page_title: András Mechwart
section_title: Personal life
hierarchical_section_title: András Mechwart / Personal life
caption_attribution_description: András Mechwart anf his wife
context_page_description: András Mechwart de Belecska was a German-born Hungarian-German mechanical engineer, chief executive of the Ganz Works, and a pioneer in the Hungarian mechanical and electrical engineering. As an inventor and as a businessman he contributed to the development of the Hungarian transport manufacturing industry, and made the Ganz Works a flagship of the Hungarian economy of the 19th century.
context_section_description: He married his friend's, Antal Eichleiter's sister, Luise Eichleiter on the 14 August 1866 in his hometown Schweinfurt. They had three children: Ernest, Hugo and Emma.
  He suffered from typhus for a short time, but his sister-in-law, Doris, wife of Antal Eichleiter could cure him out.
  His mother tongue was German which he used with his family and in the factory as well. But according to some sources he also wanted to learn the Hungarian language which was a huge challenge for him. He loved literature and he wrote some poems as well.
  For Antal Eichleiter's silver wedding Mechwart wrote this poem:
  "Auf Grünen Gefilde, auf schattiger Höhe
  Nahe den Bergen, hoch über dem See'n
  Thront ein Haus heut im Glanze der Kerzen,
  Offen die Türen, offen die Herzen
  Nie strahlte die Freude hier heller als heute.
  Drinnen sitzet im festlichen Prangen
  Oben ein Brautpaar von Liebe umfangen
  Rings ihre Kinder - der häusliche Segen
  Jubeln dem glücklichen Paare entgegen
  Silbernen Glanz strahlt der bräutliche Kranz.
  Einig und innig, gleich früheren Tagen
  Innig und herzlich, wir Grüsse Euch sagen
  Chöre con Grüssen, wie klingende Lieder
  Lassen nun Eure Herzen sich nieder
  Einer Wolke gleich,
  In des Glückes Reich
  Trag Euch empor unser Wünschen und Lieben,
  Erdwärts sei Leiden und Sorgen verbleiben
  Ruhevoll breite das Leben sich Euch!"
  — András Mechwart
caption: András Mechwart and Lusie Eichleiter (1890)
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