Leopold Gruber (cloth merchant)

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Leopold Gruber (around 1900)

Leopold Gruber (born April 3, 1841 in Steyr ; † May 28, 1920 in Wels ) was an Austrian cloth merchant , long-time councilor and honorary citizen of the city of Wels.

Life

Gruber was born in Steyr as the son of a master weaver and learned the trade in Gmunden . In 1860 he became a commercial employee of the Neuditschka company in Wels, Stadtplatz 8, where he was promoted to managing director. After the death of Johann Neuditschka sen. on October 1, 1866 and the death of his son Johann Neuditschka jun. In 1867 he ran the company as a tenant from 1867 and finally became its co-owner in 1890. In old age Gruber sold his shares in the company.

In 1879 Gruber was elected to the board of the trade committee of the city of Wels. From 1881 to 1919 he was a member of the municipal council. As Vice President of the Board of Directors of the Welser-Localbahngesellschaft , Gruber made a significant contribution to Wels becoming a railway junction. In 1886 the first Wels local railway was opened with the Wels – Aschach ( Aschacher Bahn ) line. In 1893, the Wels – Unterrohr line ( Wels-Rohrer Railway ) went into operation. Finally, in 1901, the Wels – Sattledt – Grünau ( Almtalbahn ) railway was opened. Due to his services to the Wels local railway, Gruber was made an honorary citizen of the city of Wels on March 28, 1907.

Gruber was also a board member of the Städtische Sparkasse in Wels.

Gruber lived with his wife Franziska (née Sandböck , * December 27, 1850 in Steyr , † October 27, 1894 in Wels) in a villa built in 1877 at Franz-Josefs-Ring 34 (today: Volksgartenstraße 20) in Wels. In 1897 he had the Villa Gruber built directly on the lake in Altaussee .

Leopold Gruber is buried in a crypt at the Wels city cemetery.

Awards

Web links

Commons : Leopold Gruber  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Leopold Gruber †. In: Welser Anzeiger. No. 44, June 2, 1920, p. 1.
  2. ↑ 125 years of J. Neuditschka textile company 1825–1950. Festival brochure, Wels 1959.
  3. ^ Christian Rohr : City expansion versus natural hazard. The city of Wels during the flood disasters of 1897 and 1899. In: Yearbook of the Upper Austrian Museum Association. Society for regional studies, year 157, Linz 2012, pp. 551–574 ( PDF on ZOBODAT ).
  4. ^ Community information system of the city of Wels, accessed on May 10, 2006.
personal data
SURNAME Gruber, Leopold
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian cloth merchant and community politician in Wels
DATE OF BIRTH April 3, 1841
PLACE OF BIRTH Steyr
DATE OF DEATH May 28, 1920
Place of death Wels (city)