Sigmund Haffner the Elder

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Sigmund Haffner, litho by Sebastian Stief
Crypt 39 ( Petersfriedhof Salzburg): Haffner'sche Grablege, in which Sigmund Haffner the Elder is also located. Ä. and Sigmund Haffner d. J. are buried

Sigmund Haffner the Elder (also Sigmund Hafner) (* 1699 in Jenbach , Tyrol ; † January 12, 1772 in Salzburg ) was a member of the state parliament and mayor of the city of Salzburg from 1768 to 1772 .

life and work

Haffner was a wealthy trader and in 1754 received the right to mint his own coins, which were in circulation as Haffner half-godparents until 1760. Sigmund Haffner went down in history primarily as a patron. He built the two orphanages at the time in Mülln and also supported the following Salzburg institutions with a total of over 300,000 guilders: Poor Institute, the Poor Citizens' Sack, the Stadtalmosenkassa, the Johannsspital , the Bürgerspital , the Bruderhaus , the Leprosenhaus , the Poor Student Cashier, the normal school, the house arm's cash register, the apprenticeship fund, the birthing house, the Ursuline school, the three city chaplains, the Loreto monastery , the Franciscan monastery , the Capuchin monastery and the Theatine monastery .

The grave of Sigmund Haffner d. Ä. is located in the Petersfriedhof in Salzburg.

Sigmund Haffner's son, Sigmund Haffner the Younger (1756–1787), was a humanist and after his elevation to the imperial nobility in 1782 was allowed to carry the title of Inbachshausen from then on . The daughter of Sigmund Haffner d. Ä., Theresia (1740–1798), married Franz Xaver Andreas Athanasius Weiser (1739–1817) on May 25, 1762. He was the eldest son of Ignatz Anton von Weiser , the lyricist of Mozart's Singspiel The Debt of the First Commandment and Haffner's direct successor as Mayor of Salzburg.

Honor

Sigmund-Haffner-Gasse in Salzburg's old town was named after Sigmund Haffner in 1873 .

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart set the Haffners in 1776 with the musical accompaniment of the bachelor party for Sigmund Haffner the Elder's wedding. J. Haffner Serenade KV 250 is a musical monument. He also composed the so-called Haffner Symphony KV 385 in 1782 for the elevation of the young Haffner to the nobility, presumably on behalf of Leopold Mozart .

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Franz Martin : Salzburg street names. List of streets, alleys, squares, paths, bridges, gates and parks with an explanation of their names. 5th, substantially revised edition by Willa Leitner-Martin and Andreas Martin. Announcements of the Society for Salzburg Regional Studies , 25th supplement, self-published by the Society, Salzburg 2006.
  2. ^ Verlag Breitkopf und Härtel (eds.): Foreword to the new Urtext edition of Mozart's Symphony KV 385 . 2013, p. III .
predecessor Office successor
Johann Christian Paurnfeind Mayor of Salzburg
1768 - 1772 		Ignatz Anton von Weiser
personal data
SURNAME Haffner, Sigmund the Elder
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hafner, Sigmund
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Mayor of the City of Salzburg
DATE OF BIRTH 1699
PLACE OF BIRTH Jenbach , Tyrol , Austria
DATE OF DEATH January 12, 1772
Place of death Salzburg