Alexander Matthias Beschorner

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Alexander Mathias Beschorner (born July 24, 1856 in Brno ; † April 6, 1935 in Vienna ) was an important metal coffin manufacturer and undertaker during the Austro-Hungarian monarchy . His company's head office was at Dreilaufergasse 9 (today: Lindengasse ) in the 7th district of Vienna .

Life

Advertisement by AM Beschorner (1906)
The coffins of Empress Elisabeth (left) and Crown Prince Rudolf (right) were made by Beschorner

He was the son of the entrepreneur Alexander Markus Beschorner and Marianne geb. Gerlach. Beschorner worked in his father's company, which manufactured metal coffins and was a leader in his field. Ornate driving and casting works were produced.

The Beschorner family was a member of the so-called "Pietät", an association of coffin manufacturers. On July 3, 1870, Alexander Matthias Beschorner received approval to found a private funeral company under the name of "Concordia". This was of course associated with great resistance from "piety".

The company AM Concordia became very successful and supplied not only the upper middle class and nobles, but also the imperial court. Some richly decorated copper sarcophagi of the Capuchin crypt , such as those of Empress Elisabeth and Crown Prince Rudolf , also come from the Beschorner studio . For his services he was appointed supplier to the imperial and royal court .

As a result of the communalization of private funeral companies by the municipality of Vienna, Beschorner had to sell his company to the city on March 31, 1907, but was allowed to retain certain privileges such as his court relationship.

Beschorner continued to be successful throughout his life and was honored several times. He belonged to numerous economic associations and was a member of the Federation of Austrian Industrialists and Income Tax Commission, deputy chairman of the pension institution for employees, committee member of the German People's Theater and honorary member of the Vienna Cercle. He also received numerous high Austrian and foreign awards.

He died in the house at Lindengasse 51 in the 7th district of Vienna and was buried on April 9, 1935 in the Vienna Central Cemetery .

Awards, honors

literature

  • Alexander Markus Beschorner . In: Felix Czeike : Historisches Lexikon Wien. Volume 1: A – Da. Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 1992, ISBN 3-218-00543-4 , p. 345.
  • Franz Knispel: 80 years of the Vienna City Burial . In: Fachverband Bestattung (Ed.): The Austrian Undertaker - DÖB . Volume 29.1987. Vienna Association, Vienna 1987, OBV .
  • R. Müller: Beschorner, Alexander Mathias (1856–1935) , industrialist , in: ÖBL Online-Edition, Lfg. 5, 2016

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b (obituary :) Instead of every special advertisement (…) Kommerzialrat Alexander Mathias Beschorner (…). In:  Neue Freie Presse , Morgenblatt, No. 25349 S / 1935, April 7, 1935, p. 30, center right. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / nfp.

Remarks

  1. ↑ Among other things, on the occasion of the upcoming burial of Henri d'Artois (Heinrich V or Count Chambord) , Beschorner was presented with two gold medals with which the hands of the deceased had previously been touched as an award for coffin, embedding and soldering. - See: Count Chambord. (...) Frohsdorf. (...) Soldering (...). In:  Neue Freie Presse , Abendblatt, September 1, 1883, p. 3, bottom center. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / nfp.
personal data
SURNAME Beschorner, Alexander Matthias
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Beschorner, Alexander Mathias
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian coffin manufacturer
DATE OF BIRTH July 24, 1856
PLACE OF BIRTH Brno
DATE OF DEATH April 6, 1935
Place of death Vienna