Gustav Kapsreiter

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Gustav Kapsreiter (born December 26, 1893 in Schärding am Inn ; † April 13, 1971 ibid) was an Austrian industrialist, art patron and politician.

Life

Memorial plaque for Maria Kapsreiter in Schärding Castle Park
Crypt of the Kapsreiter and Mayr families in the Petersfriedhof Salzburg

Gustav Kapsreiter came from a Schärdingen entrepreneurial family that had owned the Kapsreiter brewery since 1863 . After elementary school he went to high school. He became a chamber councilor in 1946 and a councilor for commerce in 1957 . The Kapsreiter Group , headed by Gustav Kapsreiter for many years, finally comprised the three branches of Kapsreiter Construction , Kapsreiter Beer and Kapsreiter Granite . The company was one of the most important employers in the region , particularly after the Second World War . Gustav Kapsreiter was one of the founders of the Association of Austrian Industrialists and headed the Association of the Stone and Ceramic Industry in Austria. From December 19, 1945 to March 18, 1953 he was a member of the National Council for the ÖVP .

Gustav Kapsreiter was married to Maria Mayr (1896–1959) from Salzburg, a niece of Richard and Carl Mayr . Through this marriage, the Kapsreiter family also came into possession of the Rauchbichlerhof in Salzburg. Gustav Kapsreiter, his wife and his brother Peter, who died prematurely, are buried in the Mayr family crypt at the Petersfriedhof Salzburg .

In Henndorf am Wallersee the Gustav-Kapsreiter-Weg is named after Gustav Kapsreiter.

Kapsreiter as a patron

Gustav Kapsreiter's wife made a name for herself as a patron of the arts and campaigned for the preservation of the Schärdinger Castle Park, where a plaque commemorates her. Both were also active in the area of ​​the Innviertel artists' guild. Gustav Kapsreiter himself was a member of Carl Zuckmayer's circle of friends and supported artists and writers such as Alfred Kubin , Johanna Dorn-Fladerer and Richard Billinger .

Carl Zuckmayer wrote about Kapsreiter: "Gustav Kapsreiter knew all his life how to combine business management, politics and wealth with an enthusiastic understanding of art, he was a life artist in every respect ..."

Kapsreiter was also friends with Christiane Zimmer, Hugo von Hofmannsthal's daughter , and her husband. He tried to buy the family's property, Schloss Prielau , after Gerty von Hofmannsthal, the poet's Jewish widow, had given the property to her daughter and her daughter had been ordered to sell the property immediately. Kapsreiter's attempts to save the property in this way were prevented by the Nazi authorities, so that finally the sculptor Josef Thorak , who was valued by the National Socialists , was able to take possession of the property.

literature

  • Elfriede Engl : Gustav Kapsreiter on his 75th birthday , in: Yearbook of the Innviertler Künstlergilde 1967/68, pp. 79–83.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Gustav Kapsreiter on the website of the Austrian Parliament
  2. ↑ 70 years of the Stone and Ceramics Association. (PDF, 7.2 MB) wko.at, accessed on October 11, 2017 .
  3. ↑ Gustav Kapsreiter
  4. ↑ Gustav Kapsreiter, in: Web presence of Johanna Dorn
  5. ↑ Gustav Kapsreiter ( Memento from December 9, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
  6. ↑ Posted by Carl Zuckmayr
  7. ^ Albert Lichtblau , Aryanizations, Confiscated Assets, Provisions and Compensation in Salzburg , Oldenbourg 2004, ISBN 978-3486567809 , p. 116
  8. ^ Elfriede Engl , in: Web presence of Regiowiki.at

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personal data
SURNAME Kapsreiter, Gustav
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kapsreiter, Gustl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian industrialist, art patron and politician (ÖVP), member of the National Council
DATE OF BIRTH December 26, 1893
PLACE OF BIRTH Schärding
DATE OF DEATH April 13, 1971
Place of death Schärding