Egon von Poschinger

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Egon Wolfgang Franz Wilhelm Ritter and Edler von Poschinger (born January 21, 1894 at Gut Zengermoos near Munich ; † February 16, 1977 ) was an estate and factory owner, as well as a painter .

family

He came from the old Bavarian Poschinger family , whose lineage begins with Joachim Poschinger (1523–1599), landlord on Oberzwieselau ( Regen district ) in the Bavarian Forest , and was first mentioned in 1140. He was the son of the estate and glass manufacturer Egon Benedikt Maria Michael Wilhelm Ritter and Edler von Poschinger (born June 15, 1864 in Theresienthal ; † March 19, 1915 ibid) and his first wife Anna Schmidt (1869-1901). He acquired the Zengermoos estate in Erdinger Moos from J. N. Zenger. In 1896 he built the peat railway to Ismaning , which brought the fuel, which was valuable at the time, primarily to the Munich breweries. As a result, entire columns of peat cutters worked every year in the Zengermoos moor forest, which is now a protected area . They mostly came from the Bavarian Forest and the Upper Palatinate . Some of them settled in the moss. This is how today's village of Zengermoos and the settlement area of Moosinninger Moos , which was renamed the current parish village of Eichenried in 1922 , were created in the area of ​​the municipality of Moosinning .

Poschinger remained unmarried.

His older brother was the manufacturer and painter Hans von Poschinger (1892–1951), his grandmother the manufacturer's daughter and painter Henriette von Poschinger , née Steigerwald (1844–1903).

Life

As a wealthy landlord and manufacturer, Poschinger could afford to live out the artistic talent inherited from grandmother Henriette. In contrast to his brother Hans, Egon preferred oil painting , specializing in the foothills of the Alps .

From 1922 Poschinger inherited the Theresienthal family estate and took over the management of the glass factory from brother Hans. Egon had very good contacts in the USA , as a result of which the export of his glass products overseas could be increased enormously in the times before and after the First World War and the glasses from the Bavarian Forest also became known in New York . The US glass dealer HJ Howe in Syracuse (state of New York ) had the preface to a brochure about the fine glass from Theresienthal begin with the following words: “ In the prettiest and most secluded part of the famous Bayern Woods in Bavaria, with the historic and picturesque blue Danube as its nearest neighbor, nestles the primitive little village of Theresienthal, famous the world over, for is exquisitely beautiful glass. "

After the death of his brother Hans, Egon remained the sole owner of the glassworks until he took on Max Gangkofner, director of the glass college in Zwiesel , as a partner on May 1, 1963 .

Awards

Honors

  • Egon-von-Poschinger-Strasse in Zwiesel

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Quote from www.roemer-aus-theresienthal.de, as of October 2006

literature

personal data
SURNAME Poschinger, Egon von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Poschinger, Egon Ritter and Edler von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German factory owner and painter
DATE OF BIRTH January 21, 1894
PLACE OF BIRTH Gut Zengermoos near Munich
DATE OF DEATH February 16, 1977