Sigmund von Thun and Hohenstein

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Sigmund Graf von
Thun and Hohenstein, 1894

Sigmund Ignaz Graf von Thun und Hohenstein (born June 11, 1827 in Klösterle an der Eger , Bohemia ; † September 7, 1897 in Morzg , Salzburg ) was an Austrian politician, governor of the emperor in Moravia and state president of Salzburg .

Life

Origin and family

Sigmund was the fourth of nine children from the marriage of Joseph Matthias Graf von Thun and Hohenstein and Franziska Countess von Thun and Hohenstein. On July 10, 1855, he married Mathilde Countess Nostitz-Rieneck (* 1831), palace lady of the Empress, with whom the sons Joseph (* 1856) and Felix (* 1859) had sons at Mieschitz Castle .

Career

He originally chose the military career and served as a first lieutenant in the imperial army . In 1849 he took part with the 9th Hussar Regiment in the Hungarian campaign against Kossuth caused by the revolution of 1848 and received an imperial commendation for his successes.

After moving into politics, he was elected to the state committee as a representative of the large estates in 1867 and was appointed as his deputy by Oberstlandmarschall Adolph Fürst von Auersperg . In 1870 Thun and Hohenstein were appointed to the Privy Council and on June 29 of the same year they were awarded the Order of the Iron Crown, first class.

In September 1870 he was appointed governor of Moravia . He held this difficult position in Brno until October 1872. Thereafter, Thun, while retaining the title of governor, became provincial president of Salzburg and remained so until 1897. As a representative of the entire state, he took part in the upswing of the crown land there for 25 years (1872–1897) and its capital in the 19th century. Sigmund promoted the expansion of the Salzburg-Tyrolean Railway , road construction throughout the state and the important Salzach regulation in Oberpinzgau .

Honors and death

On December 3, 1875, the city of Salzburg honored him for his work by making him an honorary citizen .

"In grateful recognition of the great services rendered to the progressive development of the city of Salzburg, especially the successful efforts to build a new city bridge over the Salzach", the construction of which with an iron superstructure was approved by the Ministry of the Interior in 1874 ... "

Further honorary citizenships were given to him by the cities and communities of Hallein , Kaprun , Morzg , Oberndorf , Sankt Johann im Pongau , Tamsweg , Zell am See , all communities of the Mittersill court district and his home town of Klösterle. In 1900 the city of Salzburg posthumously erected a memorial on Giselakai in his honor , which however fell victim to the metal collection during World War II . The "Sigmund-Thun Bridge" named after him in Hellbrunn was destroyed by floods in 1959.

Thun and Hohenstein was the bearer of one of the highest Prussian orders, the “Red Eagle Order” and the Persian “Sun and Lion Order.” On an oil painting painted in 1897 that is now in the Salzburg State Archives, he wears the official uniform of a state president, the Medal of merit for participating in several war missions and the badge of the Tyrolean nobility register cooperative.

Sigmund Graf von Thun und Hohenstein died after long and severe suffering in his country palace (Kreuzhof, today Emsburg ) in Morzg on Hellbrunner Allee. His grave is at the Salzburg municipal cemetery .

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ignaz Harrer : The municipal administration of the state capital Salzburg 1872 to 1875. Report of the mayor.
personal data
SURNAME Thun and Hohenstein, Sigmund von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Thun and Hohenstein, Sigmund Ignaz Graf von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian politician
DATE OF BIRTH June 11, 1827
PLACE OF BIRTH Klösterle on the Eger , Bohemia
DATE OF DEATH September 7, 1897
Place of death Morzg , Salzburg