Johann Georg von Hütterott

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Johann Georg Ritter von Hütterott (born December 21, 1852 in Trieste , Austrian Empire , † May 27, 1910 in Vienna , Austria-Hungary ) was an Austrian industrialist.

Life

He was born in Trieste as the son of the businessman Carl Hütterott († 1889). Hütterott joined the shipyard Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino , founded in 1857 , where he became a member of the company's board of directors from 1896. Under his leadership, in addition to the existing San Rocco shipyard, a second named San Marco , which was also located in Trieste, was acquired. The San Marco shipyard was then to exclusively build warships , including the battleships SMS Habsburg and SMS Árpád .

In 1879 he was appointed Honorary Consul of the Japanese Empire , in 1891 Hütterott was awarded the Order of the Iron Crown III. Class excellent.

Austrian steam sailing yacht Suzume

In 1898 Hütterott was raised to the nobility . From 1904 to 1908, Hütterott was a member of the industrial and agricultural council of the monarchy , from 1909 of the industrial council. From 1905 he was a member of the manor house of the Austrian Imperial Council for life.

Hütterott was a passionate art collector , whereby he primarily preferred the subject of marine painting . He also owned numerous paintings by the famous marine painter Alexander Kircher , twelve of which are now in the local museum of Rovinj ( Croatia ) in a separate church room.

In the south of Rovinj, Hütterott planned the construction of a climatic health resort called Cap Aureo (Latin: Golden Cape). The project was never completed, but the area is now a nature reserve.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hütterott's biography at arhinet.hr (Croatian), accessed on October 25, 2012.
  2. ^ Gustav Otruba :  Hütterott, Johann Georg, Ritter von. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 9, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1972, ISBN 3-428-00190-7 , p. 748 ( digitized version ).
  3. ↑ Alexander Kircher's room. Rovinj Local History Museum ( memorial from August 28, 2012 in the Internet Archive ).
personal data
SURNAME Hütterott, Johann Georg von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hütterott, Johann Georg Ritter von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian industrialist
DATE OF BIRTH December 21, 1852
PLACE OF BIRTH Trieste
DATE OF DEATH May 27, 1910
Place of death Vienna