Heinrich von Drasche-Wartinberg

After the death of his uncle Alois Miesbach in 1857, Drasche inherited a brickyard located in the south of Vienna.

During the next decades he built up Austria-Hungary's leading brick producing enterprise which today still exists under the name of Wienerberger.

[1] While Drasche had big influence onto the building industry in Austria-Hungary and was ennobled by Franz Joseph I, his workers had to bear with comparatively bad labour conditions.

The two châteaux that had been in the possession of Drasche were damaged by bombings in the Second World War and knocked down in 1965 when the motorway A 23 "Südosttangente" was built.

The St. Nicholas' Church in the centre of Inzersdorf harboures a funerary chapel where Drasche and his family are buried.