Rudolf Geschwind

Rudolf Geschwind (born August 29, 1829 in Hředle , Bohemia , † August 30, 1910 in Karpfen , Kingdom of Hungary ) was a rose breeder .

Life

Rudolf Geschwind studied at the mining and forestry academy in Schemnitz . After completing his training in 1852, he worked in various places in Italy , the Ukraine , Hungary, Bohemia and Poland and was most recently the municipal forester in carp.

Rudolf Geschwind began growing roses as a hobby. Between 1860 and 1910 he brought out around 140 mostly hardy rose varieties . His book "Hybridation and Seedling Breeding of Roses" , published in 1886, was the first book on the breeding of new roses in German. It was awarded prizes at the International Horticultural Exhibition in Cologne on the Rhine in 1888 and is still considered a standard work for rose growers today.

Rudolf Geschwind was friends with the rose lover Countess Henriette Chotek - also known as the " Rose Countess " because of her wonderful rosarium at Castle Unterkrupa . After an agreement with Geschwind, she took over a large part of his roses in June 1910, which she had transferred to her rosarium in Unterkrupa . Thus, she posthumously saved a large part of the Geschwind breeds (including the famous 'Northern Landrose') for posterity. Henriette Chotek brought some types of the "Geschwind-Rosen" into the trade after the First World War , which are still popular with experts today and are still available today.

A monument in his honor stands in the Rosarium of the Doblhoffpark in Baden near Vienna , framed by the rose Greetings to Teplitz .

Rose cultivations by Rudolf Geschwind

Famous roses bred by Rudolf Geschwind are the bed rose ' Gruss an Teplitz ' (see: Weltrose "Alte Rosen" ) and "Gypsy Boy", also known as "Gipsy Boy", a robust dark red bush rose.

Rose cultivations by Rudolf Geschwind
Introductory year	Rose variety	Introductory year	Rose variety	Introductory year	Rose variety
1860	Premier Essai	1890	Trumpeter from Säckingen	1900	Pescheräh
1867	Dr. Hurta		Rigoletto		Eugene E. Marlitt
1882	Anna speed		ovid		Satanella
1884	Fast Nordlandrose		Wodan		Leopold Ritter
1886	Lios Alpha		Anna Scharsach		Countess Chotek
	Mme judge		Gipsy Blood		Julia Festilla
	Forester's home		Alpenfee		Josephine Ritter
	Fatinitza		Elbfex		Quickly tireless
	Mercedes		Dr. Valentin Teirich		Fastest, most beautiful
	Souvenir de Brod		Amneris	1902	Head gardener Franz Joost
	Luegg Castle		Andor	1902	Wenzel speed
	Nymph Tepla		Antonie Schurz	1905	Lady Gray
	Small postillon		Corporal Johann Nagy	1909	Gipsy boy
	Décoration de speed		Chloris		Azalea
	Ännchen von Tharau		Memory of my father		Wicking
	Vasilissa		Fantasca		Valkyrie
	Aurelia Liffa		Julius Fabianics de Misefa		Alice Rauch
	Elf king		Lydia speed		Asta of Parpat
1887	Manetti purpurea		Picotte		Parking decoration
	Manetti alba rosea		Captain A. Steinsdorfer	1910	Guardhilde
	Manetti floribunda		Ulana		Siwa
	Loreley	1891	dryad		Freya
	Caecilie Scharsach	1891	Nymph Egeria	Introduced after Schnell's death
	meteor	1892	Memory of Scharfenstein Castle	1912	Hermione
	Gilda	1892	Lydia		Prince Hirzeprinzchen
	Little Red Riding Hood	1894	Snow light		Asra
	Dora	1895	fountain		Rote Beka
	Eurydice		Celestial eye		Ariana El
	Virago		Griseldis		Fatma
	Fiametta		Lisdana		Astra
1888	leprechaun		Theano	1913	Geisha
	Erebus		Niobe	1928	Fast multiflora
	Memory of my mother		Meigela	1928	Fast gorgeous
	Ernst G. Dörell		Nora	Year of introduction unknown
	Ernst Willner		Phaedra		Arva Leany
	Major Franz Teirich		Will-o'-the-wisp		Majthenyi
	Esmeralda		Vineta		Miss Dr. E. Skibinska
	Tartarus		Cream
	terror		Cyclop
	Mrs. Viktoria von Thusansky		Geranium
1889	Graziella		Gelon
	Greetings to Vienna		Fireball
	Heart leaflet		Zacharula rubrifolia
	Marie speed		Sylvia
	Báró Natália	1897	Greetings to Teplitz
	City cashier Wilhelm Liffa	1897	Virginia R. Coxe
	Caroline Bank
	Marie Dermat

gallery

Memorial in the Rosarium in Baden near Vienna
'Aennchen von Tharau'
'Memory of Brod'

literature

Rudolf Geschwind: The hybridation and seedling cultivation of roses, their botany, classification and culture according to the requirements of modern times. (Reprint of the 1888 edition), Olms. Hildesheim 1997, ISBN 3-487-08379-5

Literature about speed

Rudolf Geschwind 1829 - 2009 (1910 - 2010) . Anthology of the International Symposium Rudolf Geschwind 1829–2009 dedicated to the 180th anniversary of the birth of Rudolf Geschwind, held in Krupina and Zvolen on June 11 and 12, 2009. Ed .: Miroslav Lukáč. Krupina: The city of Krupina in cooperation with the cultural center and Andrej Sládkovič Museum in Krupina, 2011 (corrected Slovak-German edition). 184 pp. ISBN 978-80-970553-1-8

Web links

Commons : Rosen von Rudolf Geschwind - Album with pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ The agreement was made because Rudolf Geschwind's sons showed no interest in breeding roses and Geschwind wanted to preserve his breeds for posterity.

personal data
SURNAME	Hurry up, Rudolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Rose grower
DATE OF BIRTH	August 29, 1829
PLACE OF BIRTH	Hředle , Bohemia
DATE OF DEATH	August 30, 1910
Place of death	Carp , Kingdom of Hungary

[1] The agreement was made because Rudolf Geschwind's sons showed no interest in breeding roses and Geschwind wanted to preserve his breeds for posterity.