Johann Heinrich von Geymüller the Younger
Johann Heinrich von Geymüller the Younger (born April 12, 1781 in Basel ; † January 19, 1848 there ), also Johann Heinrich von Geymüller-Falkner , was a Swiss banker .
Life
Johann Heinrich von Geymüller the Younger was born as the son of Ursula von Geymüller (born October 6, 1758 in Basel; † May 27, 1844 there), the sister of Johann Heinrich and Johann Jakob von Geymüller , and Peter Falkner.
He was the owner of Vöslau Castle , which he bought from Georg Simon von Sina . In 1833 he founded the Vöslauer worsted yarn factory with his two partners Carl Deahna and Emil Rhode . In 1841 , the Geymüller bank collapsed despite State Chancellor Metternich's rescue efforts . Geymüller had to leave Vienna and is said to have died in Basel as a clerk , i.e. as a simple trade clerk. He is often mistakenly viewed as a role model for Ferdinand Raimund's drama " The Spoilers ".
His son Heinrich von Geymüller (1839–1909) became known as an art and architecture historian .
literature
- Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950. Vol. 1: A – GLä Graz / Cologne 1957, p. 435 f.
- Günther Chaloupek , Peter Eigner, Michael Wagner: Vienna: Economic history, 1740–1938. Vienna 1991, ISBN 3224160519 , p. 931.
- Egon Scheffer: Banking in Austria. Burgverlag, Vienna 1924, p. 87 f.
- Gustav Otruba : Johann Heinrich von Geymüller the Younger. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 6, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1964, ISBN 3-428-00187-7 , p. 362 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Stefan Hess : Geymüller [Geyllmüller] [from]. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
Web links
- Entry on Johann Heinrich von Geymüller the Younger in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Geymüller, Johann Heinrich von, the younger |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | by Geymüller-Falkner, Johann Heinrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss banker |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 12, 1781 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Basel |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 19, 1848 |
| Place of death | Basel |