Johann Nepomuk Hradeczky
Born(1775-08-30)August 30, 1775
Ljubljana, Holy Roman Empire
DiedJuly 6, 1846(1846-07-06) (aged 70)
Ljubljana, Austrian Empire
OccupationPolitician

Johann Nepomuk Felix Hradeczky (Slovene: Janez Nepomuk Hradec(z)ky,[1][2] in older sources Ivan Nepomuk Hradec(z)ky;[3][4][Note 1] August 30, 1775 – July 6, 1846) was an Austrian politician.[6]

Life

Grave marker of Johann Nepomuk Hradeczky at Navje Memorial Park

Hradeczky was born in Ljubljana (now Slovenia).[1][6] He served as the mayor of Ljubljana from 1820 until his death.[1][6] Hradeczky contributed significantly to the development of Ljubljana,[1] and the poet France Prešeren dedicated a sonnet to him.[7]

Legacy

Infrastructure in Ljubljana named after Hradeczky includes Hradeczky Street (Slovene: Hradeckega cesta) in the southeast part of the city and the Hradeczky Bridge (Slovene: Hradeckega most) across the Ljubljanica River.[7]

Notes

  1. ^ Regarding Hradeczky's surname, Slovene sources vary between the spellings Hradeczky and Hradecky. Regarding his given name, sources often used the abbreviation Joh. Nep. (as on his grave marker); older Slovene sources Slovenized his name as Ivan, and later ones as Janez. His death record reads Johann Nepom. Hradeczky.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Janez Nepomuk Hradecky (1775–1846)". Slovenska biografija. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
  2. ^ "Janez Nepomuk Hradeczky, 1820". Vsi ljubljanski župani. Mestna občina Ljubljana. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
  3. ^ "Naše barje". Slovenski narod. No. 223. September 29, 1899. p. 2. Retrieved August 21, 2020. ljubljanski župan Ivan Hradecky
  4. ^ Šorn, Jože (1964). "Obdobje grosističnih tvrdk". Kronika. 12 (1): 30. Retrieved August 21, 2020. ... izjema je bil le župan Ivan Hradeczky
  5. ^ Sterbebuch: Ljubljana–Sv. Nikolaj. Ljubljana. 1836–1866. p. 53. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
  6. ^ a b c Larsen, Svend Erik Løken (1863). "Johann Nepomuk Felix Hradeczky". Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich (in German). Vol. 9. Vienna: Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei. p. 365. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
  7. ^ a b Hrastar, Mateja A. "Ljubljanske ulice: Hradeckega cesta, imenovana po županu, ki mu je Prešeren napisal sonet". Dnevnik. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
Preceded byJohann Nepomuk Rosmann Mayor of Ljubljana 1820–1846 Succeeded byJohann Fischer


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