Andreas Zelinka ( cs, Ondřej Zelinka; born 23 February 1802, in

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– 21 January 1868, in

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) served as the

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, Austria from 1861 to 1868.

Life

Zelinka attended high school in

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. From 1821 to 1825, he studied law at the

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and received his PhD in 1829. Beginning in 1831, he worked as a health inspector and an attorney. In 1848, he was elected to the Vienna City Council and became its vice-president in 1849. He was awarded the

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in 1850. During his years as mayor he also served in the State Parliament of

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and, from 1867, in the Herrenhaus of the Imperial Council of Austria. As mayor, he participated in planning the

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, the Wiener Donauregulierung (a flood control project) and the

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(Central Cemetery). In 1865, the first sections of the

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were opened. His entire annual salary of 12,000

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was donated to charity. The people of Vienna called him ''Papa Zelinka''. In 1869, a street in the

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was named the ''Zelinkagasse'' in his honor. He is also commemorated by a monument in the Stadtpark.

Sources

*Article on Zelinka @ German Wikisource

1802 births 1868 deaths People from Vyškov Mayors of Vienna Austrian people of Czech descent Members of the House of Lords (Austria) Burials at the Vienna Central Cemetery {{Austria-mayor-stub