered the civil service of the Austrian Empire and was employed in various positions in Bohemia.

On 14 December 1859, the previous Statthaltereirat in Bohemia Philipp Weber Knights of Ebenhof of was Franz Joseph I to the Councilor and Director of Police in Vienna appointed. He had no special experience in police matters and therefore only held this position for a short time; In 1860 Josef Strobach , who had previously been the police director in three cities of the monarchy, was appointed police director in Vienna. Weber's official functions from 1860 to 1865 have not been researched; 1866-1868 he was in Lehmann noted in 1867 and in the State of Manual 1868, when Vice-President of the Imperial Lieutenancy for the Archduchy Austria below the Enns operates.

From 1868 onwards, Weber worked for over twenty years, each time appointed by the emperor, as regional chief , representative of the monarch and the kk government in Vienna, with the title kk governor : from 1868 to 1872 in the crown land of Austria under the Enns (place of work: Vienna ) , from 1872 to 1874 in the bilingual crown land of Moravia (place of work: Brno ), from 1874 to 1881 in the bilingual crown land of Bohemia (place of work: Prague) and from 1881 to 1889 in the crown land of Austria above the Enns (place of work: Linz). During the time of his governorship the significant upward development of these central crown lands of Cisleithania in terms of industry and transport connections occurred.

Weber was awarded the Order of the Iron Crown, second class , by the Kaiser in 1869 . With this he acquired the right to be raised to the hereditary baron class upon request; he exercised this right. In 1872 he was appointed to the Privy Council and in 1874 received the Grand Cross of the Franz Joseph Order .

The doctor Ferdinand Weber von Ebenhof was his brother, the administrative lawyer Wenzel Weber von Ebenhof his uncle.

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  1. ↑ Constantin von Wurzbach : Weber von Ebenhof, the barons, genealogy . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 53rd part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1886, p. 215 f. ( Digitized version ).
  2. ^ Official daily newspaper Wiener Zeitung , No. 323, December 20, 1859, p. 1
  3. ↑ State Handbook, Vienna 1868, p. 226
predecessor Office successor
Siegmund Ignaz von Thun and Hohenstein Governor (Landeschef) of the Crown Land Margraviate Moravia
1872–1874 		Ludwig Possinger-Choborski
Alexander von Koller (2.) Governor (Landeschef) of the Crown Land, Duchy of Bohemia
1874–1881 		Alfred von Kraus
personal data
SURNAME Weber von Ebenhof, Philipp
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ebenhof, Philipp Weber Freiherr von (full name); Ebenhof, Philipp Weber Ritter von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian civil servant and politician
DATE OF BIRTH April 30, 1818
PLACE OF BIRTH Cerhenitz near Kolín , Bohemia
DATE OF DEATH July 21, 1900
Place of death Linz