Kralik from Meyrswalden

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Kralik von Meyrswalden is the name of an originally Bohemian family who were raised to the hereditary Austrian knighthood in 1877 . Members of this family were mainly active as industrialists, scientists and artists.

history

Wilhelm Kralik (1806–1877), later the Knight of Meyrswalden, picture approx. 1875

The Kralik von Meyrswalden family descends from the German-Bohemian glass manufacturer Wilhelm Kralik (1806–1877). Coming from a modest background, he joined the glassworks of his godfather Johann Meyr von Meyrswalden (1775–1841), who also appointed Kralik as his successor. After taking over the Meyr'schen Glasfabriken, he established it as a manufacturer of products of the highest quality. In cooperation with Ludwig Lobmeyr he succeeded in further expanding his glass factories in Bohemia.

Shortly before his death, Wilhelm Kralik was awarded the Order of the Iron Crown III on April 11, 1877 by Emperor Franz Joseph I in recognition of his industrial and humanitarian work . Class raised to the hereditary knighthood. From then on, he and his legitimate descendants were allowed to use the title “Knight of Meyrswalden”.

His son Heinrich Kralik von Meyrswalden (1840–1911) inherited the company Meyr's Neffe with his brothers in 1877 . After the division of the inheritance with his brothers in 1881, Heinrich u. a. the glass factory in Eleonorenhain , which he continued under the company name Wilhelm Kralik Sohn until his death in 1911. His son Gottlob Kralik von Meyrswalden (1878–1964) moved with his family to Fürstenberg (Oder ) in 1910 and ran a glassworks there that specialized in lighting glass. With him, many Bohemian glassmakers also moved to Fürstenberg.

The grave of the Kralik von Meyrswalden family is preserved in the cemetery in Horní Vltavice .

After the end of the monarchy in Austria-Hungary , the parliament of the Republic of German-Austria decided on April 3, 1919, to abolish the nobility. As a result of this nobility annulment law , the members of the Kralik von Meyrswalden family living in Austria also lost the right to use their titles.

coat of arms

Knight's coat of arms of the Kralik von Meyrswalden family, 1877

The coat of arms of the Kralik von Meyrswalden family, awarded on the occasion of the knighthood in 1877, shows a Bohemian lion holding a glass oil vial in its right paw and above two industrial comb wheels as a symbol for the Bohemian glass factories of Wilhelm Kralik. The blazon reads: “A red shield with a black shield head. In his shield is a two-tailed, silver, red-tongued lion, in the right front paw and a glass vial of oil with two handles in front of him. In the top of the shield are two golden comb wheels, one next to the other. On the main edge of the shield rest two crowned tournament helmets: from the one on the right, red covers with silver and from the left, black covers with gold. From the crown of the helmet on the right an unloaded lion, similar to the one visible in the shield, grows inwards and each on the left carries a closed, black front with a golden comb and a golden eagle flight in the back. "

Genealogy (extract)

