Wittgenstein family


The Wittgenstein family is a German-Austrian family that rose to prominence in 19th- and 20th-century Vienna, Austria. The family was originally Jewish and originated from the in Siegen-Wittgenstein, Germany.
The Austrian branch of the Wittgenstein family began with the emigration of to Vienna in 1851. By 1910, 26 members of the Wittgenstein family were among the 929 wealthiest people in Vienna.
Members of the Wittgenstein family include successful merchants, entrepreneurs, industrialists, lawyers, musicians, patrons of the arts and philosophers:

History

The earliest known family members are the estate manager Ahron Moses Meier and his wife Sarah. They lived in Laasphe in the and worked for the Counts of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein.
Their son, Moses Meyer, was initially the estate manager of the Counts. In 1806, after the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss, the Wittgensteiner Land fell to Hessen-Darmstadt. In 1808, Napoleon initiated the Jewish emancipation and Jews were required to adopt a fixed surname within three months. Moses chose the name Meyer-Wittgenstein. This led to a conflict with the Prussian, who had been elevated to Reichsfürst in 1804. Moses left the Wittgensteiner Land with his family and moved to the nearby Principality of Waldeck. It was there that he created a successful business as a wool trader in the former Hanseatic City Korbach, an area with many sheep.

Selected members

  1. Moses Meyer-Wittgenstein, married Bernhardine Simon
  2. # Simson Moses Wittgenstein, married on 4 October 1813 in Rheda to Rebecca Rosenberg
  3. ## Friedrike Wittgenstein, married on 6 August 1850 to Isaac Koppel
  4. ## Marcus Wittgenstein
  5. ##, married Clara Lippert, estate manager in Berlin from 1858, founder of "Simson and Rebecca Wittgenstein Stiftung" and the "Jacob Wittgenstein`sche Altersversorgungsanstalt"
  6. # Julia Wittgenstein, married Rosenberg
  7. # Richard Simon Wittgenstein, married Ida
  8. ## Louise Johanne Henriette Wittgenstein, married Heinrich Hirsch
  9. ## Emma Flora Caroline Wittgenstein
  10. ## Max Adolf Georg Carl Wittgenstein
  11. ## Ernst Oscar Wittgenstein, married Emma Vaerst
  12. #, wool trader in Gohlis and estate manager in Vienna, converted to Protestantism in 1839, married Franziska Figdor
  13. ## Anna Friederike Wittgenstein, married Heinrich "Emil" Franz
  14. ## Marie Wittgenstein, married Moritz Christian Pott
  15. ## Paul Josef Gustav Wittgenstein, jurist, married Justine Karoline Hochstetter
  16. ### Johanna Salzer
  17. ### Hermann Christian Wittgenstein
  18. ### Paul Karl Wittgenstein
  19. ####, philosopher
  20. ## Josephine Wittgenstein, married
  21. ## Ludwig "Louis" Wittgenstein, owner of Schloss Hollenburg, married Maria Franz
  22. ## Karl Otto Clemens Wittgenstein
  23. ### Hermine Wittgenstein
  24. ### Dora Wittgenstein
  25. ### Hans Wittgenstein
  26. ### Kurt Wittgenstein
  27. ### Helene Wittgenstein married Max Salzer
  28. #### Felix Salzer, leading music theorist and music educator
  29. ### Rudolf Wittgenstein chemistry student
  30. ### Margaret Stonborough-Wittgenstein, married Jerome Stonborough in 1904. Builder of the Haus Wittgenstein and longtime owner of the. Painted by Gustav Klimt.
  31. ### Paul Wittgenstein, concert pianist, married Hilde Schania
  32. #### Paul-Louis Wittgenstein
  33. #### Elisabeth
  34. #### Johanna
  35. ### Ludwig Wittgenstein, philosopher
  36. ## Ottilie Ida Bertha Wittgenstein landowner, cheese producer and patron of the arts in Pyhra, married
  37. ### Paula Franziska Johanna Kupelwieser, married Mathes
  38. ### Ida Josepha Johanna Kupelwieser, married Lenz
  39. ### Ernst Hermann Leopold Kupelwieser
  40. ### Johann Paul Kupelwieser, medical doctor
  41. ## Klara Wittgenstein
  42. ## Lydia Wittgenstein, married von Siebert
  43. ## Emilie Wittgenstein, married Theodor von Brücke
  44. ## Klothilde Wittgenstein

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