family history
family history
The Czerweny family from Arland
The Czerweny family were big 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
(b. 1/15/1830; † 8/17/1917) Franz Czerweny
(born March 26, 1848, † April 13, 1921) was made a kuk commercial councilor in 1907 and an officer's cross holder of the Franz Joseph Order in 1911 because of his outstanding achievements. Because of his merits, he was knighted by Emperor Karl I and awarded the title "Edler von Arland". The name Arland stands for the cities of Arnfels and Landsberg (Deutschlandsberg). The motto of the family is: "Free the eye, clear the will, complete the deed.
The Czerweny von Arland family achieved world fame through their two siblings Victor Franz Florian
(b. 1877; † 1956) and Robert Franz Anton, (born 1878; † 1962) in 1898 with the development of the first automatic matchstick "Czerweny" which received a place of honor in the technical museum in Vienna 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.
Martin Arland
Today, after more than 185 years of family history, which was characterized by brilliant rises and times of economic weakness, but always by inventions and innovations, the current name owner and son-in-law of Dr. Otto Friedrich Czerweny von Arland from the Robert line, Ing. Martin Arland with his family in Vienna and St. Wolfgang.
He tries to let the history of the CZERWENY EDLE VON ARLAND family live on as innovative inventors and entrepreneurs in contemporary ways of life and business. Today, the UBVA Group consists of a good dozen company holdings in the service, retail, real estate and project development sectors and constantly employs around 50 people in 7 countries.