Jacob Muschong was a Banat German industrialist, business magnate, philanthropist and investor who made a fortune producing bricks.
14 Facts About Jacob Muschong
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Jacob Muschong was born in Nagykikinda, a town in the Banat, in a Banat Swabian family with a long tradition in the production of bricks, however he had Banat French origin.
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Jacob Muschong's surname was written as Mougeon before it got Germanized.
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Jacob Muschong built more factories in Banat but he built one at the outskirts of Budapest.
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Jacob Muschong was the founder of the Buzias Spa.
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Jacob Muschong bought the bath and the 100 ha forest around it in 1906 from the family of the Hungarian tire manufacturer, Erno Schottola.
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Jacob Muschong built a bottling hall to produce bottled mineral water under the names Phonix and Muschong.
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Jacob Muschong built a carbon acid factory in 1907 for 2 million krones.
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Jacob Muschong carried out probing drills, which were successful: the water came from 103 meters deep and it became medically proven that the water was good for gout or gastric lavage.
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Jacob Muschong laid the beautiful spa gardens with valuable plants, built a 500-meter-long covered walkway, 22 villas for spa guests, a zoo and sports fields.
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In 1913 he worked as the CEO of Ziegel- und Kalkbrennerei AG in Budapest while his son, Jakab Jacob Muschong Jr was the manager of Bad Busiasch, co-leader of the Ziegel- und Kalkbrennerei AG and Hatzfelder Dampfziegelei AG, Zsombolya.
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Jacob Muschong is teased and persecuted by a broad campaign of denigration by the media.
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Jacob Muschong's wealth re-evaluated in today's money would probably amounts to over three billion dollars.
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Jacob Muschong was married to Margaret Bohn and had two daughters, Margit and Borbala and a son, Jakab.