Friedrich Wilhelm Haugwitz and the Reform of Public Administration in the Habsburg Monarchy, 1740 - 1765

The bachelor thesis follows up Friedrich Wilhelm Count von Haugwitz, his origin and invaluable contribution to the state administration in the period of Theresian reforms. The aim of this thesis is not only to describe the personality and merits of the state minister and advisor of Maria Theresia, Friedrich Wilhelm Count von Haugwitz, but also to bring closer look to the Haugwitz family and merits of other members of this important aristocratic family to the government, the army and independent judiciary