Jožef Krajnc, also spelled Josef Krainc, Josef Krainz (17 February 1821 – 22 February 1875) was an
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-Hungarian lawyer, philosopher and politician of Slovenian ancestry.
Life
Krajnc was born in
Škale
Škale (, german: Skalis) is a settlement in the Municipality of Velenje in northern Slovenia. It lies just north of the town of Velenje. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. The entire municipality is now included in the Savinj ...
(today part of
Velenje
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) in the
Duchy of Styria
The Duchy of Styria (german: Herzogtum Steiermark; sl, Vojvodina Štajerska; hu, Stájer Hercegség) was a duchy located in modern-day southern Austria and northern Slovenia. It was a part of the Holy Roman Empire until its dissolution in 180 ...
to a farmer of the same name. From 1832 until 1841 he attended the Gymnasium in
Celje
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, graduating with the
Matura
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. From 1841 until 1845, he studied philosophy and law in
Graz
Graz (; sl, Gradec) is the capital city of the Austrian state of Styria and second-largest city in Austria after Vienna. As of 1 January 2021, it had a population of 331,562 (294,236 of whom had principal-residence status). In 2018, the popul ...
, obtaining a doctorate in both disciplines. From 1842 on, he financed his studies as a private tutor to a wealthy landowner's family in Graz and
Bad Radkersburg
Bad Radkersburg (; sl, Radgona; archaic hu, RegedeDivald, Kornél. 1931. ''Old Hungarian Art''. London: Oxford University Press, p. 117.) is a spa town in the southeast of the Austrian States of Austria, state of Styria, in the Districts of Aus ...
. From 1845 on, Krajnc worked as judicial advisor first to the city council of Radkersburg, then to the council of Graz. For a short time in 1847, he worked as a judge in Graz.
In the course of the
March Revolution, Krajnc served as a member of the Austrian
Reichstag from 1848 to 1849, filling in for
Vinzenz Gurnigg, who did not accept his mandate. Among other duties, Krajnc was a member of the Reichstag's constitutional committee.
From 1850 on, Krajnc taught civil law at the University of Graz, first as an extraordinary, from 1852 on as ordinary professor. His courses were given in
Slovene. After his chair was dissolved in 1854, he worked for a short time as a consultant to the Austrian ministry of finances in
Laibach
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, before receiving a teaching position for civil, business and exchange law at the Handelsakademie in
Hermannstadt
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in 1855. Krajnc kept this position until 1870, when he became professor of Austrian civil law and German common law at the
University of Innsbruck
The University of Innsbruck (german: Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck; la, Universitas Leopoldino Franciscea) is a public research university in Innsbruck, the capital of the Austrian federal state of Tyrol, founded on October 15, 1669.
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In 1871, Krajnc was appointed professor of civil law in Prague. This appointment soon turned into a political issue. The climate at the
University of Prague was dominated and severely poisoned by deep animosities between German-Austrians and Czechs, both among teaching staff as well as among students. Many German-Austrians perceived Krajnc as a protégé of Austria's Minister of Education
Josef Jireček
Josef Jireček (9 October 1825, in Vysoké Mýto – 25 November 1888, in Prague) was a Czech scholar.
He was born in Vysoké Mýto (then part of the Austrian Empire).
He entered the Prague bureau of education in 1850, and became minister of th ...
, who was of Czech ancestry, and took the sudden and forced early retirement of Krajnc's German predecessor as an affront. A group of German-speaking students, among their leaders
Fritz Mauthner
Fritz Mauthner (22 November 1849 – 29 June 1923) was an Austrian novelist, theatre critic and satirist. He was an exponent of philosophical scepticism derived from a critique of human knowledge and of philosophy of language.
Mauthner was bo ...
, caused his inaugural lecture to end in riots. A note of protest against Krajnc's appointment was written by German-Austrian students at the University's faculty of law and directed to the Austrian Ministry of Education, but to no avail.
Krajnc died in Prague in 1875.
Family
Jožef Krajnc married Maria Petritsch in 1858. The marriage produced two sons and one daughter.
External links
Krainc (Krajnc, Krainz), Josef Dr. iur. Dr. phil.at parliament.gv.at (German)
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1821 births
1875 deaths
People from the City Municipality of Velenje
People from the Duchy of Styria
Slovenian politicians
Members of the Imperial Diet (Austria)
Slovenian lawyers
19th-century Austrian philosophers
19th-century Austrian lawyers
19th-century Slovenian philosophers
Academic staff of the University of Graz
Academic staff of the University of Innsbruck
Slovene Austro-Hungarians