Friedrich Schey from Koromla

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Friedrich von Schey , lithograph by Adolf Dauthage , 1870
Palais Schey of Koromľa , 1863/1864 by John Romano of rings and August Schwendenwein of Lanauberg built
Grave of Friedrich Schey von Koromla in the Vienna Central Cemetery

Friedrich Schey Freiherr von Koromla (born March 5, 1815 in Güns , † July 15, 1881 in Lainz ) was an Austrian banker , wholesaler , landowner and patron . He was one of the most influential people in the Austrian economy in the 1860s and 1870s.

Life

Friedrich Schey was the son of a wealthy Jewish owner of a trading house in Güns. In his home town he attended grammar school and then studied law at the Lyceum in Ödenburg and in 1831/1832 at the Vienna Polytechnic . In 1835 he worked at the Wertheimstein bank in Vienna, but returned to Güns, where he joined his parents' company. In 1839 he married Emilie Landauer (1817–1840) and became a partner in his father-in-law's company. After the death of his first wife, Schey married her sister Charlotte Landauer (1820–1842) in 1840 and, four years after her death, the Landauer daughter Hermine (1822–1902). His son, the legal scholar Josef Schey von Koromla (1853–1938) comes from this marriage .

After the death of his father-in-law, Friedrich Schey went to Vienna, became director of the Vöslauer worsted yarn factory in 1854 and founded the “Schey Company, kk priv. Wholesaler”, which traded in textiles and ran financial transactions. He was the banker of Archduke Albrecht and through this contact became a supplier to the imperial army . In 1857 he was one of the founders of the Vienna Commercial Academy and was its first president.

In 1859 he was ennobled together with his uncle, Philipp Schey (1798–1881), under the word of honor Edler and the title of Koromla ; In 1860 he received the citizenship of the city of Vienna.

From 1859 he was a member of the administrative board of the Lower Austrian Escompte Society for two years and, with one interruption in 1866, was director of the Austrian National Bank from 1861 to 1869 .

1863 Schey was of Koromľa in the knighthood raised. He had the Palais Schey von Koromla built in 1863/1864.

In 1865 he was appointed to the board of directors of the reinsurance company "Securitas" and from 1869 was its vice-president. He was a member of the board of directors from the foundation of the Theissbahn in 1856, became president of the Kaiserin-Elisabeth-Bahn in 1861 and led the negotiations on its nationalization, which was finally carried out in 1884.

Schey von Koromla was considered a good violinist and put together a collection of books. He sponsored the Vienna City Theater , of which he was president, the construction of the Vienna Music Association , the Künstlerhaus Wien , contributed to the financing of the Austro-Hungarian North Pole Expedition and the construction of a number of monuments in Vienna.

Friedrich Schey von Koromla received the Order of the Iron Crown III in 1862 . Class and awards from Prussia, France, Russia, Brazil, Mexico and other countries. He now rests in the family crypt in the Israelite section of the Vienna Central Cemetery .

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Web links

Commons : Friedrich Schey von Koromla  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Official part. In:  Wiener Zeitung , No. 145/1859, June 24, 1859, p. 1. (Online at ANNO ).Template: ANNO / Maintenance / wrz
personal data
SURNAME Schey von Koromla, Friedrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Friedrich Schey (birth name); Schey von Koromla, Friedrich Freiherr (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian banker and patron
DATE OF BIRTH March 5, 1815
PLACE OF BIRTH Güns
DATE OF DEATH July 15, 1881
Place of death Lainz