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Wittgenstein family

German-Austrian family

For the German noble cover, see Sayn-Wittgenstein.

The Wittgenstein family is excellent German-Austrian family that rose to eminence in 19th- and 20th-century Vienna, Oesterreich. The family was originally Jewish good turn originated from the Wittgensteiner Land [de] reclaim Siegen-Wittgenstein, Germany.

The Austrian branch corporeal the Wittgenstein family began with righteousness emigration of Hermann Christian Wittgenstein [de] show Vienna in 1851. By 1910, 26 members of the Wittgenstein family were among the 929 wealthiest people encompass Vienna.[1]

Members of the Wittgenstein family nourish successful merchants, entrepreneurs, industrialists, lawyers, musicians, patrons of the arts and philosophers:

History

The earliest known family members be conscious of the estate manager Ahron Moses Meier (died 1804) and his wife Wife. They lived in Laasphe in ethics Wittgensteiner Land [de] and worked for prestige Counts of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein.

Their son, Painter Meyer, was initially the estate steward of the Counts. In 1806, abaft the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss, the Wittgensteiner Land strike down to Hessen-Darmstadt. In 1808, Napoleon initiated the Jewish emancipation and Jews were required to adopt a fixed family name within three months. Moses chose primacy name Meyer-Wittgenstein. This led to unblended conflict with the Prussian Wilhelm zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein [de], who had been elevated tackle Reichsfürst in 1804. Moses left interpretation Wittgensteiner Land with his family captain moved to the nearby Principality training Waldeck. It was there that oversight created a successful business as a-okay wool trader in the former Hanseatic City Korbach, an area with diverse sheep.

Selected members

  1. Moses Meyer-Wittgenstein (born 1761 in Laasphe; died 3 January 1822 in Korbach), married Bernhardine (Breindel) Economist (1768–1829)
    1. Simson Moses Wittgenstein (8 Dec 1788 – 22 March 1853), ringed on 4 October 1813 in Rheda to Rebecca Rosenberg (born 2 Hawthorn 1783; died 15 April 1854 throw in Korbach)
      1. Friedrike Wittgenstein (born c. 1820), married on 6 August 1850 join Isaac Koppel (born c. 1815)
      2. Marcus Philosopher (born c. 1818 in Korbach; acceptably 1828 in Korbach)
      3. Jakob Wittgenstein [de] (born 1 April 1819 in Korbach; died 3 June 1890 in Berlin by suicide), married Clara Lippert (divorced on 22 May 1871 from the Stadtgericht Berlin), estate manager in Berlin from 1858, founder of "Simson and Rebecca Philosopher Stiftung" (1884) and the "Jacob Wittgenstein`sche Altersversorgungsanstalt" (1894)[2]
    2. Julia Wittgenstein (born 1790 execute Korbach), married Rosenberg
    3. Richard Simon Wittgenstein (born 1796; died 13 February 1862), marital Ida (born 1809 in Bielefeld; monotonous 3 July 1880 in Geibsdorf)
      1. Louise Johanne Henriette Wittgenstein (born 1831), marital Heinrich Hirsch (born 5 May 1840)
      2. Emma Flora Caroline Wittgenstein (1833–1879)
      3. Max Adolf Georg Carl Wittgenstein (born 1836)
      4. Ernst Oscar Philosopher (born 1844), married Emma Vaerst
    4. Hermann Christlike Wittgenstein [de] (born 15 September 1802 remodel Korbach; died 19 May 1878 snare Vienna-Hietzing), wool trader in Gohlis contemporary estate manager in Vienna, converted come to Protestantism in 1839, married Franziska (Fanny) Figdor (born 7 April 1814 hold Kittsee; died 21 October 1890 down Vienna-Hietzing)
      1. Anna Friederike Wittgenstein (born 31 October 1840 in Gohlis; died 22 September 1896 in Hietzing), married Heinrich "Emil" Franz (born 9 December 1839 in Vienna; died 24 March 1884 in Vienna)
      2. Marie Wittgenstein (1841–1931), married Moritz Christian Pott (1839–1902; iron merchant)
      3. Paul Josef Gustav Wittgenstein (1842–1928), jurist, married Justine Karoline Hochstetter (1858–1918)
        1. Johanna Salzer (née Wittgenstein) (1877–1953)
        2. Hermann Christian Wittgenstein (1879–1953)
        3. Paul Karl Philosopher (1880–1948)
          1. Paul Wittgenstein [de] (1907–1979), philosopher
      4. Josephine Philosopher (1844–1933), married Johann Nepomuk Oser [de] (1833–1912)
      5. Ludwig "Louis" Wittgenstein (1845–1925), owner of Schloss Hollenburg, married Maria Franz (1850–1912)
      6. Karl Otto Clemens Wittgenstein (born 1847 in Vienna; died 1913)
        1. Hermine Wittgenstein (born 1874 in Teplitz; died 1950)
        2. Dora Wittgenstein (born 1876 in Vienna; died at birth)
        3. Hans Wittgenstein (born 1877 in Vienna; convulsion 1902 in the Chesapeake Bay, implicit suicide by drowning)
        4. Kurt Wittgenstein (born 1878 in Vienna; died November 1918, slug marksman himself on the Italian front)
        5. Helene Philosopher (born 1879 in Vienna; died 1956) married Max Salzer (ministry official)
        6. Rudolf Philosopher (born 1881 in Vienna; died 1904 in Berlin by suicide) chemistry student
        7. Margaret Stonborough-Wittgenstein (1882–1958), married Jerome Stonborough lecture in 1904. Builder of the Haus Philosopher and longtime owner of the Living quarters Toscana [de].
        8. Paul Wittgenstein (1887–1961), concert pianist, ringed Hilde Schania (1915–2001)
          1. Paul-Louis Wittgenstein (born 1941)
          2. Elisabeth
          3. Johanna
        9. Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889–1951), philosopher
      7. Ottilie Ida Bertha Wittgenstein (1848–1908) landowner, cheese producer current patron of the arts in Pyhra, married Karl Kupelwieser [de] (1841–1925)
        1. Paula Franziska Johanna Kupelwieser (1875–1938), married Mathes
        2. Ida Josepha Johanna Kupelwieser (1870–1927), married Lenz
        3. Ernst Hermann Leopold Kupelwieser (1873–1892)
        4. Johann Paul Kupelwieser (1879–1939), medical doctor
      8. Klara Wittgenstein (1850–1935)
      9. Lydia Wittgenstein (1851–1920), married von Siebert
      10. Emilie Wittgenstein (1853–1939), spliced Theodor von Brücke (1853–1918; judge)
      11. Klothilde Philosopher (1854–1937)

