Abstract
The topic of this article is related to Rijeka at the time of the infamous Bach’s absolutism, when the Narodna Čitaonica Riečka (Croatian Popular Lecture Club of Rijeka) began to operate. Dr. Ignac (Vatroslav) Vinko Medanić (1805-1856), a prominent Rijeka attorney, landlord and shipowner, patrician councillor of Bakar and Rijeka, played an important role in its foundation. This contribution is about an unusually important citizen of Rijeka of his time, who is today unfortunately forgotten. He was an acquaintance of the Croatian orthographic reformer Josip Završnik, of the Slovak revivalist and writer Jan Kollár, of the leader of the Illyrian movement Ljudevit Gaj, the Ban and Governor of Rijeka Josip Jelačić Bužimski, of the Croatian polyhistor and writer Ivan Kukuljević Sakcinski and other distinguished persons of his time. He was the first vice-president of the Narodna Čitaonica Riečka and the chief government commissioner for the founding of the Chamber of Commerce in Rijeka. In this paper we focus on the most important biographic details of his career and the main characteristics of his activist work, especially of his work in the domain of public education and culture.
Highlights
Dr Ignac (Vatroslav) Vinko Medanić (1805-1856), a prominent Rijeka attorney, landlord and shipowner, patrician councillor of Bakar and Rijeka, played an important role in its foundation. This contribution is about an unusually important citizen of Rijeka of his time, who is today forgotten. He was an acquaintance of the Croatian orthographic reformer Josip Završnik, of the Slovak revivalist and writer Jan Kollár, of the leader of the Illyrian movement Ljudevit Gaj, the Ban and Governor of Rijeka Josip Jelačić Bužimski, of the Croatian polyhistor and writer Ivan Kukuljević Sakcinski and other distinguished persons of his time
He was the first vice-president of the Narodna Čitaonica Riečka and the chief government commissioner for the founding of the Chamber of Commerce in Rijeka
In this paper we focus on the most important biographic details of his career and the main characteristics of his activist work, especially of his work in the domain of public education and culture
Summary
Dr Ignac (Vatroslav) Vinko Medanić (1805.–1856.), istaknuti riječki je odvjetnik, posjednik i brodovlasnik, patricijski vijećnik Bakra i Rijeke, koji se istaknuo na mnogim područjima. Ovo povjerenstvo trebalo je obaviti pregovore s bečkom vladom o zaključcima Sabora 1848.55 Tako je početkom kolovoza te godine doputovao iz Rijeke u Beč te zajedno sa svojom suprugom odsjeo u svratištu Kaiserin von Oesterreich.[56] Iste godine bio je član odbora za izradu pravila Narodnog hervatskog družtva na poziv banskoga povjerenika Josipa Bunjevca, u kojem su još bili Antun Vakanović, Faustin Suppè, Božo Pavletić, Petar Dabala i Šišman Farkaš, dok je perovođa bio Gašpar Susanić. Ignac (Vatroslav) Vinko Medanić (1805.–1856.), bio istaknuti riječki odvjetnik, posjednik i brodovlasnik, patricijski vijećnik Bakra i Rijeke.
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