Siegfried Strakosch

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Siegfried Strakosch von Feldringen (born May 19, 1867 in Brno , † April 19, 1933 in Abbazia ) was an Austrian industrialist and agricultural specialist.

Life

Siegfried Strakosch came from the old, respected Brno industrial family Strakosch and was a son of Isidor Strakosch (1825-1902). Like his father, Siegfried was also supposed to work in the Strakosch brothers company, which was founded around 1800 and where he was a partner. At the age of 14 he therefore left high school. After completing his military service as a one-year volunteer , he also became a partner with the father. He married Rosa Schwarz, with whom he had a son Georg.

In 1900 his father took over the Hohenau sugar factory in Lower Austria with Felix Strakosch, giving up the textile industry . It was not just about the sugar production, but also about the farms with about 5000 hectares. Due to the age of the father, he already had a lot of responsibility in the new business. When he died shortly afterwards in 1902, he also became a co-owner of the company.

Since sugar production and sugar beet cultivation represented a completely new subject for Strakosch, he looked for further training in this area. As an extraordinary listener, he attended lectures at the Technical University and the University of Vienna with various professors such as Wiesner, Wettstein, Hatschek, Lieben and Müller. He also went on study trips to the United States with Professor Wiesner.

Strakosch conducted these studies with such intensity that even experts became aware of his work. In 1905 his first book "American Agriculture, A Travel Study" was published. In 1906 he wrote a thesis on the influence of sunlight on the development of beets . Further work followed, in which he also dealt with the relationships between different soils and the growth of the same plants on them.

In 1903 Strakosch moved to Vienna-Döbling , from where he managed both the sugar factory and the farms. In 1907 his wife died. In 1909 he married his second wife, Wally. With her he had two daughters, Christl and Lilly, who later became Heinrich Schnitzler's wife , and a son, Hans.

In addition to the business areas, Strakosch was also increasingly concerned with agricultural policy. Gradually, he became one of the most influential advisers to the Ministry of Agriculture and other government agencies. His appreciation and recognition led Emperor Franz-Joseph to elevate him to the hereditary nobility with the predicate Edler von Feldringen . For his achievements, he was in 1913 by the University of Agricultural Sciences , the honorary doctorate conferred with him this award meant a lot more. In 1929 he was appointed a corresponding member of the Czechoslovak Academy of Agriculture in Prague.

He made a lot of agricultural policy considerations, which although lost their importance after the First World War , were reconsidered by him again. This is reflected in a large number of works. He was considered an absolute liberal in the agricultural sector and spoke out against all subsidies. These and protective tariffs should only be a temporary solution for free global agriculture.

Works

  • American Agriculture, A Travel Study , 1905
  • On the influence of sunlight and diffuse daylight on the development of Beta vulgaris , 1906
  • The problem of the unequal labor performance of our crops , 1907
  • The development of raw sugar in the sugar beet , 1908
  • Soil Economics and Economic Policy , 1908
  • Agricultural Lands Awakening , 1910
  • The suicide of a people , 1922

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personal data
SURNAME Strakosch, Siegfried
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Strakosch von Feldringen, Siegfried (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian industrialist and agricultural specialist
DATE OF BIRTH May 19, 1867
PLACE OF BIRTH Brno
DATE OF DEATH April 19, 1933
Place of death Abbazia