Georg Koppitsch

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Georg Koppitsch (also Kopitsch, * 1825 in Neusiedl am See , Burgenland , then Hungary ; † April 28, 1880 in Kaisersteinbruch ) was an Austro-Hungarian master stonemason in Kaisersteinbruch.

Lesson letter from Georg Koppitsch

The large-scale Trinity Column in Neusiedl am See, the work of the Kaisersteinbruch master stonemason Elias Hügel , (possibly) led him to his professional decision.

Life

The name Kop (p) itsch is documented in Neusiedl am See in 1595 by Caspar, in 1787 by Michael in the office of market judge. Georg was born into this family.

Training letter for Georg Koppitsch 1844

The original of a confirmation of Georg Koppitsch's apprenticeship letter issued in 1853 , his apprenticeship period lasted from 1839 to 1844, signed by the carpenters with the great seal of the honorable craft of the stonemasons and masons in Heiligenkreuzer / Kaiser-Steinbruch, is on display in the Steinmetzmuseum Kaisersteinbruch . His teaching letter was possibly lost in the turmoil of the Hungarian Revolution in 1848 , so this confirmation was necessary.

We NN Zechmeister and a whole ehrsames craft of stonemasonry and master mason in the pen heiligenkreuzerischen place = quarry at Leythaberg profess virtue of this teaching letter, after the honorable George Koppitsch of Neusiedl am See bey Mr. George Abbot to Kaisersteinbruch on June 2, 1839 with an open charge on to learn five years, the stonemason craft up applications and on June 9, 1844 acquitted been completely ausgelernet even in this time ... so should his what has been guarantor, the honest journeyman Joseph Buchinger and Joseph Madle, their paid guarantee sake, quits , to be free and loose ... current apprenticeship letter on June 5, 1853 confirmed with our larger handicraft seal attached .
Johann Krasny, headmaster
Michael Weidbacher, subordinate

cholera

The period from 1837 to 1874 can be described as the " cholera epoch " in Kaisersteinbruch, especially the years 1849 and 1873. In 1844, 1845 and 1847 the last three masters of the Gehmacher family died. A announcement was made in the Neusiedler district . cholera in several places of Sopron and Raaber Comitats occurred and it is feared that the grab these fast-killing disease is expected to gradually expand to, unless appropriate caution means are applied ..

Hungarian compatriots to Vienna

After the uprising of Hungary against the Habsburgs in 1848, and its suppression in 1849, a proclamation was made: .. For some time now a considerable number of Hungarian compatriots have come to Vienna with the intention of coming before His Majesty (Emperor Franz Joseph I ) because of them Oppressions to bring action. Since these people are mostly without ID and lack the necessary means of preservation, they are stopped at the line (border town Kaisersteinbruch) and thus deported to their homeland .

What the community leaders are informed that their cheap demands will be taken into account in any case in the proper way .
District Commissar Böhm.

Marriage with the master's widow Carolina Gehmacher

Michael Gehmacher, master stonemason and quarry tenant in Kaisersteinbruch, a grandson of master Johann Gehmacher , who immigrated from Salzburg in 1746 , died on December 13, 1847. Carolina Gehmacherin, the 48-year-old widow, married the 28-year-old Georg Koppitsch on May 22, 1853 . In the marriage book he is listed as a master stonemason. The witnesses were Joseph Steurer, Prince Liechtenstein valet and Caspar Niergl, master stonemason.

Through this marriage, Koppitsch took over the stonemason hut from Michael Gehmacher and the quarry.

Annual reports of the Ödenburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Besides St. Margarethen , the second significant quarry was that of Kaisersteinbruch. The sales of stone and masonry stones were quite good, as the sales volumes show.

Note: 1 fl convention coin = 2.5 fl Viennese currency

In 1853 54,000 cubic shoes (1,706 m³) were produced, which were mainly sold in Vienna at 1 liter per cubic shoe. 60 men worked in the quarry every day.

In the years 1857 to 1859 the production could be increased to 118,200 cubic shoe stone and 708 cubic shoe limestone with a total value of 70,700 fl. The production value in Kaisersteinbruch thus exceeded that of St. Margarethen . 79 to 103 workers were employed. The daily wage was between 90 kr and 1 fl 10 kr. Some of the stones were already worked out in the quarry and then brought to Vienna, but also to Pressburg , Raab and Ödenburg.

In 1860 100 workers were employed. They produced between 140,000 and 145,000 cubic shoes (4,424 to 4,482 m³) annually. During these years the Kaisersteinbruch stonemason trade was represented by the masters Johann Amelin , Johann Krasny , Franz Abt, Michael Weidbacher, Michael Tiefenbrunner, Franz Pansipp, Caspar Niergl, Franz Nunkowitsch, Franz Winkler, Stephan Heischmann, Peregrin Teuschl , Georg Koppitsch and Ferdinand Krukenfellner .

death

Master Koppitsch died in 1880 at the age of 55 of " emaciation ", Carolina in 1891 at the age of 86 of " exhaustion senilis ".

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Helmuth Furch: Historical Lexicon Kaisersteinbruch. Cholera p. 369 ff.
  2. ^ Helmuth Furch: Historical Lexicon Kaisersteinbruch. Gehmacher pp. 155–160.
  3. ^ Archive Kaisersteinbruch: Handwritten announcements in the Currens book of November 28, 1851.
  4. ^ Archives Kaisersteinbruch: Currens book of May 27, 1851.
  5. ↑ Hans Hahnenkamp: The Burgenland Industry, Development up to World War I , Part 1, Eisenstadt 1986. Its source was the annual reports of the Ödenburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry .
personal data
SURNAME Koppitsch, Georg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austro-Hungarian stonemason of historicism
DATE OF BIRTH 1825
PLACE OF BIRTH Neusiedl am See
DATE OF DEATH April 28, 1880
Place of death Kaisersteinbruch