Emil Rothschütz

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Baron Emil von Roschütz-Rothschütz , before that Baron Emil von Roschütz-Rothschütz (* August 7, 1836 in Aachen , Kingdom of Prussia as Emil Roschütz-Rothschütz ; † February 21, 1909 in Podsmreka near Weixelburg , Carniola , Austria-Hungary ) was a German-Slovenian beekeeper and bee wholesaler. Furthermore, he appears under various versions of his family name, both in German and Slovene variations; Examples are: Rothschütz, Roschütz, Rožič, Rothšic, Ravenegg, etc. He enjoys greater fame under the name Emil Rothschütz .

Life

Emil Rothschütz became the son of Philipp Freiherr von Roschütz-Rothschütz, Herr von Bobentschitz (* 1812), later an honorary doctorate in philosophy, etc., and his later wife (marriage in 1855) Friederike Petronella von Hungs from the family of those on August 7, 1836 Hund zum Busch was born in Aachen, which was part of the Kingdom of Prussia at that time. After studying agriculture, he moved in 1856 to the estate near Ratschach in the historical region of Dolenjska (Lower Carniola) in present-day Slovenia, which his father had bought . Here he began to deal with beekeeping both theoretically and practically and in 1859 he became the owner of his father's estate. Here he also met Antonia Cäcilia Philomena Countess von Liechtenberg (* May 5, 1841), whom he married on her 18th birthday, May 5, 1859, and who was later known by her author's name, Antonie Ravenegg.

In 1866 he first leased the Podsmreka manor, which he later acquired. Rothschütz mainly devoted himself to beekeeping and the bee trade, where he quickly rose to become a wholesaler who even supplied beehives to countries outside Europe (including in South America and Asia ). In more than 100,000 beehives, he exported mainly Ukrainian bees to numerous countries. For the production of props for beekeepers, he also set up a carpentry and plumber's workshop, which employed up to 35 workers at peak times. In addition, he also appeared as the author of various books on beekeeping and bees, one of the most famous, probably Baron Emil Rothschütz , being an illustrated beekeeping company with 400 black and white images from 1875. In addition, various supplements and other parts appeared in the following two decades. In addition, from 1873 to 1875 he appeared as the first chairman of the Ukrainian beekeeping association in Ljubljana and supported the publication of the Slowenska ebela , the first Slovenian magazine for beekeepers. At the same time he was also on the editorial staff of the German-language magazine Die Krainer Biene , in which he published essays on beekeeping.

After the economic situation deteriorated in 1900, the once flourishing company went bankrupt in 1909. In addition to the activities already mentioned, Emil Rothschütz often appeared as an organizer and was, among other things, the initiator for the beekeeping organization in Slovenia. During the time of his activity, the Apis mellifera carnica , also called the Carinthian or Carniolan bee, was described as a new species by the apidologist August Pollmann (1875). According to tradition, beekeepers from Lower and Upper Carniola delivered more than 170,000 queen bees all over the world between 1857 and the First World War . For this reason the Apis mellifera carnica has become a so-called model or reference bee for many countries, especially in Northern and Central Europe . His wife was also engaged in her husband's business and published, among other things, the book Die erprobte Honig-Köchin in 1893 with the help of her husband .

On February 21, 1909, Rothschütz died at the age of 72 in the village of Podsmreka near Weixelburg in Carniola, which at that time belonged to Austria-Hungary .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ New General German Adels Lexicon . 7, 1867, p. 572 f .
  2. ↑ Liechtenberg, the house, today's marital status in the Biographical Lexicon of the Austrian Empire , accessed on February 21, 2017
  3. ↑ ROSENTALER CARNICA HONIG ( Memento of the original from February 22, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed February 21, 2017 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kulinarisches-erbe.at
personal data
SURNAME Rothschütz, Emil
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Roschütz-Rothschütz, Emil von (full name); Roschütz-Rothschütz, Emil (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-Slovenian beekeeper and bee wholesaler
DATE OF BIRTH August 7, 1836
PLACE OF BIRTH Aachen , Kingdom of Prussia
DATE OF DEATH February 21, 1909
Place of death Podremska near Weixelburg , Carniola , Austria-Hungary