Johann Peter von Reininghaus
Johann Peter Reininghaus , since 1883 Edler von Reininghaus (born October 2, 1818 in Isenburg , Westphalia, † May 7, 1901 in Graz , Styria) was an industrialist and brewer.
Life
The son of a farmer and later grandfather of Peter Reininghaus attended the trade school in Hagen and then worked for a blacksmith. A scholarship enabled him to study chemistry from 1838 to 1841 at the Technical University in Berlin . After completing his studies, he worked as a partner in companies in Breslau and Berlin and came to Vienna in 1848 . His younger brother Julius (1823–1862; brewery specialist and fermentation technician in Germany and later in Vienna) worked for the Viennese brewery owner Adolf Ignaz Mautner .
Johann Peter Reininghaus married Therese on June 27, 1850 in Vienna, the eldest of the Mautner daughters (1832–1926). Julius Reinighaus married Mautner's third daughter (fifth child) Emilie Susanna (1838–1887) in 1856. In 1853 Johann Peter and Therese Reininghaus acquired the Königshofer Brewery in Baierdorf near Graz . Together with his brother Julius, who died early (1862), Johann Peter Reininghaus expanded the company into a large company that exported to the Orient.
In 1887, Reininghaus played a key role in the founding of the Grazer Tramwaygesellschaft and the Grazer Schloßbergbahn, and from 1898 to 1902 in the construction of the Lebringer Elektrizitätswerk, the first river power plant in Styria. Some innovations and patents in the brewing industry go back to him. He also built the first Styrian alcohol and pressed yeast factory.
In his later years ennobled big business, which was many awards and honors, is considered one of the most important Styrian industrialists of the early days . Talented by him, among them the writer Peter Rosegger (1843–1918) and the researcher Rudolf Falb (1838–1903) , frequented his house .
literature
- PW Roth: Reininghaus Johann Peter von. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 9, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1988, ISBN 3-7001-1483-4 , p. 48 f. (Direct links on p. 48 , p. 49 ).
- Franz Mathis: Big Business in Austria. Oldenbourg, Munich 1987, ISBN 3-486-53771-7 , p. 241f. ( Brief descriptions of large Austrian companies [1]).
Web links
- Entry on Johann Peter von Reininghaus in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
References and comments
- ↑ Therese Reininghaus †. News of death in the All sorts section . Austria. In: Badener Zeitung, March 27, 1926 ( online ): “In Graz, on 20.d. M. [= March 1926] Therese Reininghaus , the founder of the well-known brewery and alcohol industry, died at the age of 94. She was born Mautner-Markhof. "
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Reininghaus, Johann Peter von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Reininghaus, Johann Peter Edler von (after ennoblement); Reininghaus, Johann Peter (maiden name); Reininghaus, Hans |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian industrialist and brewer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 2, 1818 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Isenburg , Westphalia |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 7, 1901 |
| Place of death | Graz , Styria |