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]
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abcLarsen, 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.