Rudolf Wiener Worlds

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Rudolf Wiener-Welten (born December 3, 1864 in Vienna ; † August 19, 1938 there ), born as a knight Wiener von Welten , from 1918 to 1919 Baron Wiener von Welten , was an Austrian landlord.

Rudolf Ritter Wiener von Welten with his wife Clara 1900
Baron's coat of arms Wiener von Welten, 1918

Life

Rudolf Ritter Wiener von Welten was the younger son of the Jewish banker Eduard Ritter Wiener von Welten and Henriette Goldschmidt (1829–1894), daughter of the banker Benedikt Hayum Goldschmidt (1798–1873), founder of the banking house BH Goldschmidt in Frankfurt am Main . His older brother Alfred Wiener Ritter von Welten, first lieutenant in the reserve, died on June 13, 1886 in a duel in Doboj in Bosnia . From his father, Rudolf inherited the Palais Wiener von Welten at Schwarzenbergplatz 2 and the Leopoldsdorf Palace near Vienna, acquired in 1879 .

In 1890 Rudolf Ritter Wiener von Welten became a member of the Austrian Geographical Society . In the same year he started a successful stud farm for racing horses.

In 1900 he married Clara von Reck with whom he had three children. In 1903 he had his Leopoldsdorf Palace expanded into a three-winged palace and tower. His collection of oriental art, which he had brought back from trips to the Near and Far East, was also housed there. In Leopoldsdorf, he financed numerous municipal and social institutions at his own expense.

During the First World War he served as an orderly officer and received several medals. In 1918 he was raised to the baron status.

After the German Wehrmacht invaded Austria in March 1938, Wiener-Welten shot himself in the head on August 16, 1938 in his apartment in Vienna. He died of gunshot wounds on August 19, 1938. According to his farewell letter, the impending Aryanization of Leobersdorf Castle was the trigger for the act.

He is buried in a burial chapel at Hietzinger Friedhof (group 19, no. 167).

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ferdinand Strobl von Ravelsberg: History of the k. and k. 12th Dragoon Regiment from its establishment to the present, 1798–1890. With an introduction. The emigration of the French Cavalry Regiment Royal-Allemand to the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Vienna 1890, p. 309.
  2. ↑ Communications from the Austrian Geographical Society. 59 (1916), p. 312.
  3. ^ Georg Karl Friedrich Viktor von Alten (ed.): Handbook for Army and Fleet. Encyclopedia of Martial Sciences and Allied Fields. Volume 4: G to Idstedt. German publishing house Bong, Berlin 1912, p. 312.
  4. ^ Entry about Leopoldsdorf (in Marchfeld) on Burgen-Austria
  5. ↑ Leopoldsdorf history in side lights (PDF; 1.9 MB)
  6. ↑ Leopoldsdorf Contemporary History (PDF; 2.9 MB)
  7. ^ Dieter Hecht: Robert and Paula Stricker. In: Paul Heller (ed.): From the state cripple institute to the orthopedic university clinic. The "Elisabethheim" in Rostock. (= Chilufim . Journal for Jewish Cultural History Center for Jewish Cultural History of the University of Salzburg 7/2009). Lit, Münster 2009, ISBN 978-3643101051 , pp. 169–178, here: p. 174.
  8. ↑ Christoph Lind: "The last Jew has left the temple." Jews in Lower Austria 1938 to 1945. (= History of the Jews in Lower Austria from the beginnings to 1945. Volume 2) Mandelbaum, Vienna 2004, ISBN 3-85476-141-4 , P. 99.
personal data
SURNAME Wiener-Welten, Rudolf
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Viennese Knight of Worlds, Rudolf; Wiener von Welten, Rudolph Ritter; Wiener, Rudolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian squire
DATE OF BIRTH December 3, 1864
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH August 19, 1938
Place of death Vienna