Georg von Högelmüller
Georg Ritter von Högelmüller (born February 6, 1770 in Vienna ; † April 14, 1826 there ) was an officer and founder of the Austrian fire damage insurance company .
Life
From 1803 in the military, he sustained serious wounds in the Battle of Wagram in 1809. In 1810 he was promoted to major .
His main merit was the establishment of a mutual fire damage insurance company. Private insurance was only approved in 1824 after 19 years of efforts. For his initiatives to establish fire insurance, he was given honorary citizenship of the cities of Krems , Stein and Tulln .
In 1875 the Högelmüllergasse in Vienna- Margareten (5th district) was named after him.
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Högelmüller, Georg Ritter von . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 9th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1863, pp. 107-109 ( digitized version ).
- Högelmüller Georg von. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 2, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1959, p. 356.
- Gustav Otruba : Högelmüller, Georg Ritter von. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 9, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1972, ISBN 3-428-00190-7 , p. 318 f. ( Digitized version ).
- W. Rohrbach: Insurance history of Austria . 4 volumes. 1988
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| SURNAME | Högelmüller, Georg von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Högelmüller, Georg Ritter von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian officer, founder of the fire damage insurance company |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 6, 1770 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 14, 1826 |
| Place of death | Vienna |