Alexander von Schoeller

[1] In 1843, Schoeller founded the Berndorfer metal goods factory for fine table cutlery together with Alfred Krupp as a silent partner.

[1] Schoeller also founded a rolled barley factory in Ebenfurth near Vienna, which he built up into the largest milling operation in the monarchy, and he also acquired a share in the Hütteldorfer Brewery.

With Carl Leidenfrost von Bars, he leased the Levice estate in Upper Hungary (known as Slovakia since 1918), which became the property of his Viennese trading house and which later, under the management of his Brno nephew Gustav von Schoeller and his son Gustav Philipp, became a model company for half-blood breeding and schnapps distillery.

[1] In 1848, Alexander von Schoeller acquired Stenitz Castle, near Prague, Aloisia, Countess Desfours, as his family residence.

[1] For his services, Schoeller was appointed Imperial Councillor and was ennobled in the hereditary Austrian nobility with the rank of Ritter in 1868 and awarded the Order of the Iron Crown, Third Class.