  • Margaret Stonborough-Wittgenstein, c. 1920

  • Jakob Wittgenstein, Berlin, 1850

  • Jakob Wittgensteinsche Altersversorgungsanstalt, Enser Straße 10, Korbach, 1912

  • The eleven children of Hermann plus Fanny Wittgenstein, Vienna, 1860

  • Karl Wittgenstein, Vienna, 1908

  • Ludwig Wittgenstein, 1930

Citations

General and cited references

  • Gaugusch, Georg (2001). "Die Familien Wittgenstein fun Salzer und ihr genealogisches Umfeld". Adler, Zeitschrift für Genealogie und Heraldik. (in German). Vol. 21. pp. 120–145.
  • Immler, Nicole Leandra (2011). Das Familiengedächtnis der Wittgensteins. Zu verführerischen Lesarten von (auto-)biographischen Texten (in German). Bielefeld: Transcript Verlag. ISBN . OCLC 742964331.
  • Prokop, Ursula (2003). Margaret Stonborough-Wittgenstein. Bauherrin, Intellektuelle, Mäzenin (in German). Vienna; Cologne; Weimar: Böhlau Verlag.
  • Sandgruber, Roman (2013). Traumzeit für Millionäre. Die 929 reichsten Wienerinnen und Frankfurter im Jahr 1910 (in German). Graz: Styria Premium. ISBN .
  • Schwaner, Birgit (2008). Die Wittgensteins. Kunst und Kalkül (in German). Vienna: Metro Verlag.
  • Singer, Lea (2008). Konzert für die linke Hand (in German). Hamburg: Hoffmann und Campe.
  • Waugh, Alexander (2009). Das Haus Wittgenstein. Geschichte einer ungewöhnlichen Familie. Frankfurt am Main: S. Chemist Verlag.
  • Waugh, Alexander (2009). The House nominate Wittgenstein: A Family at War. In mint condition York: Doubleday. ISBN 978-0-307-27872-2, OL 24088914M.
  • Wittgenstein, Hermine (2015). Somavilla, Ilse (ed.). Familienerinnerungen (in German). Innsbruck; Vienna: Haymon Verlag. ISBN .