Lorenz Hauser (farmer)
Lorenz “Lenz” Hauser (born May 9, 1869 in Neuhausen ; † July 15, 1918 in Munich ) was a Bavarian farmer who went down in history as a lavish and legendary “millionaire farmer of Munich-Neuhausen” by selling his land.
Life
Hauser was the second-born son of the farmer from Strohmaier-Hof, who died in 1885, at Winthirstrasse 6 in Neuhausen, who was at the point where the post office is today. After the death of his father, his brother Georg inherited the farm and the extensive land as the firstborn, while Lorenz Hauser learned the butcher's trade in Lenggries .
Inheritance and sale
When Georg Hauser himself died three years after his father's death, the property passed to the then 19-year-old Lorenz Hauser. The incorporation of Neuhausen into Munich in January 1890 led to immensely rising property prices, as large-scale residential complexes and factories were built on the agricultural land. By selling land, the young Hauser became the richest farmer in Upper Bavaria and owned several million marks . He retained large arable land with speculative intent and hoped for further appreciation.
Life as a "millionaire"
The sale reduced the agricultural work on the farm and Hauser shifted his main interests. He was enthusiastic about horse racing , bred successful noble racehorses himself and gave himself up to all kinds of vices. According to the motto “S'Geld muaß unter d'Leit” ( bair. For money has to be among the people. ) He cultivated an excessive and boastful lifestyle, undertook numerous trips around the world, was successful with women and was known for going to local places where In the end he dismantled the inventory in a drunkenness. He was evidently unimpressed by court-imposed fines, and when he was in prison he enjoyed the attention of the other inmates.
Hauser was also known for his charitable commitment. He took on numerous corporate sponsorships , presented the confirmants with a gold watch and paid for the festivities. He was just as generous towards his own illegitimate children and other relatives.
In 1899/1900 he had the "Hauser Castle" with a five-story tower built on a 50,000 m² site for the extraordinarily high amount of 500,000 marks, better known today as Allach Castle . In 1900 he had a neo-Romanesque chapel connected to the manor house, a stable and servants' building with a tower and a porter's house. In the period from March 1902 to July 1904, in addition to another residence on Zweibrückenstrasse in Munich, he had his main residence in the castle, where numerous and extravagant parties provided material for the somewhat unsound reputation of the lord of the castle. After that he stayed only a few times in the castle until 1908 and sold the entire complex with an area of 8.6 hectares to Count Alexander von Boos zu Waldeck and Montfort and his wife for 303,000 marks. In August 1915, Hauser bought the castle again at a foreclosure auction at a price of 111,000 marks, which had since had several owners. In May 1916 he sold it to the wholesale merchant Eduard Hagedorn for 190,000 marks.
death
Lorenz Hauser, who remained unmarried, died in July 1918 as a result of the Spanish flu pandemic. His fortune fell victim to the inheritance quarrels of the bereaved and the inflation from 1914 to 1923 . His body was buried in the Winthir cemetery. The grave is tended by MAN apprentices. The MAN Nutzfahrzeuge AG acquired the Allacher Castle in 1955 and uses it as a reception and guest house for important personalities.
literature
- Franz Schröther: S'Geld must under d'Leit - The life story of Lorenz Hauser, the "millionaire farmer" from Munich-Neuhausen. Verlag Geschichtswerkstatt Neuhausen , 2nd edition, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-931231-11-8 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Grave - Lorenz Hauser ( Memento from May 18, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), Münchner Friedhöfe, accessed on May 17, 2014.
- ^ Das Hauser-Schloss , Taxi-Kurier, April 2014 edition, pp. 20–12.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hauser, Lorenz |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hauser, Lenz (nickname) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bavarian farmer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 9, 1869 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Neuhausen |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 15, 1918 |
| Place of death | Munich |