  1. Georg Kralik (* 1738 Planie, Bohemia, † March 24, 1813 in Klein-Zdikau), carpenter; ⚭ NN (*?; †?), And had from this marriage:
    1. Wenzel Kralik (* 1769 in Mehlhüttl, † May 24, 1835 in Neugebäu), carpenter, innkeeper and gunsmith; ⚭ NN (*?; †?), And had from this marriage:
      1. Wilhelm Kralik (born December 17, 1806 in Kaltenbach , Bohemia; † May 9, 1877 in Winterberg , Bohemia), glass manufacturer, since April 11, 1877 knight Kralik von Meyrswalden ⚭ (I) March 21, 1831 (in Winterberg, Bohemia) Anna Maria Pinhak (born February 25, 1814 in Sofienwald, Bohemia; † November 19, 1850 in Eleonorenhain , Bohemia), and had 13 children from this marriage. ⚭ (II) Louise Lobmeyr (born April 25, 1832 in Vienna; † October 3, 1905 in Vienna-Vorderbrühl), sister of the industrialist Ludwig Lobmeyr , and had 5 children from this marriage. The descendants of Wilhelm Kralik von Meyrswalden include:
        1. (I) Wilhelm Kralik von Meyrswalden (* 10 Jan 1834 in Winterberg , Böhmen; † 22 March 1877 in Eleonorenhain , Böhmen ⚭ 14 June 1862 (in Obermoldau , Böhmen) Anna Jankowsky von Maienhorst (* 23 November 1844 in Josefstadt , Bohemia; † November 12, 1874 in Eleonorenhain, Bohemia), and had descendants from this marriage, including:
          1. Wilhelmine Kralik von Meyrswalden (born April 8, 1863 in Eleonorenhain , Bohemia); † August 2, 1936 in Karlsbad ) ⚭ NN Salmon (*?; †?)
          2. Eduard Kralik von Meyrswalden (born May 23, 1866 in Eleonorenhain , Bohemia; † April 8, 1922)
          3. Anna Kralik von Meyrswalden (* January 14, 1868 in Eleonorenhain , Bohemia; † January 14, 1893 in Mažice ) ⚭ NN Taschek (*?; †?)
          4. Alfred Kralik von Meyrswalden (* March 12, 1870 Eleonorenhain , Bohemia; † March 12, 1919 in Dobrzan ) ⚭ October 24, 1896 (in Kamp-Bornhofen ) Else Grandjean (* October 28, 1865 in Bornhofen / Rhine ; † January 22 1898 ibid), and had offspring from this marriage, including:
            1. Heinrich Kralik von Meyrswalden (born July 21, 1897 in Bornhofen , † May 25, 1958 in Stuttgart), painter
          5. Helene Kralik von Meyrswalden (born October 3, 1871 in Eleonorenhain , Bohemia; † after 1931) ⚭ NN Honegger (*?; †?)
          6. Huberta Kralik von Meyrswalden (* November 4, 1874, Eleonorenhain , Bohemia; † August 15, 1937 in Mažice ) ⚭ NN Taschek (*?; †?)
        2. (I) Heinrich Kralik von Meyrswalden (* April 21, 1840 in Winterberg ; † February 11, 1911 Eleonorenhain , Bohemia), glass manufacturer ⚭ January 7, 1878 Agnes Wlcek (* February 4, 1859 in Neuhaus an der Donau ; † June 22 1917 in Eleonorenhain), and from this marriage had 3 sons and 3 daughters, including:
          1. Gottlob Kralik von Meyrswalden (born October 22, 1878 in Eleonorenhain , Bohemia; † April 6, 1964 in Heilbronn ), glass manufacturer ⚭ September 7, 1903 Klara Welz (born May 30, 1880 in monastery grave near Teplitz ; † January 30, 1949 ( suicide ) in Fürstenberg (Oder) , and from this marriage had a daughter (* 1906; † early) and two sons (* 1909) and (* 1911)
        3. (II) Richard Kralik von Meyrswalden (* October 1, 1852 in Eleonorenhain , Bohemia; † February 4, 1934 in Vienna ), writer ⚭ NN (*?; †?), And had offspring from this marriage, including:
          1. Dietrich Kralik von Meyrswalden (born August 15, 1884 in Vienna ; † December 27, 1959 ibid), Mediävist ⚭ NN (*?; †?)
          2. Heinrich Kralik von Meyrswalden (born January 27, 1887 in Vienna; † September 26, 1965 ibid), musicologist and music critic ⚭ NN (*?; †?)
        4. (II) Mathilde Kralik von Meyrswalden (born December 3, 1857 in Linz , † March 8, 1944 in Vienna), composer

Web links

Commons : Kralik von Meyrswalden  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikisource: Knighthood diploma for Wilhelm Kralik  - sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The entrepreneurial family Kralik von Meyrswalden in Fürstenberg / Oder , 2002