V roce 1783 v tento den narodil se – Hrabě Karel Chotek, šlechtic a politik († 28. prosince 1868) In 1783, on this day he was born - Count Karel Chotek, nobleman and politician († 28 December 1868) Karl, Count Chotek of Chotkow and Wognin (Czech: Karel hrabě Chotek z Chotkova a Vojnína, German: Karl Graf Chotek von Chotkow und Wognin); (23 July 1783 – 18 December 1868) was an Austrian chancellor, Government President (Gubernialpräsident) and school reformer of Bohemia and honorary citizen of Innsbruck and Prague. Karl was born at Vienna, Habsburg Monarchy, the sixth child and fifth son of Johann Rudolf, Count Chotek of Chotkow and Wognin (1748–1824) and Countess Maria Sidonia of Clary and Aldringen (1748–1824). Karl Graf Chotek studied law in Vienna and Prague. In 1803 he joined the civil service. From 1809 he was senior administrative posts in Moravia and successfully reorganized the Trieste district office, which is why in 1815 after the defeat of Joachim Murats he became governor-general in the Kingdom of Naples. Karls merits of cultural policy in 1825 led him being called to Vienna as chancellor and president of Collegial Body for Academic Affairs. In October 1826 he was elected senior viscount and Imperial Government President of the Kingdom of Bohemia in Prague. He held this office until 1843 and gained recognition for the promotion of education, the road construction and the establishment of institutions to help and care poor people. In Prague, Karl learned historian and politician from František Palacký,which he had a close friendship until his death. Palacký taught Karl, Czech language with which he mastered so far. Count Karl worked energetically and purposefully in Prague Castle as Colonel Count. He sat on the improvement of infrastructure, especially in the construction of good roads and bridges. He also advocated for the first horsecar in Prague and the steamboat trip on Elbe river, and for the expansion of Pragues sewage system and street lighting. He supported the development of industry, education and the arts. In 1827 he wrote an important decree, which the export of art historically valuable objects needed the approval of the provincial administration. One of the most popular destinations for walkers - the popular garden between the rear part of Prague Castle and Malá Strana - in 1840 was named after Viscount Chotek. In 1842, in Prague, Karl was appinted as honorary citizen for his services. Through intrigue and sometimes criticism of his expensive projects, he was later forced to resign. At the end of July 1843 he was relieved at his request, his body and his life was on Březno Castle in northern Bohemia. He died on 28 December 1868 in Vienna, but was buried in Waltire at Litoměřice. In 1836, he was awarded with the Order of the Golden Fleece. Karl married on 9 June 1817 in Vienna to Countess Marie Berchtold, Baroness of Ungarschitz (1794–1878), elder daughter of Count Anton Berchtold, and his wife, Marie Anna Franziska Huszár de Szent-Baráth. They had two sons: Count Anton Chotek of Chotkow and Wognin (27 March 1822 – 1 June 1883), married in 1851 to Olga von Moltke; had issue. Bohuslav, Count Chotek of Chotkow and Wognin (3 July 1829 – 11 October 1896), married in 1859 to Countess Wilhelmine Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau; had issue.
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