Theodor Sixt
Theodor Sixt (born March 14, 1834 in Hechingen ; † June 4, 1897 in Bielitz ) was an entrepreneur and one of the richest citizens of Bielitz.
His father Karl Sixt was a professor at a middle school.
The young Theodor settled in Moravia in the middle of the 19th century . In 1870, at the age of 36, he married 21-year-old Johanna Emilie Weich, daughter of a wealthy Bielitz family, in Příbor . After the wedding, Theodor moved into a villa designed by the city architect Karl Korn in what was then Elisabethstraße (now Mickiewicz-Straße).
His wife died unexpectedly in 1887 after 17 years of marriage. Theodor Sixt remarried the 26-year-old Anna Zipser in 1889, daughter of a family of manufacturers.
Theodor Sixt was engaged in various profitable businesses. In Lobnitz he ran a textile dye factory. He worked on the Vienna wallet and bought shares in local companies, and also took part in the World Exhibition in Vienna in 1873. Allegedly he was also active in the arms trade. Possibly he also ran quarters for industrial workers outside the city, since the workers were not allowed to settle in the city. He became a member of a Masonic Lodge .
Theodor Sixt remained childless and had no heirs. He dedicated his fortune to charitable causes, above all the Protestant parish and the Protestant women's association. He bequeathed his villa to the city. Today the Rector's Office of the Technical-Humanistic Academy is located there .
Three years after his death a street was named after him.
In November 2006, the Teatr Polski in Bielsko-Biała staged a play by the Bielitz journalist Artur Pałyga "Testament Teodora Sixta".
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sixt, Theodor |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Entrepreneurs and benefactors |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 14, 1834 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hechingen |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 4, 1897 |
| Place of death | Bielitz |