Baron Cajetan von Felder
Cajetan Felder, since 1878 Freiherr von fields (* September 19, 1814 in Vienna, † November 30, 1894 ) was an Austrian lawyer, entomologist, liberal politicians and 1868-1878 mayor of Vienna.
Life
Fields was in his early youth already an orphan: He lost his mother May 9, 1822, on July 20, 1826 his father. About the instigation of his Mitvormundes, Laurenz Weitz Inger, he left in 1827, after completing the first class, the Kudlichsche Institute in Vienna, because since the death of the parents be study progress had deteriorated rapidly, and entered the Gymnasium of the Benedictine monastery Seitenstettengasse for three years. The fifth and sixth class he attended the state school to Brno, where his guardian and maternal uncle, Dr. Franz Zrza, worked; then he graduated from 1832 to 1834, as a precursor to his juridical studies at the University of Vienna ( 1834-1838 ), the Brno "Philosophical educational institution ".
During his university years, developed in young fields for his future essential properties: the interest in the study of the classics of antiquity, a vital sense of the natural sciences as well as the love of foreign languages to their learning he had a special talent.
Since 1835 undertook fields, although this was associated for a student in the pre-March period with greatest difficulties in the university holidays extensive hikes through much of Europe. 1838/39, he broke into a peripheral Tour, which criss-cross led him through the western and southern Europe via Switzerland, Holland, England and Scotland, he came to Ireland, traveled through Belgium, France and Spain, and reached the Mediterranean coast following, Sicily.
After his term of office practice in Brno City Municipality (1839 /40) fields in 1840 trainee at the Vienna Law Firm of Dr. Anton wall ratchet, in which he remained for seven years. His doctorate in 1841 in Vienna to Doctor juris, he married on May 15, 1841 Josephine Sowa, daughter of Wischau Stadtphysikus. Just before the Viennese March Revolution he laid in February 1848 the Vienna Court of Appeal, the lawyer exam after he had already gained previously by completing the judge test the ability to exercise a judicial office.
During his Konzipientenzeit he also had in 1843 accepted the post of assistant to the professorship of diplomatic sciences with French lecture at the Teresian Knight Academy, and in 1845 was appointed sworn court interpreter for Spanish, 1846 for the French, with the same use for the English, Dutch, acquires Danish, Swedish and Portuguese language.
From 1848 fields independent lawyer in Vienna - and politically active: in August 1848 took the form of the electoral district Alsergrund election to the First Congregational Committee of the City of Vienna, in October of the same year elected to the Vienna City Council, where fields secretary was. 1849 left fields of political considerations the council.
The next decade was devoted to Cajetan Felder exclusively conferred on him in 1848 Attorney, created very soon an extended circle of clients, took care of his family. But only when it the brewer Anton Dreher, one of the largest taxpayers in Austria - Hungary, the guardianship of his minor ( 14 years old ) entrusted son in 1863 just before his death, and fields that already at that time was again active in public, at the same time fell to task in 1870 to lead the brewery to the coming of age of the heir, he also won among his colleagues an exceptional position.
Since 1861 Fields was again active in council and parliament. Immediately after his admission, he was elected second deputy mayor, after leaving Leopold Mayr he moved in 1863 to the first deputy position before and kept it until 1868. During this period he was on October 21, 1863 chairman of the Water Supply Commission, on May 20, 1864 chairman of the municipal regulation of the Danube Commission, on 25 January 1865 delegate of the commune in the ministerial regulation of the Danube Commission. In council and in parliament he held the key papers on the issue of regulation of the Danube.
On November 21, 1868, died unexpectedly in office since 1861 Mayor Dr. Andreas Zelinka. A month later, on December 20, Dr. Cajetan Felder was elected in spite of the counter- bid of the ambitious Dr. Julius Newald mayor and, after a three -year term of office, in 1871, 1874 and 1877 confirmed through re-election to his office. Appointed Since 1869 also land Marshal Deputy in the Lower Austrian Landtag and in the same year, on December 12, 1869 by Emperor Franz Joseph to a lifelong mansion Member - already pronounced by the monarch appointed Minister of Culture, he leaned determined from - began years of strenuous political activity, was complicated by a year by year more noticeable nascent opposition in the City Council.
One of the key men who had joined together to form the liberal " middle party " fields but could not prevent the liberal majority is increasingly bogged split in smaller clubs; be largely autocratic intervention in the machinery of the Municipality and the Municipal Council, as ever his desire to allocate more than ever clearly defined competencies the magistrate, he always created new enemies.
In July 1878 fields eventually withdrew from the mayor's office back, resigned his council seat and returned to his family. He had during the years of his public activity his siblings Carl and Amelia (1864 ) and his son Rudolf lost (1871 ); his daughter Marie had married in 1868 with the lawyer Dr. Frank. One dared family life he could only enjoy a few months: his wife Josephine died, for years seriously ill, 1879 In the year of his resignation as mayor of fields was charged by the Emperor to the baron, at the same time he was appointed to the Privy Council. .
Once again, followed by the 65 -year-old one sent to him cry prelate Othmar Helferstorfer was not for health reasons in a position to fulfill his office, and when he died, fields fell the dignity of Marshal of Lower Austria Country. This office he had in 1884, when the sight of his eyes had deteriorated so much that he was barely able to read before the assembled home a message of monarchs, undelete. This was, as he expressed himself, his own declaration of death.
Withdrawn He spent the last decade of his life, dictated, almost blind, several years his " memories " but it was still allowed to see that his former opponents in the council, which spoiled for him by their opposition life and do not even consider it necessary had to at least mention it at the official opening of the new City Hall, Felder's own best work by name, now called against the increasingly strong party of Karl Lueger him as the great example of an excellent mayor.
Successful operations gave Fields ' eyesight - but a few weeks after the commemoration of the eightieth birthday died Dr. Cajetan Freiherr von fields on November 30, 1894 Felder's grave is in the cemetery in Weidling. .
In office as mayor fields had caused among other things the construction of the First Vienna Mountain Spring Pipeline, the foundation stone for the new City Hall on the scale under his predecessors Seiller and Zelinka Ringstrasse, the Danube regulation and the application of the Vienna Central Cemetery.
The Vienna World Exhibition in 1873 and the construction related to the rotunda also fell into his tenure.
As a private man was Fields passionate portrait collectors and naturalists. He had a world-renowned collection of beetles and butterflies. In 1860 he was elected member of the Learned Society Leopoldina.
In 1899 in Vienna Inner City (1st district ), the fields street named after him.
Founded in 1987, the FPÖ related Cajetan Fields Institute sees the further exploration of Felder's life and work as one of its main tasks.