Hugo Henckel von Donnersmarck

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Hugo Henckel von Donnersmarck
Laurahütte (1840)

Hugo Count Henckel von Donnersmarck (born April 26, 1811 in Siemianowitz , Upper Silesia , † October 4, 1890 in Vienna ) was a German-Austrian entrepreneur .

origin

His parents were Carl Henckel von Donnersmarck (1784–1813) and his wife Countess Eugenie von Wengersky (1790–1858). His father was Fideikommi on Beuthen, Prussian legation councilor and fell as a Prussian captain in the battle of Großgörschen in 1813 . His grandfather was Lazarus III. Henckel von Donnersmarck . His mother married Count Konrad von Sternberg (1798–1860), Lord of the Raudnitz rulership , in 1823 .

Life

When he took over his father's property in Beuthen / Upper Silesia in 1832 at the age of 21 , his skills in agriculture , animal breeding and heavy industry soon became apparent . So he built in Laurahütte the first puddle - and rolling steel mills on German soil. In 1846 he also took over the properties of the Henckel von Donnersmarck family in Carinthia , especially around Wolfsberg and Bad St. Leonhard in the Lavant Valley . Here he reorganized the steel industry and relocated it from Frantschach-Sankt Gertraud in the Wolfsberg district to Zeltweg in Styria , where shortly afterwards he also had a puddle and rolled steelworks built. In 1871, a large part of his mining industry in Upper Silesia was transferred to the United Königs- und Laurahütte joint-stock company . To compensate for the loss of the steel industry in the municipality of Frantschach, he built a soda - pulp and paper factory there in 1881/82 , which still exists today under the name Mondi Packaging Frantschach GmbH and is the largest employer in the municipality of Frantschach.

He also rendered outstanding services to the city of Wolfsberg, where in the middle of the 19th century he acquired Wolfsberg Castle, visible from afar above the city , which he had renovated in the neo-Gothic Tudor style . Another of his legacies that still exist today is the Palais Henckel von Donnersmarck in Vienna, which was built in 1872 as a gift for his second wife Laura. After her death, it was sold and, together with the Palais Leitenberger, formed part of the Radisson SAS Palais Hotel until 2013 .

family

He married Countess Laura von Hardenberg (* September 8, 1812 - December 24, 1857) in Raudnitz in 1830 , a daughter of Count Friedrich August von Hardenberg (1770–1837) and Countess Elisabeth von Czettritz-Neuhaus (* 1782 ). The couple had four sons and one daughter, including:

  • Hugo Karl Lazarus Eugen Friedrich (* July 31, 1832; † April 2, 1908) ⚭ 1856 Countess Wanda von Gaschin (* December 7, 1837; † August 30, 1908)
  • Lazarus (* May 23, 1835; † December 18, 1914) ⚭ Countess Maria von Schweinitz and Krain (* January 2, 1838; † February 18, 1914)
  • Arthur (* November 20, 1836; † July 27, 1921) ⚭ Countess Eleonora Schaffgotsch called Semperfrei von und zu Kynast and Greiffenstein (* March 11, 1837; † December 22, 1891)
  • Alfons (1840-1856)
  • Laura (born August 30, 1838 - † November 22, 1931)
⚭ 1855 Count Hippolyte Karl Maria von Renard (1831–1855), son of Andreas Maria von Renard
⚭ 1857 Johann Joseph Arthur Count von Saurma Freiherr von Jeltsch-Lorzendorf (1831–1878)

After the death of his first wife, he married Laura von Kaszonyi (* January 7, 1836, † December 11, 1905) in Vienna in 1859 , a daughter of Johann von Kaszonyi and Rosalie Pongracz . The marriage remained without children.

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personal data
SURNAME Henckel von Donnersmarck, Hugo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Henckel von Donnersmarck, Hugo Graf von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-Austrian entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH April 26, 1811
PLACE OF BIRTH Siemianowitz , Upper Silesia (now in Poland)
DATE OF DEATH October 4, 1890
Place of death Vienna