Carl Friedrich Seutter of Loetzen

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Carl Friedrich Seutter von Loetzen (born January 11, 1820 in Lindau , † September 23, 1892 in Vienna ) was a German-Austrian industrialist and member of the Austrian Imperial Council .

Life

The son of the Lindau wine merchant Johann Adam began his professional career as an apprentice in his brother's company, Hail & Seutter, before he worked as a traveling salesman for a Viennese cotton yarn business. There he subsequently became an authorized signatory and later a partner. From 1873 he became the sole owner of the company Seutter & Co., which had been managed since 1861. From 1874 to 1879, Carl Seutter was a member of the House of Representatives of the Austrian Reichsrat . After the death of his brother Eduard, he resigned his mandate and took over the Prague company in 1879 and a plant in Seebach ( Seeboden municipality ) near Spittal an der Drau in 1880 .

With the purchase of a cotton spinning mill and mill in Unter-Eggendorf near Wiener Neustadt , Carl Seutter built up a company empire from 1882 that had up to 500 employees in its prime. Seutter did not forget the social components either, because in addition to the workshops for the training of the workers, a workers' settlement with a kindergarten and a school was attached to the plant.

In addition, Carl Seutter was also a member of the Chamber of Commerce and a member of the commercial court as well as a representative of the committee of the Viennese merchants. Furthermore, he held a prominent position within the evangelical community in Vienna.

Appreciation

Seuttergasse in Vienna's 13th district (Hacking) was named after him in 1894.

Individual evidence

personal data
SURNAME Seutter von Loetzen, Carl Friedrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Seutter, Carl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian industrialist and member of the Austrian Reichsrat
DATE OF BIRTH January 11, 1820
PLACE OF BIRTH Lindau
DATE OF DEATH September 23, 1892
Place of death Vienna