Rudolf Geschwind

Rudolf Geschwind
(1829–1910)

'Theano', 1895

Rudolf Geschwind (born 29 August 1829 in Hředle, Bohemia, Austro-Hungary – today Czech Republic – died 30 August 1910 in Karpfen, Austro-Hungary, Krupina, today 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

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

References

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