Strakosch (family)

Strakosch is the name of an old Austrian family of industrialists, originally of Bohemian-Jewish origin. The family initially worked in the cloth industry, and from 1867 also in sugar production. For example, the Hohenau sugar factory in Lower Austria was founded by six Strakosch brothers. The “sugar barons” Strakosch also played a not insignificant role in Austrian cultural life.

Members of the family included:

Isidor Strakosch (1825–1902), partner in the Strakosch brothers' cloth factory and, from 1900, the Hohenau sugar factory
His son Siegfried Strakosch (1867–1933), from 1913 ennobled to Strakosch von Feldringen, a sugar industrialist and economic politician
Siegfried's first wife Rosa (* 1881), née Schwarz, mother of his son Georg (* 1898 in Brno)
Georg Strakosch-Feldringen, managing director of the Hohenau sugar factory from 1933, committed suicide on July 7, 1938
Wally Strakosch-Feldringen (* May 1, 1884 ; † November 22, 1970 in Vienna ), daughter of the stockbroker Friedrich "Fritz" Duschnitz (* 1854; † before 1940) and his wife Adele geb. Landsinger (born September 1, 1856 in Essegg an der Drau ; † December 18, 1940 in England ), from 1909 Siegfried's second wife, mother of Christl (born July 3, 1910 - † May 31, 1997 in the US state of Pennsylvania ), Lilly ( July 3, 1911 ; † May 17, 2009 ) and Hans (* February 2, 1913 ; † October 3, 1995 in Los Angeles )
Christl, married to Otto Patzau (* February 15, 1902; † 1980), head of A. Egger's Sohn , a confectionery company acquired by Siegfried in Vienna, which Patzau sold to Friedmann in 1960 .
Lilly, violinist, married Heinrich Schnitzler , the son of Arthur Schnitzler
Hans Strakosch-Feldringen, married Ini Wessely († December 18, 1982) before 1938, after 1945 head of the sugar factories

The family also includes:

Felix Strakosch (1864–1931), cousin of Siegfried, around 1900 co-owner of the Hohenau sugar factory
- Oskar Strakosch († 1974), son of Felix Strakosch and his wife Elise (* 1878; † after 1958), joined the company as a partner in 1933. After returning from emigration in London, he took over the sugar factory in 1949.
Henry Strakosch (1871–1943), Austro-British banker, born in Hohenau as the son of Eduard Strakosch and Mathilde, born Winterstein.
Ludwig Strakosch (born November 1, 1855 in Brno , † October 14, 1919 in Hamburg ), opera singer (baritone). Son of Jonas Strakosch, the eldest brother of Eduard Strakosch, and Jeanette Bauer.
- Lydia Biermann, née Strakosch (born September 16, 1887 in Königsberg , † June 30, 1980 in Berlin ), singer and singing teacher. Daughter of Ludwig Strakosch and the singing teacher Irma Strakosch, b. Czerwinská († 1931).
Maurice Strakosch ( Moritz Strakosch , 1825–1887), composer and impresario , uncle of Ludwig Strakosch.
- Robert Strakosch , impresario, son of Maurice Strakosch
Max Strakosch (1835–1892), impresario, brother of Maurice and Ferdinand Strakosch.
Ferdinand Strakosch († 1902 in Paris), impresario, brother of Maurice and Max Strakosch.
- Karl Strakosch , impresario, probably the son of Ferdinand Strakosch, married the Kellog dynasty singer Clara Louise Kellog (1842-1916) on November 6, 1886 .
Samuel Strakosch (born September 1, 1827 in Brno , date and place of death unknown), married to Frances Strakosch -Jacobs (approx. 1834 ; † March 28, 1914 )
- George Leslie Strakosch (* 1857 in Australia, date and place of death unknown), married to Julia Strakosch
- Edgar Hugh Strakosch (born April 30, 1859 in Australia, grew up in Vienna; † December 23, 1942 in San Francisco), impresario for Clara Louise Kellog and Sarah Bernhardt , lyricist, director of the Carleton Opera Company , married on January 23 1889 Henrietta Avery, second occupation for Clara Louise Kellog
- Florence Helene Liebers b. Strakosch (born January 5, 1861 in St. Kielda near Melbourne, Australia; † April 30, 1932 in Vienna), married to Carl Liebers (born July 7, 1851 in Prague; † October 28, 1888 )
- Edith Popper b. Strakosch (born December 1, 1862 in Groß Seelowitz , Czech Republic; † March 1924 )
- Viola Adelaide Grün , b. Strakosch (* July 14, 1864 in Brno , Czech Republic; † February 18, 1942 in Theresienstadt concentration camp ), married to Georg Grün (* January 1856 in Kolín , Czech Republic; † December 17, 1921 )
- Phoebe Anna Strakosch (born July 3, 1868 in Vienna; † May 26, 1874 there )
- Otto Leopold Strakosch (born March 2, 1873 in Vienna, date and place of death unknown)
- Julie Louise Strakosch (born June 25, 1876 in Vienna, date and place of death unknown), married to Hugo Schwarz (born February 8, 1878 , date and place of death unknown)

