SARLAY
ALEXANDER
HISTORY
Family Tradition Sarlay de Kissarló The West African Sankofa principle is part of our life because we do respect other cultures and all generations. Going back to the roots can help to explain some phenomenons of our family.
First of all, the Sarlay family has a long exploration and innovation tradition. The first documents are going back to 1246, when the Sarlay dynasty occupies the Hungarian region Kissarló. Anno 1580 the Sarlay dynasty gets the first coat of arms. Particularly, sustainable marks of the Sarlay dynasty exist in Tyrol/Austria. 1840 Samuel Morse receives his patent for his Morse apparatus. In 1856 in the Austrian Monarchy the k.k. telegraphy organization is restructured. A branch is opened in Innsbruck and Philipp (Filipp) Sarlay is chosen as telepgraphy commissioner. Philipp Sarlay builds up various telegraph lines in the monarchy and therefore moves to Innsbruck in 1856. Philipp Sarlay introduces the Velocipedes (Bicycle) in Innsbruck on 24. April 1869.
1866 Philipp Sarlay gets the "Goldenes Verdienstkreuz mit der Krone"
1870 Philipp Sarlay becomes telegraphy inspector in Reichenberg and 1872 he is appointed as k.k. telegraphy director in Czernowitz.
Together with Carl Senhofer Philipp Sarlay publishes a paper on chemical reactions and crystallization processes at the Imperial Academy of Sciences Vienna in 1881. This research is a basis for further research studies in earth sciences. This publication is often cited in the international literature, even Adolf Pichler works on the basis of these results.
Philipp Sarlay operates also as agent for the Fohnsdorfer coal mine in Tyrol.
His sons Emmerich & Ferdinand Sarlay are the first who reach the peak of Gametzkogel (30. August 1900) and Zuragkogel (19. August 1901) in the Ötztaler Alpen, Tyrol/Austria.
1914: Leo Sarlay holds the patent 80658 for an electric innovation. Members of the Sarlay familiy are well known for research and development in the field of natural sciene and technical engineering. Eugen von Sarlay is a pioneer of the Austrian aviation, he is ballooning with licence number 68. His historical ballooning with balloon “Tirol” attracted attention in 1912. Over the centuries the Sarlay family diveded into several family lines as Kissarló, Sarló de eadem, Nagy et Kissarló or Hattnó et Kissarló. Today there exists a small Sarlay-Balogh museum near the Austrian/Hungarian border.
1908 schreiben die Innsbrucker Nachrichten über den Tod von Philipp Sarlay.
Literature:
Innsbrucker Nachrichten 10.09.1869, 26.04.1869, 6.04,1908
Tiroler Heimatblätter Heft 9 1935
Österreichische Alpen Zeitung 1900
Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften Heft I, Juni 1881
Myths and Legends about the Sarlay Family
In the literature a well-known legend circulates about a certain „Count Esterhazy“ and a small Canadian town called Esterhazy, with Hungarians living there. The town Esterhazy's website explains Esterhazy's original name as Janos Packh. The historian Tivadar Acs means Esterhazy was actually Pal Sarlay a soldier of Kossuth who titled himself a count. "According to the Encyclopedia Canadiana, the town of Esterhazy was named after Count Paul O. d´Esterhazy, a Hungarian nobleman, who settled some of his country men in the district. According to the general opinion Pal Oskar Esterhazy was an agent for the Canadian Pacific Railway, instrumental is assisting immigration to West Canada … it became evident that „Count Esterhazy“ was not registered in trustworthy documents. One of his contemporaries, a member of the Kossuth-emigration group in London, tells us that Esterhazy´s true name was Pal Sarlay. Sarlay took part in the 1848-49 war of Liberation in Hungary, was imprisoned by the Austrians, and on being freed went to London. There, due to his nobel behaviour and great knowledge, his friends started to call him „Count Esterhazy“, and when Sarlay went further – to the United States – he also used that name“ (Life History as Cultural Construction/ Performance by T. Hofer and P. Niedermüller 1988, A kanadai Esterhazy törtenete by G. Dojcsak 1981). Fact are the articles about American stories published by Pal Sarlay in the 1870ties.
Sarlay Today
The results of our work today you will find for example on your mobile phone. Alexander has done pioneering work in developing the first mobile applications. His bright and practical ideas set the stage for applications on mobile devices. Alexander has been the Strategic Marketing part of prototyping for weather services, route planning, tourism information, picture and video implementations. These applications have conquered all mobile phones and smartphones. Furthermore, he was part of a strategic innovation team that worked on the implementation of a revolutionary vision of Gernot Langes Swarovski. A new technology opens the possibility to create novel crystal applications. Today nearly all branches implement this crystal application technology in their product development. A further outstanding and exciting experiment he realizes in cooperation with Silke Jurkowitsch. Together, they initiated a fashion megatrend by enriching the West African clothing lifestyle. At the moment the West African textiles are nearly crystal free. They want to change this fact and realize a strategy where crystals will be part of the African clothing industry.