Johann Nepomuk Hradeczky

Johann Nepomuk Hradeczky
Johann Nepomuk Hradeczky
Born	August 30, 1775; Ljubljana, Holy Roman Empire
Died	July 6, 1846 (aged 70); Ljubljana, Austrian Empire
Occupation	Politician

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

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

^ 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

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Janez Nepomuk Hradecky (1775–1846)". Slovenska biografija. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
^ "Janez Nepomuk Hradeczky, 1820". Vsi ljubljanski župani. Mestna občina Ljubljana. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
^ "Naše barje". Slovenski narod. No. 223. September 29, 1899. p. 2. Retrieved August 21, 2020. ljubljanski župan Ivan Hradecky
^ Šorn, Jože (1964). "Obdobje grosističnih tvrdk". Kronika. 12 (1): 30. Retrieved August 21, 2020. ... izjema je bil le župan Ivan Hradeczky
^ Sterbebuch: Ljubljana–Sv. Nikolaj. Ljubljana. 1836–1866. p. 53. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
^ ^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.
^ ^a ^b Hrastar, Mateja A. "Ljubljanske ulice: Hradeckega cesta, imenovana po županu, ki mu je Prešeren napisal sonet". Dnevnik. Retrieved August 21, 2020.