Gustav von Portheim

Gustav von Portheim (actually Gustav Porges Edler von Portheim ; * August 7, 1823 , † March 8, 1916 in Prague ) was a person of the Bohemian and Austrian cooperative system .

Life

The coat of arms of Moses Porges Edlen von Portheim (1781–1870) and his descendants, awarded in 1841.

Gustav Porges Edler von Portheim was a son of the industrialist Moses Porges (1781–1870), who in 1841 had attained the hereditary Austrian nobility as "Edler von Portheim" . He came from a Jewish entrepreneurial family based in Vienna and Prague . Gabriel Porges (1738–1824), Gustav's grandfather, had been a rabbi in Prague. Juda Porges (1785–1869), Gustav's uncle, had also been raised to the nobility in 1841 as "Noble von Portheim". The industrialist Eduard Porges von Portheim (1826–1907), a cousin of Gustav, was also raised in 1879 to the hereditary Austrian knighthood.

Functions in the cooperative system

Gustav Porges Edler von Portheim was one of the founders of the savings and credit association in Smíchov and was president of the supervisory board there from 1869 to 1894 . From 1872 he was in connection with the general association of self-help based commercial and economic cooperatives in Austria (since 1930 Austrian cooperative association ), was considered a promoter of the interests of the association and a regular visitor to the association days. He was elected chairman of the full committee in 1879 and held this position until 1891. In 1880 he headed the 8th Association Day and made personal sacrifices to maintain the association. He was one of the most important pillars of the association attorney Hermann Ziller .

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Johann Brazda, Robert Schediwy , Tode Todev: Self-help or politicized economy, On the history of the Austrian cooperative association (Schulze Delitzsch) 1872 to 1997 , Vienna 1997

Individual evidence

^ Andreas Resch: Porges von Portheim. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 20, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-428-00201-6 , pp. 634-636 ( digitized version ).
^ Johann Brazda, Robert Schediwy, Tode Todev: Self-help or politicized economy, On the history of the Austrian cooperative association (Schulze Delitzsch) 1872 to 1997 , Vienna 1997, p. 351.

personal data
SURNAME	Portheim, Gustav von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Porges von Portheim, Gustav
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Person of the Bohemian and Austrian cooperative system
DATE OF BIRTH	August 7, 1823
DATE OF DEATH	March 8, 1916
Place of death	Prague

[1] Andreas Resch: Porges von Portheim. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 20, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-428-00201-6 , pp. 634-636 ( digitized version ).

[2] Johann Brazda, Robert Schediwy, Tode Todev: Self-help or politicized economy, On the history of the Austrian cooperative association (Schulze Delitzsch) 1872 to 1997 , Vienna 1997, p. 351.