Carl Lazarus Henckel von Donnersmarck

Carl Lazarus Graf Henckel von Donnersmarck ( born March 5, 1772 in Neudeck, † July 12, 1864 in Breslau) was a German nobleman free and industrialist.

Life

He was a younger son of Gustav Erdmann Graf von Henckel von Donnersmarck. Since he could not really hope for the legacy of his father, he purchased the domain Kascherwitz in South Prussia. As the successor of his brother, he was in 1813 but free Standesherr on top Bytom and was the owner of the dominions Neudeck and Alt- Tarnowitz. He was married to Countess Julie von Bohlen since 1816. With this he had seven children. Among the most recent Guido Henckel von Donnersmarck.

Charles Lazarus has greatly expanded the family property and was also owner of industrial and mining enterprises. But his main income he received from the agriculture and forestry. Mining was only operated there where this was possible without much effort. Even in the industrial sector, he was little risk taker. After all, he in 1828 founded the Bethlenfalva cabin with a puddling and rolling mills, as this has also leased his other two iron works. Despite its rather restrained investment activity his iron works produced 1847 82.000 quintals of pig iron, 7,800 quintals of iron piston, 36,200 quintals of bar iron and 2000 quintals fall and sheets. He also had 1828 's biggest production capacity in the Silesian zinc production. These three cottages were leased. Only the coal mining operation Graf Karl Lazarus on their own without having to pursue a significant modernization strategy there.

He was Colonel of the 23 Landwehr regiment. He also carried the honorary title of a Prussian Chamberlain since 1840 and the one Oberland mouth Schenkes in Prussian Silesia. He was a Knight of the Order Pour le Mérite and the Order of St. John. He was a hereditary member of the Prussian House of Lords.

Charles Lazarus Castle Neudeck remodel in the Tudor style and can expand.

In 1848 he handed over the property to his son Guido Henckel von Donnersmarck.