Eisenstadt was for a few hours in a state of emergency. A Kidnapping! In broad daylight, in the middle of the Eastern Austria, a small town. And almost enough for a movie. An 88-year-old lady goes Tuesday afternoon with your Nurse in the village for a walk. Two sedans, a man and two women jump out, push and hold the Nurse to the side, pushing the old woman into a car and drive with screeching tires.
An immediate major investigation of the police brings no result. And, although the Name of the victim is very prominent. Magdalena Ottrubay the mother of Stephan Ottrubay, managed by Eisenstadt from castles, forests, and money of the Esterhazys. The originally Hungarian family emigrated after the Second world war in Switzerland, both Magdalena Ottrubay as well as their five children are Swiss citizens.
dispute takes a new Dimension
In the family, there should be a dispute connected with the heritage of the Esterhazy’s. With the alleged kidnapping of the mother of this dispute has taken on a new Dimension. Supposedly – because Magdalena Ottrubay the day after appeared again, with her daughter in Kitzbühel. The Tyrolean police confirmed. Whether the old lady in Eisenstadt was voluntarily in the car, or forced, risen remains controversial. The Burgenland police are investigating.
the relationship of The family Esterhazy, and Ottrubay is as loaded as closely as conflict. Paul Esterhazy, the last Prince of the ancient Hungarian noble family, married 1946, the prima ballerina of the Budapest Opera, Melinda Ottrubay. After the takeover of power by the Communists they fled to Switzerland, as well as Melinda’s brother, Joseph, then married in Zurich, also Hungarian-born Magdalena von Arentschildt. Prince Paul died in 1989, childless, his widow, Melinda, brought 800 million euros out of the assets of the Esterhazys in several foundations and transferred the business to her favorite nephew, Stephan Ottrubay.
favorite nephew. assets bad
to manage At this point, start a family tribulations, which last until today: The direct Relatives of the princes of the Esterhazy line, throw Ottrubay, he economic bad and deny them a share of the family assets Moreover, he had hidden Melinda Esterhazy in front of you. She died in 2014. Include your heritage, several castles, as well as a part of the Neusiedl lake in addition to a lot of money on the Austro-Hungarian border.
Melinda’s seems to be more belligerent nephew Stephan Ottrubay also went on a collision course with the provincial government of the Burgenland, and has deprived her of the use rights for the root of the Esterhazy castle in Eisenstadt. Here is Joseph Haydn had lived and for a music-loving Prince Esterhazy composed. However, the Haydn-festival can’t take place because of a dispute in the castle. Until the end of 2018, the state government and the Foundation for their argument.
Stephan Ottrubay before the stem castle of the Esterhazys in Eisenstadt. Photo: Imago
Now the “kidnapping” of the woman Magdalena is a unmistakable sign that the dispute within the family escalated Ottrubay. In Austria, the “kidnapped” Magdalena Ottrubay is still reported in Lucerne. Only a few weeks ago she moved to Eisenstadt to her son Stephan. Here, too, it is not clear whether the change of location was truly voluntary. Of the family Ottrubay no one was ready to give its opinion.
(editing Tamedia)
Created: 23.01.2019, 18:07 PM
