Miller zu Aichholz (family)

Coat of arms of those von Miller zu Aichholz 1691

Epitaph of Ferdinand Miller von Aichholz on the cemetery wall of the parish church of the Assumption of Mary in Lana

The family of the Knights von Miller zu Aichholz is an Austrian family of industrialists and scholars who were particularly important in the end of the Danube Monarchy .

history

The Miller family originally comes from Switzerland and can be traced back to the late Middle Ages in various professions. The oldest verifiable family member is Jacob Müller from Zurich , who lived in the middle of the 13th century. As followers of Duke Leopold of Austria, the family had to leave Switzerland. The actual family line begins with Augustin Miller, the youngest son of the Tyrolean Chancellor.

In 1669 Johann Miller married the heiress of the Aichholz residence with Lana Anna Prunner. In 1691 the family of Emperor Leopold I was raised to the nobility with the title of Aichholz . They also acquired the Larchgut residence . Around 1700 the family moved from Lana to Cles in the Non Valley .

Josef von Miller (1797–1871), son of Franz von Miller from Cles , managed to rise from a druggist to a major industrialist in the 19th century. He acquired cane sugar refineries in Vienna and did business in Bohemia and Silesia as well as in Trieste . Due to his achievements, the family's nobility was gradually increased: it was called Miller zu Aichholz since 1856 , von Miller zu Aichholz since 1860 and Knight von Miller zu Aichholz since 1865 . In 1862 he had two residential palaces built on Heumarkt in Vienna, parts of which are still owned by his descendants.

Josef Miller was married to Marie Flore d'Heur from Belgium and had 15 children. Of these, the following were particularly important:

• Vinzenz von Miller zu Aichholz (1827–1913) took over the company from his father
• August von Miller zu Aichholz (1829–1899) wrote a portrait of his father's life published in 1907 under the title "Esse quam videri" (Being what one seems).
• Eugen von Miller zu Aichholz (1835-1919) was an industrialist and art collector; he had the Viennese Palais Miller-Aichholz built at Prinz-Eugen-Strasse 28 from 1877–80 (sold in 1919, demolished in 1961).
• Viktor von Miller zu Aichholz (1845–1910), the youngest son, was a chemist and industrialist as well as an art collector and benefactor; he owned the Villa Miller-Aichholz in Gmunden , where his friend Johannes Brahms often visited.

More family members

• Eugen von Miller zu Aichholz (1878–1963), entrepreneur, son of Viktor (1845–1910) , who donated his father's coin collection to the state coin cabinet in 1913.
• Heinrich Ritter von Miller zu Aichholz , industrialist, acquired the Esterházy hunting lodge in Hütteldorf (Vienna) in 1894 , which has since been called Miller-von-Aichholz-Schlössel ; the family had to sell it again due to the global economic crisis in 1938.

coat of arms

1691: Squared shield. 1st and 4th split by red and silver with a mill wheel in mixed up colors. 2nd and 3rd a crowned red griffin inwards in silver. The griffin growing on the helmet with a silver, red-split mill wheel in its claws. The blankets are red-silver.

Possessions

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  Aichholz residence, South Tyrol

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  Palais Miller-Aichholz, Am Heumarkt 11, Vienna

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  Villa Miller-Aichholz, Gmunden

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  Miller-von-Aichholz-Schlössel , Vienna

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  Villa Miller-Aichholz, Viktring (Klagenfurt)

See also

• Aichholz residence
• Miller-Aichholz Palace
• Miller-von-Aichholz-Schlössel

literature

• Constantin von Wurzbach : Miller, the family, the story . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 18th part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing House, Vienna 1868, p. 323 f. ( Digitized version ).
• Franz X. Wöber: The Miller von and zu Aichholz, a genealogical study. Gerold in Comm., Vienna 1893. Digitized .
• Miller to Aichholz. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 6, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1975,ISBN 3-7001-0128-7, pp. 303–305 (direct links to p. 303 , p. 304 , p. 305 ).
• Josef Mentschl:  Miller zu Aichholz. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 17, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1994, ISBN 3-428-00198-2 , p. 526 ( digitized version ).

Web links

Commons : Miller zu Aichholz  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Franz X. Woeber: The Miller and Aichholz: A genealogical study . Gerold & Company, 1898 ( google.de [accessed October 27, 2017]).
2. ↑ ^{a b} Otto Titan v. Hefner: “The nobility of the princes of Tyrol”, in J. Siebmacher's large book of arms, vol. IV, 1st section, Bauer & Raspe publishing house, Nuremberg 1857. Name index and coats of arms p. 12