Philipp Johann von Schoeller

Philipp Johann von Schoeller (born November 7, 1835 in Brno , † September 2, 1892 in Groß-Čakovice near Prague ) was an Austro-Hungarian industrialist in the sugar industry .

Live and act

The son of Grand entrepreneur Philipp Wilhelm von Schoeller (1797-1877) studied at the School of Civil Engineering in Gotha and at the Technical University of Dresden and took over after successfully completing his studies in 1856, the entrepreneurial management of his father and his great-uncle Alexander von Schoeller founded Sugar factories in Groß-Čakovice, Čáslav and Vrdy near Prague.

former sugar factory in Čakovice

Especially in the Čakovice factory, which at the time of his entry had already been expanded by a second department due to the increasing demand for sugar products, Schoeller endeavored both for further technical innovations and for a functioning infrastructure for trade and transport. Among other things, he was the first entrepreneur in the sugar industry to introduce the diffusion process invented by Julius Robert in 1865 for extracting juice in sugar production , advocated improvements in rail and water pipeline construction in the region and concentrated on establishing his own department for Export goods increased on the distribution of its goods.

In addition to his full-time duties was Schoeller partner among others in the family's Vienna wholesale and Bankhaus Schoeller & Co. , which later became Schoellerbank , and in under the guidance of his brother Gustav von Schoeller standing Gebr. Schoeller kk Feintuch- and woolen goods factory in Brno and the Leipnik-Lundenburger Zuckerfabriken AG . Furthermore, he was a member of several supervisory and administrative boards and earned special services in the board of directors of the insurance of sugar manufacturers in the Austro-Hungarian monarchy in Prague, of which he belonged since 1876 and was president from 1882. In this function he was the founder and first president of the civil servants' pension institute of the members of the insurance association of sugar factories, which cooperates with the insurance company .

In addition, Schoeller also made a significant contribution to improving the living conditions of his employees and had workers 'apartments and kindergartens built for workers' children. For all his services he was finally honored in 1879 with the award of the Knight's Cross of the Franz Joseph Order .

family

Philipp Johann von Schoeller, descending from the third generation of the Rhenish entrepreneurial family Schoeller , was married to Idaliese Edle von Schickh († 1896) and had with her the sons Philipp Josef von Schoeller (1864–1906) and Richard von Schoeller (1871–1950) .

Richard von Schoeller was appointed by his cousin Sir Paul Eduard von Schoeller as successor to the management of the Ternitzer Schoeller-Stahlwerke, the later Schoeller-Bleckmann Stahlwerke , and the mills and breweries that were partly owned by the family.

Philipp Josef followed his father in the management of Schoeller's sugar factories, had to rebuild and refurbish the Čakovice factory after a fire in 1894 and, as a functionary, played a key role in bringing about the international sugar convention of March 5, 1902 in Brussels . His son Philipp Alois (1892–1977) took over the management of the Schoeller-Bleckmann steel works from his uncle Richard and expanded it into a significant part of the Austrian armaments industry for the Second World War, whereupon he, as an early illegal NSDAP member, later from Hitler was appointed military economist .

Literature and Sources

• E. Life:  Schoeller, Philipp Johann. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 11, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1999, ISBN 3-7001-2803-7 , p. 25.
• Hugo Schoeller, August Victor Schoeller: History of the Schoeller Family. 2 volumes. R. Eisenschmid, Berlin 1894. New edition by Stedman and Wallmoden 1994, ISBN 3-980-32882-1 .
• Hans Freiherr von Dumreicher: 100 years of Haus Schoeller - from the past and the present. Self-published, 2nd edition Vienna 1934
• Franz Mathis: Big Business in Austria, Austrian large companies in brief presentations. Oldenbourg-Verlag, Munich 1987, ISBN 3-486-53771-7 .
• Johann Slokar: History of Austrian Industry and its Promotion by Emperor Franz I. F. Tempsky-Verlag, Vienna 1914.
• Central Association for the Beet Sugar Industry in the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy: Festschrift on the occasion of the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the association (1904). Self-published by the association, Vienna, 1904