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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marote, post: 11273274, member: 84568&quot;]For those who don&#039;t have/can&#039;t find the translation button, here&#039;s the Chrome translation of the 1903/1910 Boschan text:</p><p><br /></p><p>Boschan 1903/1910</p><p>Label: Jewish nobility</p><p><br /></p><p>The ancestors of the Boschans are said to have come from Poznan, but in the 18th century the family had already settled in the Hungarian town of Nove Mesto nad Vahom (in present-day Slovakia), where its members were engaged in trade. Around 1808, one member of the family settled in Vienna, and the family had already branched out considerably through his descendants. While in the first and second generations the Viennese Boschans were mainly engaged in trade, from the third generation onwards they were also found in important positions in the state administration. In 1867, three members of the family - Alexander (1809-1878), president of the provincial criminal court in Vienna, Friedrich (1817-1871), wholesaler in Vienna, imperial councillor and assessor of the commercial court, and Wilhelm (1813-1890), stock exchange councillor, acting president of the Lower Austrian Escomptni bank, director of the Lower Austrian Sparkasse and wholesaler in Vienna - were promoted on the basis of the award of the Order of the Iron Crown HL class to knighthood. Although the family was of Jewish origin, in the years 1818-1839 most of their members (in the generation of the above-mentioned noblemen) converted.</p><p>A contemporary of the Boschan knights was the industrialist Wilhelm Boschan (1845-1920). Like his ancestors, he was involved in trade and in 1868 he became a partner in the family firm &quot; Gebruder Boschan &quot; founded four years earlier. The company, which was awarded the title of court supplier in 1871, traded in both agricultural seeds and mining and metallurgical products, specializing in aluminum and zinc oxide, which were still relatively rare at the time, and exported them to Germany, Russia and the Orient. At the beginning of the 20th century, the company had an annual turnover of several million crowns.</p><p>In 1878, Wilhelm became a member of the Vienna Chamber of Commerce and Trade and was later appointed an associate of its court of justice and communications committee. In 1888, he was appointed as a permanent clerk to the State Railway Board and later to other commissions and committees. In 1890, he received the highly prestigious position of censor of the Austro-Hungarian Bank. He also participated in humanitarian activities and was a member of the federal committee of the Austrian Red Cross Society and the first vice-president of the Lower Austrian Red Cross relief association. In addition, he became famous as a patron of the arts, spending large sums on purchases from famous artists and donating his famous collection of vedute of the city of Vienna to the Vienna Modernen Galerie.</p><p>For these services, he was appointed commercial councilor, in 1897 he received the title of imperial councilor, a year later the Knight&#039;s Cross of the Order of Franz Joseph and by the highest decision of December 28, 1902 the emperor elevated him to the nobility without tax. Subsequently, with a diploma of March 27,1903, Wilhelm Boschan received the honorary title of nobleman (Edler von) and the coat of arms:</p><p>a red shield with a golden head, in which a rising black eagle with golden armor and a red tongue can be seen. The lower field is divided by a red tip, in which there are three red labels (2:1). To the right of the tip is a silver Mercury&#039;s staff, to the left a silver heraldic cross. On the shield stands a crowned tournament helmet with red-silver coverings. The jewel is two closed red wings - the front divided into silver-red, the back gold-black.</p><p>Wilhelm the nobleman Boschan also had merit in establishing the building of the Chamber of Commerce and Trade in Vienna, after its completion in 1907 he was given the highest recognition and in 1908 was awarded the Order of the Iron Crown, 3rd class. Since his marriage remained childless, on March 9, 1910, he asked the monarch to transfer his title to his nephews Georg and Heinrich, sons of his older brother Georg (1840-1918).</p><p>Georg Boschan, like his brother, was a partner in the company &quot; Gebruder Boschan&quot;&quot;, but unlike his sibling, he was also involved in politics. In 1872 he was elected to the municipal council of the city of Vienna, where he served for 23 years. He served as chairman of the orphan and financial departments for several years and served on the city council from 1891 to 1895. For his services, he was awarded the Knight&#039;s Cross of the Order of Franz Joseph in 1882. He later became a member of the Lower Austrian Provincial Assembly. With Maria GauB (1848-1903), he had two daughters and the aforementioned sons, who had been partners in the family business since the beginning of the 20th century.</p><p>Since the Ministry of the Interior approved the request of Wilhelm the nobleman Boschan, the emperor transferred his title, predicate and coat of arms to both nephews by a supreme decision of 8 December 1910 as a special grace, which was confirmed on 6 February 1911 through documents for each of the brothers.</p><p>The elder Georg (1875-1957), commercial councilor and reserve imperial rhythm master, married Leona Aebly zubenannt Kilchmatter (*1886) in 1911. He owned a residential and commercial building at Traungasse 6 in the third district of Vienna, near the Belvedere, where he lived. The marriage produced their only daughter, Erika (*1926), who married Dr. Hans Reichert, relatively late in life.</p><p>The younger Heinrich (1877-1952) graduated from the famous Schottengymnasium in Vienna and received a doctorate in law from the University of Vienna. He finished his military service as imperial governor. In addition to his work at the Gebruder Boschan company, he was also the general manager of the aluminum factory in Lend. In 1906, he married Alice (*1882) in Vienna, the daughter of Moritz Knight Manner, originally from a business family, and lived in a villa at Larochengasse 27 near Schonbrunn. In addition to this property, he was also a co-owner of the aforementioned house on Traungasse.</p><p>Wilhelm the Boschan nobleman continued his humanitarian activities even in old age. He financially supported the charity of the Order of the Teutonic Knights and was a bearer of the Neck Cross of Mary. During the First World War, he was the second vice-president of the Austrian Red Cross Society and received the Badge of Honor of the Red Cross, 1st class with war decoration for his merits. His services to the state and to the needy were then recognized by Emperor Charles I with the highest decision of April 4, 1917 , when he promoted him to the rank of knight without tax. By a diploma dated March 1,1918, Wilhelm was confirmed as Knight of Boschan (Ritter von Boschan) and his coat of arms was improved:</p><p>A red shield with a golden head, in which a soaring black eagle with golden armor and a red tongue can be seen. The lower field is divided by a silver tip, in which there are three red labels (2:1). To the right of the tip is a silver Mercury&#039;s staff, to the left a silver heraldic cross. On the shield stands a crowned tournament helmet with red-silver covers. The jewel is two closed wings - the front divided silver-red, the back gold-black.</p><p>The knighthood was not passed on to the nephews. Since neither Georg nor Heinrich had male descendants, the Boschan noble family died out in this generation.</p><p><br /></p><p>Jager-Sunstenau, Hanns, The Ennobled Jewish Families in Pre-War Vienna, doctoral dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Vienna, Vienna 1950.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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