Karl von Eichthal
Karl Freiherr von Eichthal (born February 19, 1813 in Munich ; † July 3, 1880 in Miesbach ; born as Carl Seligmann ) was the third generation of the royal Bavarian court banker and royal Bavarian treasurer and entrepreneur of Jewish origin in Munich.
Career and work
His parents were Julie Mayer and Simon Freiherr von Eichthal , his brothers were Julius and Ludwig Freiherr von Eichthal.
In 1830 he received his Abitur at (today's) Wilhelmsgymnasium in Munich .
In 1869 he was a co-founder of the Bayerische Vereinsbank . The establishment of two city quarters goes back to him: the Gärtnerplatzviertel and the Franzosenviertel in Haidhausen . Together with the Rothschilds from Frankfurt and the Reindeer von Fröhlich from Munich, he financed the Bavarian Eastern Railway .
Eichthal acquired Hohenburg Castle in 1857 and Egg Castle in 1871 . In 1868 he was elected as a member of the German customs parliament. After his death, his palace on Theatinerstrasse in Munich was sold to a consortium.
family
Carl von Eichthal was married to Isabella Countess Khuen von Belasi . She was co-owner of an arms factory in the secularized monastery of St. Blasien . The couple invested the profits from the Franco-German War in the urbanization of their real estate, the later Gärtnerplatzviertel and the Franzosenviertel in Haidhausen .
The couple had four children:
- Karl Robert Freiherr von Eichthal, royal Bavarian treasurer, prime lieutenant and owner of Offenberg ; he took part in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870/71 as a lieutenant in the cuirassiers , was then attaché to the German embassy in Rome and London, chamberlain to the King of Bavaria; He was married to Louise Countess von Ötting - Fünfstetten auf Wiesenfelden , her heir was the Baroness Maria Athanasie
- Sophie, Freifräulein von Eichthal, married a Baron von Rummel
- Charlotte, Freifäulein von Eichthal, married to Friedrich Heinrich von Podewils (1843–1893), son of the politician Friedrich von Podewils .
- Irene (born August 31, 1858 - † January 6, 1907), Freifäulein von Eichthal, married to Albert von Keller
literature
- Hannes Lambacher: Eichthal, Karl Freiherr von. In: Karl Bosl (ed.): Bosls Bavarian biography. Pustet, Regensburg 1983, ISBN 3-7917-0792-2 , p. 169 ( digitized version ).
- Werner Kraus: Sites of industrial culture in Bavaria. Edited by the Association of Bavarian Districts. Schnell and Steiner, 2006, ISBN 3-7954-1790-2 , p. 57.
- Georg Müller: Egg Castle and its owners . Verlag M. Renner, Deggendorf 1885, pp. 32-33.
Web links
- Karl von Eichthal in the database of members of the Reichstag
- Eichthal, Karl Freiherr von (since 1814) , index entry: German biography
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bavarian aristocracy and barons as "von Eichthal" with the award of the coat of arms of the family "von Thalmann" on September 22, 1814 in Munich and enrollment in the baron class on December 10, 1814 for Carl's grandfather, the royal Bavarian court banker Aron Elias Seligmann . Proof: Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels , Adelslexikon Volume III, Page 106, Volume 61 of the complete series. CA Starke, Limburg (Lahn) 1975.
- ^ Antonöffelmeier: Paths in the civil society (1799-1848). In: Richard Bauer , Michael Brenner (ed.): Jewish Munich. From the Middle Ages to the present. Beck, Munich 2006, ISBN 3-406-54979-9 , pp. 58-88, here p. 77.
- ^ Max Leitschuh: The matriculations of the upper classes of the Wilhelmsgymnasium in Munich. 4 vols., Munich 1970–1976; Vol. 3, p. 285.
- ↑ Traces of the Christian-Jewish banking family Seligmann-Eichthal , PDF.
- ^ Genealogical website
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Eichthal, Karl von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Eichthal, Karl Freiherr Eichthal von (full name); Seligmann, Carl (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | royal Bavarian court banker |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 19, 1813 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Munich |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 3, 1880 |
| Place of death | Munich |