Alois Scholz
Alois Scholz (born June 9, 1821 in Bielitz ; † July 30, 1883 in Zöptau , Mährisch-Schönberg district) was an Austrian manager in mining and iron smelting in Austrian Silesia . He was a self-employed entrepreneur in industrial companies and was the father-in-law of the writer Maria Stona ( Maria Scholz ) and the grandfather of the sculptor Helene Scholz-Zelezny .
Life
After attending secondary schools in Jägerndorf , Troppau and Olmütz in Moravia, Alois Scholz, son of the chamber director and tester Emanuel Josef Scholz in Teschen ( Cieszyn ) in Silesia, initially worked in the cadastral office in Jägerndorf and in 1836 in the chamber management of the diocese in Wroclaw . After a private training in mining and metallurgy, Alois Scholz became the steelworks controller of the ironworks in Buchbergsthal (Zelezna) in the Jeseníky Mountains .
After studying at the Bergakademie Schemnitz ( Banská Štiavnica ) in Slovakia and subsequent sightseeing trips to mines in Central Europe, Alois Scholz became a smelter in Reutenhauer, Opava district, in 1852 director and 1856 managing director of the iron works Zöptau and Stefanau , then owned by Klein in Zöptau, the leading industrial family in the Austrian railway construction industry . From 1873 to 1876, until his retirement, he was director of the Witkowitz Mining and Ironworks Union in Mährisch Ostrau .
Investments as an entrepreneur
The area of activity of the mining director Alois Scholz also included participation and influence in the modernization of other ironworks in the Austro-Hungarian monarchy . As an entrepreneur, he participated a. a. partly in joint-stock companies at the mechanical flax spinning mill in Wiesenberg , the graphite union in Mährisch Altstadt , the sugar factory in Keltschan and the paper factory in Olleschau in Moravia.
literature
- F. Spurný: Scholz Alois. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 11, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1999, ISBN 3-7001-2803-7 , p. 124 f. (Direct links on p. 124 , p. 125 ).
- Biographical encyclopedia on the history of the Bohemian countries , published on behalf of the Collegium Carolinum by Ferdinand Seibt , Hans Lemberg and Helmut Slapnicka, Volume III (N – Sch), Oldenbourg Verlag Munich 2000, page 741 with further references.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Scholz, Alois |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian manager |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 9, 1821 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bielitz |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 30, 1883 |
| Place of death | Zöptau , Mährisch-Schönberg district |