Filip Deutsch, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Croatian industrialist
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Place of Birth: Zagreb, Zagreb County, Croatia
About Filip Deutsch
- Filip Deutsch pl.
- Maceljski (born Freivel Benjamin Deutsch; March 16, 1828 – May 6, 1919) was Croatian nobleman, industrialist who had a significant impact on the development of Turopolje near Velika Gorica and timber industry in that region.Deutsch was born on March 16, 1828 to a Jewish family.
- He was married to Amalija (née Schwarz) Deutsch with whom he had three sons, Vilim, Albert and Benko.
- His sons later became notable Croatian industrialists and philanthropists.
- From early age Deutsch was active entrepreneur, in Zagreb he had a storage company for timber and firewood sale.
- In 1884 his company "Filip Deutsch i sinovi Zagreb" (Filip Deutsch and sons Zagreb) produced the columns for the Podsused bridge.
- Deutsch bought, in 1910, 50 acres of land from the noble municipality Turopolje.
- On that land, in 1911, Deutsch founded the steam sawmill in Turopolje which he named "Paropilana Filipa Deutscha sinova".
- He immediately began to lift the objects for the sawmill, houses for workers and specialists which were brought from Zagreb and other Croatian regions.
- Houses were built in a rows and were called "Kolonija" (The Colony).
- In June 1911 Deutsch sawmill started to produce oak sawn wood, mostly from the Turopolje forest, with the capacity of 40,000 m3.
- Deutsch built and spread the sawmill as production expanded.
- He also built about 10 kilometers of railways for the Burdelj and Turopoljski lug.
- At the peak of success Deutsch sawmill employed about 600 workers.
- Deutsch workers were treated fairly with eight-hour working day, which was a rarity at the time, with supplied hot meals, decent salaries and housing for every worker.
- Deutsch was also a great philanthropist who often aided the poor.
- In Zagreb, twice a year, he would donated two to three wagons of wood during the winter.
- For his contribution on the development of Turopolje region Deutsch was awarded with the title pl.
- (plemeniti (in Croatian) = noble (in English)) Maceljski per Macelj forest.Deutsch died in Zagreb on May 6, 1919.
- He was buried in the family crypt at the Mirogoj Cemetery.
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