Viktor von Hochenburger

Viktor Ritter von Hochenburger (born June 24, 1857 in Graz ; † August 9, 1918 there ) was an Austrian lawyer, politician and from 1909 to 1916 Minister of Justice of Cisleithania , the Austrian half of Austria-Hungary .

Viktor Ritter von Hochenburger

Life

After studying law, which he did with Dr. jur. graduated, he worked as a lawyer in Graz. From 1897 to 1901 Hochenburger was a member of the House of Representatives of the Vienna Reichsrat for the German People's Party .

On February 10, 1909, Hochenburger was appointed Minister of Justice and served in this capacity until October 31, 1916, successively under Prime Minister Richard von Bienerth-Schmerling , in the third cabinet of Paul Gautsch von Frankenthurn , and in the Stürgkh Ministry .

After the price riot in 1911, more than 488 people were arrested and 283 sentenced to heavy imprisonment. The negotiations began just two days after the revolt and were quickly concluded with the conviction of all the accused. Hochenburger had switched off the jury courts, which were actually responsible for “political crimes”, and instructed the public prosecutors to submit high criminal charges.

On October 5, 1911, there was a parliamentary aftermath in the Reichsrat. Just as Victor Adler blamed Hochenburger for the escalation of events under the agenda item “Inflation Revolt” and denounced its “blood justice”, shots were fired from the visitor gallery in the direction of the government bank, which Hochenburger, who was the subject of the attack, and later Prime Minister Karl Stürgkh missed. The shooter, Nikola Njeguš, an unemployed carpenter from Šibenik in Dalmatia, about 25 years old , was overpowered and sentenced to seven years in prison. He died in custody in 1915.

From May 19, 1917 until his death, Hochenburger was still a member of the manor house for the constitutional party.

Individual evidence

^ Ernst Rutkowski: Letters and documents on the history of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy. Volume 1: The Constitutionally Loyal Large Estate 1880–1899. Verlag Oldenbourg, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-486-51831-3 , p. 547.
^ Werner Bundschuh: The September riots in Vienna - the "bloody Sunday" of 1911 in the Vorarlberg press . In: Montfort. Quarterly magazine for the past and present of Vorarlberg. (44) 1992, No. 4, pp. 349-361, here p. 349 online . Wolfgang Maderthaner, Siegfried Mattl: "... put an end to street excesses". September riots and mass workers trial, 1911 . In: Karl R. Stadler (Ed.): Socialist processes. Political Justice in Austria. 1870-1936 . Europa-Verlag, Vienna 1986, ISBN 3-203-50948-2 , pp. 117–150, here: pp. 117ff.
↑ Wolfgang Maderthaner, Siegfried Mattl: "... put an end to street excesses". September riots and mass workers trial in 1911. In: Karl R. Stadler (Ed.): Socialist processes. Political Justice in Austria. 1870-1936. Europa-Verlag, Vienna 1986, ISBN 3-203-50948-2 , pp. 117–150, here: pp. 127ff.
^ Inflation riots of September 17, 1911. In: dasrotewien.at - Weblexikon der Wiener Sozialdemokratie. SPÖ Vienna (Ed.)
Lucian O. Meysels : Victor Adler. The biography. Amalthea, Vienna 1997, ISBN 3-85002-403-2 , p. 220.
↑ Wladimir Fischer: From bullet holes and buttocks prints. Traces of migrants from the south-eastern periphery in Vienna's urban texture around 1900. In: Wladimir Fischer, Waltraud Heindl, Alexandra Millner, Wolfgang Müller-Funk (eds.): Culture / En, spaces and borders in Austria-Hungary, 1867–1914. Approaches in cultural studies. Francke-Verlag, Tübingen / Basel 2010, ISBN 978-3-7720-8239-9 , pp. 139–170, here: pp. 141f.

personal data
SURNAME	Hochenburger, Viktor von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Hochenburger, Viktor Ritter von; Hochenburger, Victor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian politician and minister of justice
DATE OF BIRTH	June 24, 1857
PLACE OF BIRTH	Graz
DATE OF DEATH	August 9, 1918
Place of death	Graz

[1] Ernst Rutkowski: Letters and documents on the history of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy. Volume 1: The Constitutionally Loyal Large Estate 1880–1899. Verlag Oldenbourg, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-486-51831-3 , p. 547.

[2] Werner Bundschuh: The September riots in Vienna - the "bloody Sunday" of 1911 in the Vorarlberg press . In: Montfort. Quarterly magazine for the past and present of Vorarlberg. (44) 1992, No. 4, pp. 349-361, here p. 349 online . Wolfgang Maderthaner, Siegfried Mattl: "... put an end to street excesses". September riots and mass workers trial, 1911 . In: Karl R. Stadler (Ed.): Socialist processes. Political Justice in Austria. 1870-1936 . Europa-Verlag, Vienna 1986, ISBN 3-203-50948-2 , pp. 117–150, here: pp. 117ff.

[3] Wolfgang Maderthaner, Siegfried Mattl: "... put an end to street excesses". September riots and mass workers trial in 1911. In: Karl R. Stadler (Ed.): Socialist processes. Political Justice in Austria. 1870-1936. Europa-Verlag, Vienna 1986, ISBN 3-203-50948-2 , pp. 117–150, here: pp. 127ff.

[4] Inflation riots of September 17, 1911. In: dasrotewien.at - Weblexikon der Wiener Sozialdemokratie. SPÖ Vienna (Ed.)
Lucian O. Meysels : Victor Adler. The biography. Amalthea, Vienna 1997, ISBN 3-85002-403-2 , p. 220.

[5] Wladimir Fischer: From bullet holes and buttocks prints. Traces of migrants from the south-eastern periphery in Vienna's urban texture around 1900. In: Wladimir Fischer, Waltraud Heindl, Alexandra Millner, Wolfgang Müller-Funk (eds.): Culture / En, spaces and borders in Austria-Hungary, 1867–1914. Approaches in cultural studies. Francke-Verlag, Tübingen / Basel 2010, ISBN 978-3-7720-8239-9 , pp. 139–170, here: pp. 141f.