Wolfgang Treu (Mayor)

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Statue of Wolfgang Treu in the Vienna City Hall

Wolfgang Treu († 1540 in Vienna ) was mayor of Vienna at the time of the first Turkish siege .

Life

Wolfgang Treu was the son of the writer and councilor Niklas Treu from Niederkreuzstetten in Lower Austria . Like his father, Wolfgang Treu first became a clerk in Korneuburg and then turned to Vienna, where he can be traced back to 1492. Here he was able to acquire numerous houses and properties, as well as in the suburbs of Vienna. In 1509 Treu was tax master, 1515–1519 and 1522–1524 land registry administrator. He was a member of the city council from 1511–1520, 1525–1526, 1534 and 1538. In 1522 he belonged to a delegation that called Archduke Ferdinand in Wiener Neustadtand asked for his forgiveness because of the previous opposition of the estates. In the years 1528–1530, 1532/33 and 1536/37 Treu was elected mayor of Vienna. From 1539 to 1540 he was finally a city attorney.

meaning

Wolfgang Treu was mayor of the city during the first Turkish siege of Vienna in 1529. Together with Count Niklas Salm , he successfully led the city's defense. On September 24, 1532, Treu, as mayor, received with the citizenship the Emperor Charles V , who was to move into Vienna after his coronation, and gave a speech that has been preserved in print. Treu was involved in the reorganization of the city archives in 1534.

Wolfgang Treu donated the Pauluskapelle and the adjoining chapel in Vienna for the saints Maria Magdalena and Lazarus.

The Treustraße in Vienna- Brigittenau and Wolfganggasse in Vienna- Meidling were named after Wolfgang Treu in 1869 and the 1875th There are, however, writings which ascribe the naming of Treustraße to the road builder Anton Trey .

literature

  • Felix Czeike: Historical Lexicon Vienna Vol. 5 . Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 1997

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Wiener Geschichtsblätter, volumes 9–12, Verein für Geschichte der Stadt Wien, Verlag Verein für Geschichte der Stadt Wien., 1954. p. 46
personal data
SURNAME Faithful, Wolfgang
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Mayor of Vienna
DATE OF BIRTH 15th century
DATE OF DEATH 1540
Place of death Vienna