Moriz Pollack, ''
Ritter
Ritter (German for "knight") is a designation used as a title of nobility in German-speaking areas. Traditionally it denotes the second-lowest rank within the nobility, standing above "Edler" and below "Freiherr" (Baron). As with most titles an ...
von'' Borkenau (24 December 1827 in
Vienna
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– 20 August 1904 in Vienna) was a Jewish Austrian financier.
After leaving the gymnasium of Vienna, at the age of 22, he took charge of his father's wholesale leather business, and soon succeeded in extending his export trade to France and Germany. In 1857 he was elected to the municipal council of Vienna, and took an active part in the relief and construction works in the year of the great flood (1862). Soon afterward he took charge of the budget of the city of Vienna, acting as auditor until his resignation in 1885. In 1867 he was sent by the city of Vienna as one of the delegates on the occasion of the coronation of the King of Hungary at Budapest, and in 1873 he was made chairman of the executive committee of the
Vienna Exposition
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. He entered the
Niederösterreichische Escomptebank as examiner, and was director-general and vice-president from 1885 to 1898, also officiating as deputy of the Vienna chamber of commerce, director of the
Wiener Kaufmannshalle, and examiner of the
Austro-Hungarian Bank
The Austro-Hungarian Bank (german: Oesterreichisch-ungarische Bank, hu, Osztrák–Magyar Bank, cs, Rakousko-uherská banka, pl, Bank Austriacko-Węgierski, hr, Austro-Ugarska banka) was the central bank of the Habsburg Monarchy in the 19th a ...
.
Pollak took a very active part in the affairs of the Jewish community, filling various offices, including finally that of president of the
IKG Wien
The Jewish Community of Vienna (Israelitische Kultusgemeinde Wien or IKG) is the body that represents Vienna's Orthodox Jewish community. Today, the IKG has around 10 000 members. Throughout history, it has represented almost all of Austria's Jew ...
from 4 May 1884 to 27 December 1885. Besides many other decorations he received the
cross of the Legion of Honor
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, in recognition of his services at the
Paris Exposition of 1878; five years before, for his services in connection with the Exposition of Vienna, he had received from the Austrian emperor the patent of nobility with the title ''"Von Borkenau"''.
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1827 births
1904 deaths
19th-century Austrian people
Austrian knights
Austro-Hungarian Jews
Businesspeople from Vienna
Jews and Judaism in Vienna