Viktor Gutmann
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Baron Viktor Gutmann von Gelse und Belišće |
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| Born |
3 October 1891 Belišće, Austro-Hungarian Empire, (now Croatia) |
| Died | 17 February 1946 (aged 54) Zagreb, SFR Yugoslavia, (now Croatia) |
| Citizenship | Croatia |
| Education | Mechanical engineering |
| Alma mater | Vienna University of Technology |
| Occupation | Businessman, Engineer |
| Home town | Belišće |
| Criminal penalty | death penalty |
| Spouse(s) | Luise (née Bloch-Bauer) |
| Children | Francis Nelly of Auersperg |
| Parent(s) | Alfred Gutmann Ottilie Gutmann (née Pollak von Rudin) |
| Relatives |
Edmund Gutmann (uncle) Ernest (brother) Otto (brother) Maria Altmann (sister in law) |
Baron Viktor Gutmann von Gelse und Belišće (3 October 1891 – 17 February 1946) was Croatian nobleman and industrialist.
Baron Gutmann was born in Belišće on 3 October 1891 to a noble Croatian Jewish family Gutmann. His father, Baron Alfred Gutmann von Gelse und Belišće (born 1857), was the youngest son of Salamon Heinrich Gutman and brother of Baron Edmund Gutmann. Whole Gutmann family was awarded with a hereditary peer Baron von Gelse und Belišće. His mother was Ottilie (née Pollak von Rudin) Gutmann.
Baron Gutmann was married to Luise Bloch-Bauer. His wife Luise the daughter of Marie Therese (née Bauer 1874–1961) and Gustav Bloch (1862-1938). Luise was sister of Maria Altmann and niece of Adele Bloch-Bauer, a wealthy member of Viennese society and a patron and close friend of Gustav Klimt.
He graduated as a mechanical engineer at the Vienna University of Technology. After graduation he served in the Austro-Hungarian Army on the Eastern Front during World War I. Baron Gutmann was awarded with Military Merit Medal and several others valor medals.
After the war he returned to Belišće to work at his family company "H.S. Gutmann". His grandfather Salamon established the wood-processing company "H.S. Gutmann" in Hungary. At first Gutmann worked under his cousin Artur Gutmann who was the oldest son of Edmund Gutmann. After his cousin death, Baron Gutmann and his brother Ernest took over the company. Baron Gutmann and his brother have expanded the company, build up and developed Belišće. Gutmann family was very loved and popular in Belišće and among company employees.
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