Gustav Adolph von Schoeller
Gustav Adolph von Schoeller (born October 5, 1826 in Düren , † June 25, 1889 in Vienna ) was a large German-Austrian entrepreneur and mining industrialist.
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The son of the sugar industrialist, who was born in Düren and worked in Edelény , Hungary , and Heinrich Eduard von Schoeller (1803–1879), who was ennobled as an Austrian knight in 1873, and Johanna Elisabeth Hoesch, his uncle Alexander von Schoeller (1805–1886) joined his various companies early on trained and involved in important decisions. From 1847 he first worked in the Viennese wholesaler Schoeller & Co. , which later became Schoellerbank , where he was also taken over as a partner from 1869. Together with his uncle and Ernst von Herring, Gustav Adolph founded the hard coal union Mirošov u Rokycan during this time . With increasing health problems of his uncle, Gustav Adolph had to relieve him more and more in the management of the other companies. After Alexander's death, Gustav Adolph took over the management of the wholesale and banking house in Vienna and, together with his cousin Sir Paul Eduard von Schoeller (1853–1920), each received a third share in the Berndorfer metal goods factory , which was shortly after his death from the third partner Arthur Krupp was taken over in sole ownership. Gustav Adolph had previously introduced the latest modernizations there. In addition, after purchasing a steam hammer, he founded an independent case factory for the production of war material.
In the Schoeller Stahlwerke (Theresienhütte), the Ternitzer Walzwerk- and Bessemer Stahlfabrikations-AG and later Schoeller-Bleckmann Stahlwerke , he carried out the innovations already planned by his uncle and in this context opened the branches in the Hirschwang district of Reichenau an der Rax for economic reasons together with the Ternitz plant. He then set up the Schoeller & Co cardboard factory in the Hirschwangen factory , which was later sold to Neusiedler AG in 1916 .
Since Gustav Adolph also suffered from a worsening nervous disease, he soon included his nephew Sir Paul Eduard and his brother Philipp Wilhelm von Schoeller (1845–1916) in the management of the company. However, he did not have much time for his modernization, because only three years after Alexander's death he died of his illness in 1889 and his two nephews took over the company empire.
In addition to his professional obligations, Schoeller was also a member of various boards of directors of industrial, banking and railway companies such as the Bodencreditanstalt in Vienna or the Kaiser Ferdinands-Nordbahn . In addition, he took an active part in the life of the evangelical community in Vienna and was elected its presbyter from 1867 until his death .
family
Gustav Adolph von Schoeller was married to Marianne Draemann (1834–1932), with whom he had four daughters, since 1853. His daughter Adele (1854–1918) married the legal scholar Armand Freiherr Dumreicher von Österreicher (1845–1908), Aline married the industrialist Paul von Seybel , Emilie married the doctor Ferdinand Freiherr von Buschman , General Secretary of the Austrian Geographical Society, and Mathilde Friederike (1857–1913) the paper manufacturer Hugo von Hoesch (1850–1916), son of the steel industrialist Leopold Hoesch (1820–1899). Their son Leopold von Hoesch later became a well-known diplomat and ambassador in Paris and London.
Literature and Sources
- E. Life: Schoeller, Gustav Adolph von. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 11, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1999, ISBN 3-7001-2803-7 , p. 21.
- Hugo Schoeller, August Victor Schoeller: History of the Schoeller Family. 2 volumes. Eisenschmid, Berlin 1894. New edition by Stedman and Wallmoden 1994, ISBN 3-980-32882-1 .
- Hans Freiherr von Dumreicher: 100 years of Haus Schoeller - from the past and the present. 2nd Edition. Self-published, Vienna 1934.
- Franz Mathis: Big Business in Austria, Austrian large companies in brief presentations. Oldenbourg, Munich 1987, ISBN 3-486-53771-7 .
- Johann Slokar: History of Austrian Industry and its Promotion by Emperor Franz I. Tempsky, Vienna 1914.
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| SURNAME | Schoeller, Gustav Adolph von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-Austrian major entrepreneur and coal and steel industrialist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 5, 1826 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Düren |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 25, 1889 |
| Place of death | Vienna |