The Czerweny family were large industrialists in the match industry and originally came from the south-east Bohemian town of Trautenau in what is now the Czech Republic. The son-in-law of the founding father of the match empire Florian Pojatzi (born January 15, 1830; † August 17, 1917) Franz Czerweny (born March 26, 1848, † April 13, 1921) was appointed to the Austro-Hungarian Chamber of Commerce in 1907 and an Officer's Cross in 1911. Bearer of the Franz Joseph Order. Because of his merits, he was knighted by Emperor Karl I and awarded the title “Noble von Arland”. The name Arland stands for the cities of Arnfels and Landsberg (Deutschlandsberg). The family's motto is: “Free the eye, clear the will, completely the deed.
The Czerweny von Arland family achieved world fame through their two siblings Viktor Franz Florian (born 1877; † 1956) and Robert Franz Anton (born 1878; † 1962) in 1898 with the development of the first match machine "Czerweny" by im Technical Museum Vienna was given a place of honor and can still be visited today. This epoch-making Czerweny automatic machine produced a million matches an hour. The patented machine was produced in large numbers from 1908 and is still in use today.
Today, after more than 185 years of family history, which were characterized by brilliant ascents and times of economic weakness, but always by inventions and innovations, today's descendants of the line Robert, Dr. Andrea von Arland and Ing.Dr. Martin von Arland with his family in St. Wolfgang and Vienna.
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