Johann Nepomuk Hradeczky

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.[5]

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

Life
Grave marker of Johann Nepomuk Hradeczky at Navje Memorial Park

Hradeczky was born in Ljubljana (now Slovenia).[1][5] He served as the mayor of Ljubljana from 1820 until his death.[1][5] Hradeczky contributed significantly to the development of Ljubljana,[1] and the poet France Prešeren dedicated a sonnet to him.[6]

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.[6]

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.

References
  1. "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 (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. Larsen, Svend Erik Løken (1863). "Johann Nepomuk Felix Hradeczky". Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich (in German). 9. Vienna: Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei. p. 365. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
  6. Hrastar, Mateja A. "Ljubljanske ulice: Hradeckega cesta, imenovana po županu, ki mu je Prešeren napisal sonet". Dnevnik. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
Preceded by
Johann Nepomuk Rosmann		 Mayor of Ljubljana
1820–1846		 Succeeded by
Johann Fischer


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