Johann Adolf II. zu Schwarzenberg
(1799 - 1888) | Aristocrat |
He
did not reach such a high position in public and political life as
did his brothers Felix zu
Schwarzenberg and Friedrich zu
Schwarzenberg, . He did not aspire after significant posts at
the emperor´s court, but even so he was entrusted several times
with diplomatic missions in Berlin and London. He especially cared
for agriculture, forestry, fish-pond cultivation and industry on
the Schwarzenberg estates. There he introduced new methods, new
products and new business activities. He was chairman of a
fish-pond cultivation company in Prague and Vienna and he also
founded the Museum of Forestry on the Ohrada chateau near Hluboká.
Together with his wife Eleonora zu
Schwarzenberg - maiden name von Lichtenstein - he adapted the
Hluboká nad Vltavou castle.
(mj)