Hans-Adam I, Prince of Liechtenstein
Johann Adam Andreas ( born August 16, 1662 at Brno, † June 16, 1712 in Vienna) was from 1699 to 1712 third winner of the Prince title from the Austro -Bohemian House of Liechtenstein and the purchaser of the territories of the later Principality of Liechtenstein, which he founded.
He was the son of Prince Karl Eusebius of Liechtenstein and his wife Johanna Beatrix von Dietrich stone Nikolsburg.
Prince Johann advocated primarily for the reorganization of the royal administration, at the same time he also wanted to renovate the family's finances. In 1687 Emperor Leopold I appointed him to the Privy Council, in 1693 he received the Order of the Golden Fleece.
He acted not only as a financial expert within his family; also the imperial family learned the arts of the prince to appreciate in financial matters. His biggest project was the rationalization of Kameralverwaltung, but the Emperor had in 1699 the pressure of his official grant and reject the plans John Adams. The founding his own bank, the Vienna Giro Bank, which he was president from 1703 to 1705, remained without much success. After these defeats, the prince took care now more concerned about the diplomatic things, so he also traveled in 1707 as imperial commissioner to the Hungarian parliament in Bratislava.
As early as 1697 the town acquired by Prince Johann Sternberg in northern Moravia with the associated castle and dominion of the same name. Through the acquisition of dominions Schellenberg in 1699 and in 1712 the Prince of Liechtenstein, Vaduz came to reichsunmittelbarem land ownership for the first time; that meant that Prince Johann Adam Andreas now had a right to a seat in the Imperial to the Reichstag of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation, which had been his long -cherished goal. Previously, he had no namely dominions, which lay within the empire and had Reichsfürst law.
Also in the culture, the Prince made a name because he was a great art collector and patron. To him, the scope of today's princely art collection goes back. As a builder, Johann Adam realized also; among other things, he built two magnificent Viennese palaces, the Majoratspalais and the Liechtenstein Garden Palace. He is also the founder, but only to the namesake of the founder Alser part Lichtental district in Vienna.
Since 1681 he was married to Maria Theresa of Edmunda Dietrichsteinplatz - Nikolsburg. His grave is located in the crypt of the House of Liechtenstein in Vranov u Brna ( Moravia ).
In 1862 (9th district) was named the street after him Liechtenstein in Vienna Alsergrund, indirectly, the Fürstengasse.