Georg Günther (General Director)
Georg Günther (born September 2, 1869 in Ilsenburg , † May 13, 1945 in Vienna ) was a German - Austrian industrial manager .
Günther studied from 1888 to 1892 at the Montanist University in Leoben . During his studies he became a member of the Cruxia Leoben fraternity . In 1892 he joined the Witkowitz ironworks as a metallurgical engineer . Günther took on positions of responsibility in the economy of the Danube Monarchy early on .
From 1898 he was the central director of the Bohemian Mining Society . From 1904 to 1909 he was the general director of the Škoda works in Pilsen , during the First World War and afterwards he headed the Austrian Arms Factory . From 1923 to 1930 he was chairman of the administrative board of the Austrian Federal Railways . The multi-honored industrial manager left behind self-published memoirs in 1936.
Awards
literature
- 60th birthday of the President Dr. Günther. In: Neue Freie Presse , September 1, 1929, p. 9 (online at ANNO ).
- Günther Georg. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 2, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1959, p. 101.
- Viktor Schützenhofer: Günther, Georg. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 7, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1966, ISBN 3-428-00188-5 , p. 273 f. ( Digitized version ).
Individual evidence
- ^ Directory of the old men of the German fraternity. Überlingen am Bodensee 1920, p. 182.
- ↑ Academic dignitaries of the Vienna University of Technology ( Memento of the original from February 21, 2016 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. . Retrieved February 3, 2016.
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| SURNAME | Günther, Georg |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian manager |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 2, 1869 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ilsenburg (Harz) |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 13, 1945 |
| Place of death | Vienna |