Rudolf Geschwind
(1829 - 1910)
Rudolf Geschwind (b 29 August 1829 in Hředle, Bohemia, Austro-Hungary - today Czech Republic - d. 30 August 1910 in Karpfen Austro-Hungary, today Krupina Slovakia) was a German Austrian rosarian known for his breeding of rose cultivars.
Studies and professional activities
Interested in growing plants even in his childhood, Rudolf Geschwind pursued his studies for two years at the Technical University in Prague. He then continued his studies at the Academy for Forestry in Schemnitz (today Banska Stiavnica în Slovakia, graduating in 1852. He then started working for the Austro-Hungarian Department of Forestry. His work was carried out in various parts of the Austro-Hungarian empire, on the territory of today's Italy, Ukraine, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary
However, his hobby was the breeding of roses. From 1860 to 1910 he created around 140 rose cultivars, most of them resistant to frost. He acquired international fame during the Exposition Universelle (1889) in Paris, where he presented his collection of climbing roses.
After his death, in 1910, his entire collection of cultivars was purchased by countess Marie Henrieta Chotek for her rosarium in Dolná Krupá.
Rose cultivars created by Rudolf Geschwind
| Year | Name of cultivar | Year | Name of cultivar | Year | Name of cultivar |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1860 | Premier Essai | 1890 | Trompeter von Säckingen | 1900 | Pescheräh |
| 1867 | Dr. Hurta | Rigoletto | Eugen E. Marlitt | ||
| 1882 | Anna Geschwind | Ovid | Satanella | ||
| 1884 | Geschwinds Nordlandrose | Wodan | Leopold Ritter | ||
| 1886 | Lios Alpha | Anna Scharsach | Gräfin Chotek | ||
| Mme Richter | Gipsy Blood | Julia Festilla | |||
| Forstmeisters Heim | Alpenfee | Josephine Ritter' | |||
| Fatinitza | Elbfex | Geschwinds Unermüdliche' | |||
| Mercedes | Dr. Valentin Teirich | Geschwinds Schönste | |||
| Souvenir de Brod | Amneris | 1902 | Obergärtner Franz Joost | ||
| Schloß Luegg | Andor | Wenzel Geschwind | |||
| Nymphe Tepla | Antonie Schurz | 1905 | Lady Gray | ||
| Kleiner Postillon | Corporal Johann Nagy | 1909 | Gipsy Boy | ||
| Décoration de Geschwind | Chloris | Azalea | |||
| Ännchen von Tharau | Erinnerung an meinem Vater | Wicking | |||
| Wassilissa | Fantasca | Walküre | |||
| Aurelia Liffa | Julius Fabianics de Misefa | Alice Rauch | |||
| Erlkönig | Lydia Geschwind | Asta von Parpart | |||
| 1887 | Manetti purpurea | Picotte | Parkzierde | ||
| Manetti alba rosea | Hauptmann A. Steinsdorfer | 1910 | Wachhilde | ||
| Manetti floribunda | Ulana | Siwa | |||
| Loreley | 1891 | Dryade | Freya | ||
| Caecilie Scharsach | Nymphe Egeria | Commercialized after Geschwind’s death | |||
| Meteor | 1892 | Erinnerung an Schloß Scharfenstein | 1912 | Hermione | |
| Gilda | Lydia | Prinz Hirzeprinzchen | |||
| Rotkäppchen | 1894 | Schneelicht | Asra | ||
| Dora | 1895 | Fontäne | Rote Beka | ||
| Eurydice | Himmelsauge | Ariana El | |||
| Virago | Griseldis | Fatma | |||
| Fiametta | Lisdana | Astra | |||
| 1888 | Kobold | Theano | 1913 | Geisha | |
| Erebus | Niobe | 1928 | Geschwinds Multiflora | ||
| Erinnerung an meine Mutter | Meigela | Geschwinds Gorgeous | |||
| Ernst G. Dörell | Nora | Year of commercialization unknown | |||
| Ernst Willner | Phaedra | Arva Leany | |||
| Major Franz Teirich | Irrlicht | Majthenyi | |||
| Esmeralda | Vineta | Frau Dr. E. Skibinska | |||
| Tartarus | Crémé | ||||
| Terror | Cyclop | ||||
| Frau Viktoria von Thusansky | Geranium | ||||
| 1889 | Graziella | Gelon | |||
| Gruß an Wien | Feuerkugel | ||||
| Herzblättchen | Zacharula-rubrifolia | ||||
| Marie Geschwind | Sylvia | ||||
| Báró Natália | 1897 | Gruß an Teplitz | |||
| Stadkassierer Wilhelm Liffa | Virginia R. Coxe | ||||
| Caroline Bank | |||||
| Marie Dermar | |||||
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References
Notes
Bibliography about the Geschwind
Rudolf Geschwind 1829 - 2009 (1910 - 2010). Sammelband des Internationalen Symposiums Rudolf Geschwind 1829 - 2009 gewidmet dem 180. Jahrestag der Geburt von Rudolf Geschwind abgehalten in Krupina und Zvolen am 11. un 12. Juni 2009. Ed.: Miroslav Lukáč. Korrigierte slowakisch-deutsche Ausgabe. Krupina : Die Stadt Krupina in Zasammenarbeit mit Kulturzentrum und Andrej Sládkovič-Museum in Krupina, 2011. 184 Seiten. ISBN 978-80-970553-1-8