Alexander Strakosch (born December 3, 1845 in Sebes near Eperies (Hungary); † September 16, 1909 in Berlin ), reciter, actor and speaker teacher, from approx. 1870 teacher at the Vienna Conservatory , from 1888 professor at the Academy of Music in Munich . Alexander Strakosch, a close relative of Maurice Strakosch , was in his first marriage with the theater actress Toni Fürst (1852–1873) and in his second marriage with the later third wife of Gustav Freytag , Anna Götzel (also: Anna Fuchs), who from This marriage brought their daughter Mika-Maria (* April 22, 1875, † July 23, 1959) into the Freytag marriage.

literature

Adolph Kohut : Famous Israelite Men and Women in Human Cultural History. Life and character images from the past and present. A guide for the home and family. 2 volumes. Payne, Leipzig-Reudnitz 1901/02. - Full text online: Volume 1 , Volume 2 .
Marie-Therese Arnbom: Textile and Sugar. Strakosch family . In: -: Friedmann, Gutmann, Lieben, Mandl and Strakosch: five family portraits from Vienna before 1938 . 2nd Edition. Böhlau, Vienna 2002, ISBN 3-205-99373-X , pp. 105-136 (in parts) online .
Eighth report of the leading City Council for Culture and Science on the transfer of ownership of art and cultural objects from the collections of the museums of the City of Vienna and the Vienna Library in the City Hall in accordance with the municipal council resolution of April 29, 1999. (Restitution report 2007). Vienna 2008. - Full text online (PDF; 1.2 MB) .

