Ernst von Plener
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Ernst Baron von Plener was an Austria
n statesman, son of Ignaz von Plener.
He was educated at Vienna
and Berlin
. He served in the diplomatic corps (1865-73) in the Paris
and London
embassies. He was then elected by the Eger Chamber of Commerce to the House of Deputies of the Imperial Diet where he joined the Left. He succeeded Herbst
as head of the German liberals, both in Prague
and in Vienna
, and in 1888 was chosen leader of the party called United German Left.
As the acknowledged head of the German liberals in their struggles against the Slav conservative majority in the Diet, he represented Germanism on the nationalities question, but was not averse to concessions compatible with the maintenance throughout the whole monarchy of the position due to the German Austrians. He supported Andrássy's
policy in the Balkans
in 1878. He sought to compromise the quarrel between Germans and Czechs, and the so-called “points” of 1890, a summary of the bases for a German-Czech understanding, were essentially his work.
From 1893 to 1895, while Minister of Finance in Taaffe's cabinet, Plener reorganized the Austrian and Hungarian mint. In 1900, after five years at the head of the Court of Accounts , he entered the House of Lords of the Diet. He became a member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration
at The Hague
.
economic conditions, on Ferdinand Lassalle
(1884), and on the Bohemian school and language questions (1886). Titles include:
His speeches were published by his friends in 1911.
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
n statesman, son of Ignaz von Plener.
He was educated at Vienna
University of Vienna
The University of Vienna is a public university located in Vienna, Austria. It was founded by Duke Rudolph IV in 1365 and is the oldest university in the German-speaking world...
and Berlin
Humboldt University of Berlin
The Humboldt University of Berlin is Berlin's oldest university, founded in 1810 as the University of Berlin by the liberal Prussian educational reformer and linguist Wilhelm von Humboldt, whose university model has strongly influenced other European and Western universities...
. He served in the diplomatic corps (1865-73) in the Paris
Paris
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and London
London
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embassies. He was then elected by the Eger Chamber of Commerce to the House of Deputies of the Imperial Diet where he joined the Left. He succeeded Herbst
Eduard Herbst
Eduard Herbst was an Austrian jurist and statesman, born in Vienna. He was professor of criminal law and the philosophy of law at Prague in 1858, was elected a deputy to the Bohemian Diet, and then, in accordance with the February patent of 1861, was elected by the Diet to the Lower House on the...
as head of the German liberals, both in Prague
Prague
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and in Vienna
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
, and in 1888 was chosen leader of the party called United German Left.
As the acknowledged head of the German liberals in their struggles against the Slav conservative majority in the Diet, he represented Germanism on the nationalities question, but was not averse to concessions compatible with the maintenance throughout the whole monarchy of the position due to the German Austrians. He supported Andrássy's
Gyula Andrássy
Gyula Count Andrássy de Csíkszentkirály et Krasznahorka was a Hungarian statesman, who served as Prime Minister of Hungary and subsequently as Foreign Minister of Austria-Hungary...
policy in the Balkans
Balkans
The Balkans is a geopolitical and cultural region of southeastern Europe...
in 1878. He sought to compromise the quarrel between Germans and Czechs, and the so-called “points” of 1890, a summary of the bases for a German-Czech understanding, were essentially his work.
From 1893 to 1895, while Minister of Finance in Taaffe's cabinet, Plener reorganized the Austrian and Hungarian mint. In 1900, after five years at the head of the Court of Accounts , he entered the House of Lords of the Diet. He became a member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration
Permanent Court of Arbitration
The Permanent Court of Arbitration , is an international organization based in The Hague in the Netherlands.-History:The court was established in 1899 as one of the acts of the first Hague Peace Conference, which makes it the oldest institution for international dispute resolution.The creation of...
at The Hague
The Hague
The Hague is the capital city of the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. With a population of 500,000 inhabitants , it is the third largest city of the Netherlands, after Amsterdam and Rotterdam...
.
Works
Plener wrote on EnglishUnited Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
economic conditions, on Ferdinand Lassalle
Ferdinand Lassalle
Ferdinand Lassalle was a German-Jewish jurist and socialist political activist.-Early life:Ferdinand Lassalle was born on 11 April 1825 in Breslau , Silesia to a prosperous Jewish family descending from Upper Silesian Loslau...
(1884), and on the Bohemian school and language questions (1886). Titles include:
- Die Englische Fabriksgesetzgebung (English factory legislation, 1871)
- Englische Baugenossenschaften (English building cooperatives, 1873)
- Erinnerungen (Reminiscences, 3 vols., 1911-21)
His speeches were published by his friends in 1911.
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