!!!Kolschitzky, Georg Franz

b. Poland, 1640, 
d. Vienna, Feb. 20, 1694, merchant and courier. Interpreter at the 
Oriental Trade Company in Belgrade. Was raised to Imperial Interpreter 
for services rendered as an emissary during the second siege of Vienna 
by the Turks in 1683 (see:  Turkish Sieges of Vienna. Obtained one of 
the first licences to serve coffee in Vienna and therefore was 
regarded for a long time as the "father" of the Vienna  Coffeehouse.

!Literature
B. Jaminskij, Wien 1683, Kosaken und K., 1983.



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