Count Kristóf Niczky de Niczk (February 11, 1725 in
Sümeg
Sümeg (german: Schimeck) is a town in Veszprém county, Hungary. Sümeg is mostly known for Sümeg Castle. It is north of Lake Balaton.
Twin towns – sister cities
Sümeg is twinned with:
* Aichtal, Germany
* Sovata
Sovata (; hu, Szovà ...
– December 26, 1787 in
Buda
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) was an influential
Habsburg
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bureaucrat under
Maria Theresa
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and
Joseph II.
Biography
He rose to the rank of count in 1765. He was
Temes County's first leader after 1779.
During
Joseph II's rule, he was president of Hungary's Vice-regal Council, the Consilium locumtentiale.
[Éva H. Balázs, Hungary and the Habsburgs, 1765-1800: an experiment in enlightened absolutism (Central European University Press, 1997), p.109]
Legacy
Nițchidorf,
Romania
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, was named after count Kristóf Niczky.
External links
nitzkydorf.de- Official home page of Niţchidorf, Romania,
Footnotes
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1725 births
1787 deaths
People from Sümeg
Hungarian nobility
Judges royal