Philipp Schey from Koromla

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Philipp Schey from Koromla

Philipp Schey Freiherr von Koromla (born Philipp Schey , Hungarian Schey Fülöp ; born September 20, 1798 in Güns , † June 26, 1881 in Baden near Vienna ) was a Hungarian-Austrian wholesaler and patron . He was the first Jew from Hungary to be raised to the Austrian nobility . His work raised the social prestige of Jews in the Habsburg monarchy.

Life

Philipp Schey was born in Güns as the third son of Mózes Schey. He initially worked in the Wertheimstein bank in Vienna- Leopoldstadt , but later set up as a wholesaler and made a substantial fortune. He was married, but the marriage remained childless.

His fortune enabled him to use considerable funds for charitable purposes. Among other things, he had the synagogue in Güns and a hospital built. The dome of the synagogue, built in neo-Gothic style in 1858/1859 , was given the inscription "Built in honor of God by Philip Schey von Koromla". He sponsored the construction of the Archduke Albrecht supply house, supported the Sisters of Mercy and the Gendarmerie Support Fund . He donated a scholarship for Jewish students to the Protestant Lyceum in Ödenburg . During the revolution of 1848/49 he earned services in supporting the Austrian armed forces. Archduke Albrecht expressed his "high satisfaction" with this.

In 1857 he received the Golden Cross of Merit with the Crown because of his “proven loyalty and his services to suffering humanity” . In 1859 he was ennobled , uno actu with his nephew Friedrich Schey (1815–1881), under the word of honor Edler and the title of Koromla ; In 1864 he was raised to knighthood , and in 1871 to baron .

Philipp Schey von Koromla spent the summers towards the end of his life in his (no longer existing) villa in Baden near Vienna, Neugasse 49. There he died on June 26, 1881 of paralysis . He was buried to rest in the Jewish cemetery in Lackenbach .

Josef Schey Freiherr von Koromla was his great-nephew. Philipp Schey Freiherr von Koromla was Arthur Schnitzler's great-great-uncle .

gallery

  • Former hospital - 1856, now a residential building

  • Archduke Albrecht's supply house or Albrechtinum - 1856, now a residential building

  • Staircase of the Albrechtinum

  • Jewish cemetery in Güns - 1874

  • Memorial plaque over the entrance

  • The Elisabethinum (kindergarten) stood here from 1871 to 1973.

literature

Web links

Commons : Philipp Schey von Koromla  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b (…) (deaths.) The dead: Philipp Schey Freiherr von Koromla (…). In:  Wiener Zeitung , No. 144/1891, June 27, 1881, p. 3, bottom left. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / wrz.
  2. ↑ a b Kőszeg . In: Edit Balázs (ed.), Eva Schwarzmayer (among others): Jewish memories in the West-Pannonian EuRegion (Burgenland, Győr-Moson-Sopron, Vas and Zala counties) . Szombathelyi Magyar-Izraeli Baráti Társaság, Szombathely 2008. - Text online ( memento from April 15, 2009 in the Internet Archive ).
  3. ↑ Austria in History and Literature , Volume 8, p. 180
  4. ↑ Michael Blumenthal: The Silent Synagogue of Köszeg . In: Hilda Raz (Ed.): The Prairie schooner. Anthology of contemporary Jewish American writing , University of Nebraska Press 1998, p. 65 (English)
  5. ↑ Ludwig Philippson (ed.): Allgemeine Zeitung des Judenthums , Leipzig 1863, Volume 27, p. 402
  6. ↑ Ben Chananja: Monthly for Jewish Theologians , Volume 2., Szegedin 1859, p. 339
  7. ↑ Ignaz Reich: Beth-el: Temple of Honor of Merited Hungarian Israelites , Volume 1 , Pest 1856, p. 184
  8. ^ Official part. In:  Wiener Zeitung , No. 145/1859, June 24, 1859, p. 1. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / wrz.
  9. ^ Official part. In:  Wiener Zeitung , No. 37/1864, February 14, 1864, p. 1. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / wrz.
  10. ↑ Local messages. (...) Baron Philipp Schey †. In:  Badener Bezirks-Blatt , No. 27/1881 (1st year), July 2, 1881, p. 5, top center. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / bbb.
  11. ↑ Nikolaj Beier: Above all, I am me. Judaism, acculturation and anti-Semitism in Arthur Schnitzler's life and work , Wallstein Verlag, Göttingen 2008 ISBN 978-3-8353-0255-6 , p. 218

Remarks

  1. ↑ Now: Josefsplatz 12.
personal data
SURNAME Schey von Koromla, Philipp
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schey von Koromla, Philipp Freiherr; Schey, Philipp (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian wholesaler and patron
DATE OF BIRTH September 20, 1798
PLACE OF BIRTH Güns
DATE OF DEATH June 26, 1881
Place of death Baden (Lower Austria)