Bogdan Prošek

Bogdan Prošek

Bogdan Prošek ( Bulgarian Богдан Прошек ) (* 1858 in Beraun , Bohemia; † October 26, 1905 in Sofia ), born as Theodor Prošek (Bulgarian Теодор Прошек), was a Bohemian entrepreneur. He spent most of his life in Bulgaria . Theodor Prošek officially changed his first name to the corresponding Bulgarian form in 1879: Theodor Prošek became Bogdan Prošek (Bulgarian Богдан Прошек / Bogdan Proschek). He is the brother of Jiří Prošek and the cousin of Václav Prošek and Josef Prošek .

biography

Bogdan Prošek graduated from the Czech Technical University in Prague . Bogdan Prošek came to Bulgaria in 1878, where his brother Jiří Prošek had already settled in 1871. Together, the brothers founded the first printing works, called Hofdruckerei Sofia, in 1879 (destroyed during the bombing of Sofia in 1944 and nationalized in 1947) and in 1884 the Prošek brewery . This brewery was Sofia's largest brewery at the time. The brothers later founded a ceramics factory.

Seven years after the brewery (1881 to 1884), the Prošek brothers also built the Lion Bridge ( 1888 to 1891) and the Eagle Bridge (1889 to 1891). Bogdan Prošek was also involved in the construction of the port of Varna (1905).

Theodor / Bogdan Prošek married Wilhelmina and had three daughters (Boschena, Milka and Wlasta) and a son (Bogdan) with her. The daughter Boschena married Josef Urban, who had been a high city employee in Prague for many years. The second daughter Milka married Georgi Kupow. The co-partners of the family company "Brothers Georgi and Bogdan Proschek" (Bulgarian Братя Георги и Богдан Прошек) wanted to exclude him from the management, which led to ongoing disputes and disputes in the company for over 20 years.

literature

• Grigor Doytchinov and Christo Gantchev: Austrian architects in Bulgaria 1878-1918 . Böhlau Verlag, Vienna 2001. S. 178 ff.