Count Kristóf Niczky de Niczk (February 11, 1725 in

Sümeg Sümeg () 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, Romania * Tapolca Tapolca (; ) is a t ...

– December 26, 1787 in

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) was an influential

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bureaucrat under

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and

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Biography

He rose to the rank of count in 1765. He was

Temes County County of Temes ( Hungarian: ''Temes'', Romanian: ''Timiș'', Serbian: ''Тамиш'' or ''Tamiš'', German: ''Temes'' or ''Temesch'') was an administrative county ( comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is now in southwestern ...

's first leader after 1779. During

'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 Nițchidorf (literally " Niczky's village"; ; , originally ''Kutas'') is a commune in Timiș County, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Blajova, Duboz and Nițchidorf (commune seat). Geography The commune totals an area of , of which ar ...

Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...

, was named after count Kristóf Niczky.

External links

nitzkydorf.de
- Official home page of Niţchidorf, Romania,

Footnotes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Niczky, Kristof 1725 births 1787 deaths People from Sümeg Hungarian nobility Judges royal