Halban (noble family)

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Halban is the name of an originally Jewish family from Poland , from which several members were raised to the Austrian nobility in 1890 and 1917 . The family name was originally Blumenstock , since 1893 they have called themselves mostly Halban . Members of this sex were mainly active as doctors, lawyers and artists.

history

Selma von Halban-Kurz , 1900
Hans von Halban (1877–1947) in Würzburg, 1909
Hans von Halban (1908–1964) in Montreal, 1942

The later ennobled branches of the family go back to Salomon Blumenstock, born in 1812, a merchant in Krakow . He left four sons and three daughters from his marriage, of whom Heinrich (1844-1902) embarked on a career as a lawyer and politician and finally became head of section and office director of the House of Representatives of the Austrian Reichsrat . He was raised to the nobility in 1890 as Knight Blumenstock von Halban and called himself Knight von Halban from 1893 . He was married to a sister of Victor Adler ; his descendants include the chemist Hans von Halban (1877–1947) and his son, the physicist Hans von Halban (1908–1964).

The nephew Heinrich von Halbans, the gynecologist and university professor Josef Halban (1870-1937), married the opera singer Selma Kurz in 1910 . In 1890 he left Judaism. There are two children from his marriage: the daughter Désiree, called Dési (1912-1996) and the son George (1915-1998). Dési became a concert soprano and the wife of the Dutch art dealer Jacques Goudstikker , whose collections were looted by Hermann Göring during the Second World War . Josef Halban was raised to the nobility in 1917; Selma Halban-Kurz died in Vienna in 1933 and was buried in an honorary grave in Vienna's central cemetery. Her tomb , a work by the sculptor Fritz Wotruba , sparked a dispute about the half-naked reclining statue in 1934. In 1983 Halban-Kurz-Strasse in Vienna-Liesing was named after the singer.

After the fall of the Austro-Hungarian Empire of the family went to the nobility repeal Act 1919, the ennoblement lost.

Dr. Heinrich von Halban (1844–1902) and his family (Leo, Lora, Maria, Rudolf) are buried in the Vienna Central Cemetery (Group 55A, No. 27), Josef von Halban (1870–1937) was buried in the grave of honor of his wife ( Group 14C, No. 8).

Genealogy (extract)

  1. Salomon Blumenstock (1812 -?) ∞ Gitel Kopelik (1810–1889), and had seven children from this marriage (four sons, three daughters), including:
    1. Philipp (1840–1907), businessman ⚭ Anna Sara Hinda Damaszek (1852–1901), and had 7 children from this marriage (3 sons, 4 daughters), including:
      1. Josef (1870–1937), gynecologist, since 1917 by Halban ⚭ Selma Kurz (1874–1933), singer, and had two children from this marriage:
        1. Désiree (1912–1996), singer ⚭ (I) Jacques Goudstikker (1897–1940), (II) August Eduard von Saher (1890–1973), and had a son from her first marriage.
        2. George (1915-1998), writer
    2. Leo (1838–1897), coroner ⚭ NN (? -?), And had from this marriage:
      1. Alfred (1865–1926), legal historian
    3. Heinrich (1844–1902), lawyer and politician, since 1890 knight Blumenstock von Halban , since 1893 knight von Halban ⚭ Marie Adler (? –1904), sister of Victor Adler , and had three sons from this marriage, including:
      1. Hans (1877–1947), chemist ⚭ Zora Fialka (? –1928), and from this marriage had:
        1. Hans (1908–1964), physicist ⚭ (I) NN Placzek, (II) Aline Elisabeth de Gunzbourg , (III) Micheline Lazare-Vernier), and had offspring

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Anna L. Staudacher: "... announces the departure from the Mosaic faith". 18,000 exits from Judaism in Vienna, 1868–1914: names - sources - dates . Peter Lang, Frankfurt / M. u. a. 2009, ISBN 978-3-631-55832-4 , p. 68.
  2. ↑ Arno Kerschbaumer, Nobilitations under the reign of Emperor Karl I / IV. Károly király (1916-1921) , Graz 2016 ( ISBN 978-3-9504153-1-5 ), p. 103: Nobility for Dr. Josef Halban (formerly Blumenstock), primary physician and head of the gynecological department of the Wieden Hospital, due to the supreme decision of Emperor Karl I ( Villa Wartholz , August 16, 1917), diploma no longer issued before the end of the monarchy.
  3. ↑ Biography of Heinrich von Halban (English)
  4. ↑ Biography of Hans von Halban (chemist)

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