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Note: see Břeclav history judge Markus Bittner (1840-1845, 1860-1866) book ref OR Leopold Brum (1816-1899) & (?) parents of Sophe Brum (1851-1930) & Moritz Sobotka (1843 m. 1869 - 19180 grandson of Abraham Sobotka (1784 m. 1809 - 1867) & (?) daughter of Elias Breitenfeld (fam. below) a tenant distiller on the castle estate of Předhradi (Rychemburk /Richenburg) owned by the Kinsky family and later by the prince of Thurn and Taxis. Abraham's likely father is Isaak Sobotka of Brozany, Pardubice region a glazier, listed as having an oldest son Abraham in the 1793 census. After marriage Moritz Sobotka, who lived in Chotebor and Nova Vesi, Bohemia moved to Vienna. In 1884, with the financial help of Baron Springer he formed a company 'Erste Wiener Export und Malzfabriks-Gesellschaft, Hauser und Sobotka' in Stadlau with subsidiaries Moric (Hanna/Hana), near Olomouc (Olmutz) and Allach (Munich). The Vienna company had a malt syrup division, which evolved into Diamalt companies in Austria and Germany with divisions throughout the world. Their famous product Hoff's Malzextract, was used as a coffee substitute and tonic and is mentioned in the "Brothers Karamazov" by Dostoevsky as a cough medicine. Among the leading interrelated family groups at the forefront of the emerging malting industry were the Sobotka married Breitenfeld, Brum married Bittner, Lustig married Jokl and Hauser married Brum families of Bohemia and Moravia - source Celia Male
Note: see on geni possible ancestor and relatives Valentin Breitenfeld (ca. 1745 - ) distiller in Richenburg "ch. Abraham Elias, Lazar, Ezechiel, Rosalia, Anna, 2 others" and Abraham Breitenfeld listed in the 1793 census of Richenburg/Nachod
Note: same as David Bittner Geigenmaclier des k. k. Hof-Operntheaters und k. k. Scliatzmeister (Wien, I. Kârntnerstrasse 42). Medaillen 1851, 1855 und 1862. Violin, Violoncello, Zithern. Saal VI?
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