Vincent Fink

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Vincent Fink

Vinzenz Fink (born February 13, 1807 in Linz ; † February 13, 1877 there ) was an Austrian politician (Liberal Party), mayor of the Upper Austrian capital Linz and publisher and bookseller.

Life

Vinzenz Fink took over the business of his late father Josef in 1837 and made the Fink book trade known far beyond the borders of Upper Austria. In 1854 he founded the well-known business, people and official calendar "Der Oberösterreicher", in which his brother Josef Fink published the history of the city of Linz from 1867 to 1885. After the “Finkhaus” was demolished together with the Schmidtor in 1860/61, Vinzenz Fink moved the bookstore to a house on Linz's main square (later No. 24). The bookstore was passed from Vinzenz Fink in 1877 to his grandson Emil Fink, who died in 1902 as the last owner of this family.

politics

Fink was councilor of the Upper Austrian capital Linz from 1850 to 1868 and vice-mayor from 1854 to 1856. As the successor to the provisional mayor Josef Dierzer von Traunthal , governor Eduard von Bach appointed Vinzenz Fink on November 12, 1856, who held the office until February 3, 1861. When Fink was inaugurated, the sanitary conditions in the city were dreary. Linz had no sewage system; there was a fertilizer pit in every house, which often spoiled the groundwater in the wells dug next to it. After a cholera outbreak, Mayor Fink tackled the city's sewerage and water supply. He also organized fire fighting.

Appreciation

  • In 1943, Finkstraße in Urfahr 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, p. 110 and plate 14.
  • 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, p. 159 (whole article p. 99–289, online (PDF) in the forum OoeGeschichte.at).

Web links

  • Vincent Fink. In: stadtgeschichte.linz.at. Retrieved May 19, 2020 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Carl Junker : The oldest bookshop in Linz. Münzer-Fink-Steurer, founded in 1718. In: Peter R. Frank, Murray G. Hall (eds.): Carl Junker. About the book industry in Austria. Collected writings 1896–1927 (= book research. Contributions to the book industry in Austria. Volume 2). Edition Praesens, Vienna 2001, p. 337 (full article pp. 335–338; PDF on oapen.org; also PDF on fwf.ac.at).
predecessor Office successor
Josef Dierzer from Traunthal Mayor of Linz
1856–1861 		Reinhold Koerner
personal data
SURNAME Fink, Vincent
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian politician, mayor of Linz
DATE OF BIRTH February 13, 1807
PLACE OF BIRTH Linz
DATE OF DEATH February 13, 1877
Place of death Linz