I want to know the answer to the following question:
What was von Hornigk's career?
All the background I'm provided with is that "Michel Foucault claims that the contemporary concept of police as a paid and funded functionary of the state was developed by German and French legal scholars and practitioners in Public administration and Statistics in the 17th and early 18th centuries, most notably with Nicolas Delamare's Traité de la Police ("Treatise on the Police"), first published in 1705.". Is that enough to answer the question?
Answer: no