Liebenberg, Johann Andreas von#
b. Vienna, Nov. 29, 1627, d. Vienna, Sept. 9, 1683, mayor of Vienna. From 1652 registrator, from 1653 head of the Town Chancellory, 1678-1680 town judge and from 1680 mayor of Vienna. 1679 rendered great services fighting the plague. During the 2nd siege of Vienna by the Turks (see: Turkish Sieges of Vienna) led the defence of the town. Statue in front of the Moelker Bastei, Vienna (1890).
Literature#
M. Altfahrt, Buergermeister J. A. L., exhibition catalogue, Vienna 1983.