Hormayr, Josef, Freiherr zu Hortenburg, geb. 1781#
b. Innsbruck (Tyrol), Jan. 20, 1781, d. Munich (Germany), Nov. 5, 1848, historian, diplomat, freedom fighter. From 1808 director of the state archives; at the behest of Archduke Johann, J. H. and A. Hofer made the preparations for Tyrol's Fight for Freedom, in which J. H., as imperial administrator and court commissioner, assumed a leading role. 1813 arrested by Metternich (see: Alpenbund). Entered into the service of Bavaria in 1828; in his works "Anemonen" (4 vols., 1945-1847) and "Kaiser Franz und Metternich" (1848) harshly criticised the Austrian regime of the Vormaerz, the era preceding the revolution of 1848.
Other works: Oe. Plutarch, 20 vols., 1807-1814 (lives and portraits of
all the regents of the Austrian empire); Wien, seine Geschicke und
seine Denkwuerdigkeiten, 9 vols., 1822-1824; Das Land Tirol und der
Tirolerkreig von 1809, 2 vols., 1845. - Ed.: Archiv fuer Geschichte,
Statistik, Literatur und Kunst, 1810-1837; Taschenbuch fuer
vaterlaendische Geschichte, 18 vols., 1811-1848.
Literature#
L. C. Tuerkel, Das publizistische Wirken des J. Frh. V. H., doctoral thesis, Vienna 1980; NDB.Related topic