!!!Hornbostel, Theodor von, geb. 1815 b. Vienna, Oct. 29, 1815, d. Vienna, June 2, 1888, industrialist; son of Christian Georg Hornbostel, cousin of Carl von Hornbostel, grandfather of Erich Hornbostel. 1848 Minister of Commerce, 1849-1851 president of the Vienna Chamber of Commerce. Leading position in the "Creditanstalt" bank and the "Escompte-Gesellschaft" of Lower Austria, as well as the "Kaiserin-Elisabeth-Westbahn" and "Kaiser-Ferdinand-Nordbahn" railways and the locomotive factory "Lokomotiv-Fabriks AG". %%language [Back to the Austrian Version|AEIOU/Hornbostel,_Theodor_von,_geb._1815|class='wikipage austrian'] %% [{FreezeArticle author='AEIOU' template='Lexikon_1995_englisch'}] [{ALLOW view All}][{ALLOW comment All}][{ALLOW edit FreezeAdmin}]