Daniel Swarovski II

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Daniel Swarovski II , (born February 13, 1914 in Wattens ; † June 23, 1992 ibid.) Was an Austrian author and Vice President of the Austrian Red Cross .

Life

Daniel II was the grandson of Daniel Swarovski , founder of the D. Swarovski company . His father was Fritz Swarovski, one of Daniel I's three sons. In 1935, Daniel Swarovski II joined the company and was appointed managing partner in 1946.

Daniel Swarovski II was the third generation leader, made up of Manfred Swarovski, Schwemberger Swarovski, Wilhelmine Schiestl and Gertrude Langes. During this time, the Swarovski company developed into the world's largest producer of glass stones and crystal glass. As a book author, Daniel II was also active in the Grail movement of the writer Oskar Ernst Bernhardt, alias Abd-ru-shin, which he supported.

Daniel II built up a voluntary welfare system for the Swarovski company. He started an extensive settlement program with company apartments for the company's workers. Following his philosophy, he wanted to give each employee their own house and garden. The company acquired 153,022 square meters of land in the municipality of Mils near Hall in Tyrol, which it made available to its employees for building in units of 1,000 square meters. The result was a housing estate with the character of an elegant residential area. Swarovski also gave its employees access to cheap loans.

Daniel Swarovski II was Vice President of the Austrian Red Cross , Councilor of Commerce , Honorary Senator of the Leopold Franzens University Innsbruck and honorary member of the Austrian-American Chamber of Commerce in New York .

Daniel Swarovski II was married to Maria (born Hupfau, 1919–2014).

Works

  • Beyond the five senses, publisher of the Grail Message Foundation, Stuttgart, 1991, ISBN 978-3-87860-192-0
  • Sexuality and responsibility, publisher of the Grail Message Foundation, Stuttgart, 1991, ISBN 978-3-87860-201-9
  • Materialism the great seducer, contemporary considerations, volume 5, Sieben Quellen Verlag, 1982
  • Living in the countryside. A model for family-friendly living, Tyrolia Verlag, 1988, ISBN 978-3-7022-1665-8
  • Why so much fuss about Abd-ru-shin's Grail Message and the Grail Settlement Vomperberg ?, Stuttgart 1955
  • It's time
  • A memorial to Daniel Swarovski, 1961
  • How I came to the realization that Abd-ru-shin (Oskar Ernst Bernhardt) is the Son of Man, 1975

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Michael Riedler: Worldwide glittering network of a family ( Memento from November 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), Wirtschaftsblatt, December 2, 2003
  2. ↑ How I came to the realization that Abd-ru-shin (Oskar Ernst Bernhardt) is the Son of Man (PDF; 81 kB), foreword, May 1975
personal data
SURNAME Swarovski, Daniel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian author and Vice President of the Austrian Red Cross
DATE OF BIRTH February 13, 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH Wattens
DATE OF DEATH June 23, 1992
Place of death Wattens