Wilhelm Hamburger

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Wilhelm Hamburger (born in 1821 in Blumenfeld , Grand Duchy of Baden ; died in 1904 in Pitten ) was a German-Austrian industrialist and pioneer of modern paper production in Central Europe .

Life

After joining the Werdemüller paper factory in Pitten and studying physics , mathematics and mechanics in Munich, Hamburger set up his own business in 1853 and began producing wood pulp paper. Together with Vinzenz Sterz, he initiated industrial paper production in the KuK monarchy. Hamburger also tried to improve the infrastructure of the Pittental and contributed to the development of regional tourism.

The paper mill in Pitten provided Wilhelm Hamburger and his heirs with extraordinary prosperity, which made his family one of the richest in the late Danube Monarchy. Several of his descendants married members of Austro-Hungarian noble families and industrialists, including the Schmid-Schmidsfelden , Tinti , Coudenhove-Kalergi , Lauda and Sebesy-Josintzi. His son Fritz Hamburger, himself a large industrialist and owner of the Töpperschloss and Hubertendorf Castle , was considered one of the closest friends and advisers of the imperial heir to the throne, Franz Ferdinand , while his son Franz Hamburger was a well-known pediatrician.

The W. Hamburger GmbH , which still exists today, is managed today by Cord Prinzhorn, a sixth generation descendant of Wilhelm Hamburger.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hamburger Containerboard: History. Retrieved June 2, 2020 .
  2. ^ A b c Erwin A. Schmiedl: Hitler's spy, Austria's voice: The two lives of Wilhelm Hendricks-Hamburger . StudienVerlag 2020, ISBN 9783706560207
  3. ^ H. Stekl: "Higher daughters" and "Sons from a good house": bourgeois youth in monarchy and republic , p. 244
  4. ^ R. Sandgruber: Dream time for millionaires: The 929 richest Viennese in 1910 , p. 183
personal data
SURNAME Hamburger, Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-Austrian paper industrialist
DATE OF BIRTH 1821
PLACE OF BIRTH Blumenfeld , Grand Duchy of Baden
DATE OF DEATH 1904
Place of death Pitten