Individual evidence

^ Arnbom, p. 133.
^ Eighth report , pp. 142, 144, 147.
^ Eighth report , p. 141.
↑ ^a ^b Eighth Report , p. 147.
↑ Arnbom, p. 127 f.
^ Eighth report , pp. 146, 148.
^ Arnbom, p. 135.
↑ Arnbom, p. 132.
^ Arnbom, p. 123.
^ Arnbom, p. 131.
↑ Arnbom, p. 125.
↑ ^a ^b Little Chronicle. (...) † Opera singer Ludwig Strakosch. In: Neue Freie Presse , Afternoon Gazette, No. 19818/1919, October 27, 1919, p. 5, center right. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / nfp.
^ Arnbom, p. 118.
^ Sophie Fetthauer: Lydia Biermann . In: lexm.uni-hamburg.de , Musicological Institute of the University of Hamburg, February 3, 2009, accessed on July 9, 2011.
↑ Arnbom, p. 119 f.
↑ Forty Years a Manager . (Obituary for Maurice Strakosch; English). In: The New York Times , October 11, 1887, accessed July 9, 2011.
↑ ^a ^b ^c Arnbom, p. 111.
^ Chief Musical Events January 1889 . In: The New York Clipper Annual . Frank Queen Pub. Co., New York 1890, p. 10.
↑ Edgar Strakosch's Bride. Wedded In Canada To Miss Kellogg's Understudy . (English). In: The New York Times , February 1, 1889, accessed July 10, 2011.
↑ ^a ^b Death of the reciter Alexander Strakosch. In: Neue Freie Presse , Abendblatt, No. 16191/1909, September 17, 1909, p. 5 middle. (Online at ANNO ).Template: ANNO / Maintenance / nfp
^ The reciter Strakosch has died. In: Neue Schlesische Zeitung / Schlesisches Tagblatt. The only morning newspaper in Austrian Silesia , No. 210/1909 (XIV. Year), September 18, 1909, p. 1, center left. (Online at ANNO ).Template: ANNO / Maintenance / nsz
^ Estates in Austria - Personal Lexicon , Austrian National Library , September 2009.
↑ Kohut, Volume 1, p. 250.
↑ Otmar Rychlik: Guest - Great World in Bad Vöslau. For the exhibition in the historical rooms of the castle. City of Bad Vöslau, Bad Vöslau 1994, OBV , p. 164.

Web links

Commons : Strakosch (family) - collection of images, videos and audio files

Biography Siegfried Strakosch (PDF file; 78 kB)
Further biographical material according to the restitution report, Wien Museum, 2007, p. 146ff (PDF file; 1.1 MB)

[1] Arnbom, p. 133.

[2] Eighth report , pp. 142, 144, 147.

[3] Eighth report , p. 141.

[Achter_Bericht_p147-4] Eighth Report , p. 147.

[5] Arnbom, p. 127 f.

[6] Eighth report , pp. 146, 148.

[7] Arnbom, p. 135.

[8] Arnbom, p. 132.

[9] Arnbom, p. 123.

[10] Arnbom, p. 131.

[11] Arnbom, p. 125.

[nfp|27|10|1919|05-12] Little Chronicle. (...) † Opera singer Ludwig Strakosch. In: Neue Freie Presse , Afternoon Gazette, No. 19818/1919, October 27, 1919, p. 5, center right. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / nfp.

[13] Arnbom, p. 118.

[14] Sophie Fetthauer: Lydia Biermann . In: lexm.uni-hamburg.de , Musicological Institute of the University of Hamburg, February 3, 2009, accessed on July 9, 2011.

[15] Arnbom, p. 119 f.

[16] Forty Years a Manager . (Obituary for Maurice Strakosch; English). In: The New York Times , October 11, 1887, accessed July 9, 2011.

[Arnbom_p111-17] Arnbom, p. 111.

[18] Chief Musical Events January 1889 . In: The New York Clipper Annual . Frank Queen Pub. Co., New York 1890, p. 10.

[19] Edgar Strakosch's Bride. Wedded In Canada To Miss Kellogg's Understudy . (English). In: The New York Times , February 1, 1889, accessed July 10, 2011.

[nfp|17|09|1909|29-20] Death of the reciter Alexander Strakosch. In: Neue Freie Presse , Abendblatt, No. 16191/1909, September 17, 1909, p. 5 middle. (Online at ANNO ).Template: ANNO / Maintenance / nfp

[21] The reciter Strakosch has died. In: Neue Schlesische Zeitung / Schlesisches Tagblatt. The only morning newspaper in Austrian Silesia , No. 210/1909 (XIV. Year), September 18, 1909, p. 1, center left. (Online at ANNO ).Template: ANNO / Maintenance / nsz

[22] Estates in Austria - Personal Lexicon , Austrian National Library , September 2009.

[23] Kohut, Volume 1, p. 250.

[24] Otmar Rychlik: Guest - Great World in Bad Vöslau. For the exhibition in the historical rooms of the castle. City of Bad Vöslau, Bad Vöslau 1994, OBV , p. 164.