Viktor Drouot

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Viktor Drouot

Viktor Drouot (occasionally also written Victor Drouot ; born June 10, 1811 in Hořice na Šumavě ; † May 6, 1897 in Linz ) was an Austrian politician (Liberal Party), mayor of the Upper Austrian capital Linz, officer and printer owner.

Life

Viktor Drouot came from a French émigré family. He was born in 1811 as the son of a kk senior doctor in South Bohemia and attended the cadet school in Bruck an der Leitha . He married Josefa Feichtinger, the daughter of the Linz printer of the same name. In 1845 he joined his mother-in-law's business, which he took over after her death on November 8, 1847. Viktor Drouot headed the printing and publishing company Jos for over 50 years . Feichtinger's heirs .

In 1877 Drouot was awarded the Order of the Iron Crown and raised to the nobility. From 1878 his company was allowed to use the name kk Hofbuchdruckerei, which at that time was a special award for a book printer in the Austrian province. In 1879, Drouot, widowed in 1872 and so far childless, remarried. In 1884 he took over the publication of the Linzer Zeitung .

Since his only child from his second marriage had an accident at the age of 14, Viktor Drouot bequeathed the court book printing company to his nephew Hans Drouot, whom he had brought into his company in 1880 and entrusted with the power of attorney in 1888.

politics

In 1850 he was elected to the newly constituted Linz City Council and in 1861 Vice Mayor of Linz. On March 31, 1867, he was elected mayor of Linz, after the three-year term of office he was re-elected on April 10, 1870. In the 1860s, Drouot was a member of the Upper Austrian state parliament .

In addition to his political activities, Drouot was also director of the Allgemeine Sparkasse (1855–1888), president of the Upper Austrian Art Association , member of the Upper Austrian Museum Association, commander of the Linz National Guard and Vice President of the Upper Austrian Red Cross .

Appreciation

  • In 1899, Drouotstrasse in Linz was named after him.

literature

  • Georg Grüll : The Linz mayor's book (= special publications on the history of the city of Linz. 1953). Published by the City of Linz, City Archives , 2nd expanded edition, Linz 1959, pp. 110–111 and plate 15.
  • Wieland Mittmannsgruber: The Linz city administration 1848–1918. Organization, tasks, servants from the beginning of municipal autonomy to the end of the monarchy, including the development of municipal self-government. In: Historical yearbook of the city of Linz . Linz 2001, pp. 170–171, 176–177, 187–188 (full article, pp. 99–289, online (PDF) in the forum OoeGeschichte.at).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Carl Junker : The printing and publishing company Jos. Feichtinger's heirs (Hans Drouot) in Linz. A contribution to the history of printing in Upper Austria. Extract from the illustrated commemorative publication published on September 14, 1924 on the occasion of the company's anniversary: ​​“A quarter of a millennium”. Hofbuchdruckerei Jos. Feichtingers Erben, Linz 1925, p. 13 ( viewer or full text on digi.landesbibliothek.at; PDF p. 392 on fwf.ac.at).
predecessor Office successor
Reinhold Koerner Mayor of Linz
1867–1873 		Karl Wiser
personal data
SURNAME Drouot, Viktor
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Drouot, Victor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian politician, mayor of Linz
DATE OF BIRTH June 10, 1811
PLACE OF BIRTH Hořice na Šumavě
DATE OF DEATH May 6, 1897
Place of death Linz