!!!Jakobiner-Verschwörung

Jacobin Conspiracy: The impact of the French Revolution led to the 
establishment of a secret police force in 1793, which in 1794 
uncovered a supposed conspiracy of so-called "Jacobins" in Vienna and 
Styria, who had connections with similar groups in Hungary. Andreas 
von Riedel, who was a former teacher of the emperor, a senior 
municipal official, and a number of respected citizens were involved. 
At a secret trial the accused were sentenced to severe punishments; 
the principal suspect, Lieutenant Franz von Hebenstreit, was hanged in 
1795. The police used the Jacobin Conspiracy as grounds for keeping a 
strict watch on the press, on organisations of all kinds, and on the 
educational system.

!Literature
D. Silagi, Jakobiner in der Habsburgermonarchie, 1962; H. 
Reinalter (ed.), Jakobiner in Mitteleuropa, 1977; idem, Der 
Nationbegriff der oesterreichischen Jakobiner, MIOeG 91, 1983; S. 
Tull, Die politischen Zielvorstellungen der Wiener Freimaurer und 
Wiener Jakobiner im 18. Jahrhundert, 1993.


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