Josef Latzel

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Josef Latzel (born December 8, 1813 in Gurschdorf , Austrian Silesia , † January 5, 1896 in Jauernig Dorf , Austrian Silesia) was an Austrian landowner, entrepreneur and parliamentarian. After the March Revolution he was a member of the Reichstag from July 10, 1848 to March 7, 1849 .

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Philipp Joseph Latzel was a son of the yarn dealer Joseph Latzel († 1849) and his wife Magdalena, nee Gerlach. After attending the Piarist high school in Markt Weißwasser , he began to study pharmacy at the Charles University . In Prague he then completed an apprenticeship as a pharmacist and worked there as a pharmacist's assistant.

In 1836 he and his father acquired the upper Scholtiseigut ( Försterhof estate ) in Barzdorf . In 1840, Latzel had a distillery built on the Barzdorf estate, which he successfully managed. In 1844 Latzel bought the Domsdorf Vogtshof. Together with his brother Ernest Latzel (1809–1855), he founded the first spinning school in Domsdorf in 1845 during the crisis in line weaving and yarn spinning, where participants were taught more efficient spinning techniques based on Westphalian methods in practical courses, which were then spread throughout the Freiwaldau area . Later he also offered spinning courses at the Barzdorfer Gut.

During the March Revolution of 1848 Josef Latzel became politically active. As a candidate for land ownership in the Weidenau constituency , he was drawn up and elected for the new Reichstag . In the Reichstag, Latzel first belonged to the Zentral-Klub from November 1848, before moving to the Left Center in January 1849. During this time he made friends with Rudolf Brestel . With the dissolution of the Reichstag on March 7, 1849, Latzel lost his mandate.

During the cholera epidemic of 1849, his first wife Ottilie and his father died in the same year. Josef Latzel became the sole owner of the Barzdorf estate, while the Domsdorf estate was given to his brother Ernest. In 1850 Latzel and other family members founded the company Josef Latzel & Co. to set up a sugar factory in Barzdorf, which started operations two years later. This was intended to secure the sales of the recently introduced cultivation of Silesian beet. In 1862 he appointed his friend Eduard Siegl as technical director of the Barzdorf sugar factory. Josef Latzel & Co. also held shares in other sugar factories in Austrian Silesia, Prussian Silesia and Moravia, and was also the tenant of goods for sugar beet cultivation there. In 1871 the Barzdorf sugar factory was converted into a stock corporation, and he was its president. Josef Latzel was supported in his entrepreneurial activities by his younger brother Anton Cajetan Latzel (1819–1886).

Latzel was one of the co-founders of the Agriculture and Forestry Association for Northwestern Silesia , which had its headquarters in Weidenau . In 1869 he was also involved in founding the agricultural school in Ober Hermsdorf , which was converted into an agricultural secondary school in 1873. In 1881 Latzel retired from the management of the Barzdorfer Zuckerfabrik-AG. At the end of the 19th century Josef Latzel got involved in building a railway to Barzdorf; However , he did not live to see the opening of the Nieder Lindewiese – Barzdorf railway line .

family

Josef Latzel was first married to Ottilie, née Kassner († 1849), from 1840. The marriage had three sons and three daughters, three of whom died in childhood. In 1851 he married his sister-in-law Auguste, née Kassner.

He was the uncle of Adolf Latzel and the great-uncle of Rudolf Kassner .

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  1. ↑ Gurschdorf's birth register, 1811-1823
  2. ↑ Free Silesian Press , edition v. January 7, 1896
  3. ↑ Michaela Neubauerová: Přadlácká škola Arnošta Latzela v Tomíkovicích (1845-1846)
  4. ↑ Rudolf Kassner: Complete Works , Vol. 7, ed. by Ernst Zinn and Klaus E. Bohnenkamp, ​​Pfullingen: Neske 1984
personal data
SURNAME Latzel, Josef
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Latzel, Philipp Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian entrepreneur and parliamentarian
DATE OF BIRTH December 8, 1813
PLACE OF BIRTH Gurschdorf
DATE OF DEATH January 5, 1896
Place of death Permanent village