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'''Heinrich Ludwig Vosz''' (3 May 1812 – 9 March 1886) was a cigarmaker, publican and grain merchant, and the first German Mayor of the City of Adelaide.
'''Heinrich Ludwig Vosz''' (3 May 1812 – 9 March 1886) was an extremelt successful  builder and glazier in Rundle Street, Adelaide.
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He returned with enough money to set up in business as painter, glazier and paperhanger, and in 1853 opened a retail store at 82 (renumbered c. 1890 as 88) Rundle Street, selling window glass, paints, and wallpaper. The business prospered and he was able to repay, with interest, his creditors back in Germany. The Hamburg ''Reform'' of February 1860 published an article noting his integrity, entitled ''Ein braver Mann''.
He returned with enough money to set up in business as painter, glazier and paperhanger, and in 1853 opened a retail store at 82 (renumbered c. 1890 as 88) Rundle Street, selling window glass, paints, and wallpaper. The business prospered and he was able to repay, with interest, his creditors back in Germany. The Hamburg ''Reform'' of February 1860 published an article noting his integrity, entitled ''Ein braver Mann''.


Vosz maintained an active interest in current events but apart from a few years (1860–1862) as City Councillor, played no active part in public affairs. He died after several years of intense suffering from neuralgia, which no medical treatment could alleviate, and was buried at the West Terrace Cemetery without ostentation, by Rev. J. Crawford Woods. His business had become the largest of its kind in Australia; his wife and sons had predeceased him and much of his considerable fortune was left to local charities, including £2,000 for the Home for Incurables. Other charities to benefit were The Orphan Home, the Royal Institution for the Blind, the Fund of Benevolence of the Grand Lodge of Freemasons of South Australia, the Benevolent Fund of the Irish Constitution of Freemasons of South Australia, the Adelaide Children's Hospital, and the Cottage Homes.
Vosz maintained an active interest in current events but apart from a few years (1860–1862) as City Councillor, played no active part in public affairs.  
 
Vosz established a summer residence, dubbed "Magpie Castle" overlooking the town of Lobethal. After an outbreak of phylloxera, which ruined their vineyards, Vosz and Henry Schmidt established a glue works and tannery in the town.
 
He was a director of Provincial Gas Company of South Australia.
 
=== Death and Legacy ===
He died after several years of intense suffering from neuralgia, which no medical treatment could alleviate, and was buried at the West Terrace Cemetery without ostentation, by Rev. J. Crawford Woods. His business had become the largest of its kind in Australia; his wife and sons had predeceased him and much of his considerable fortune (proved at £108,860) was left to local charities, including the Home for Incurables, The Orphan Home, the Royal Institution for the Blind, the Fund of Benevolence of the Grand Lodge of Freemasons of South Australia, the Benevolent Fund of the Irish Constitution of Freemasons of South Australia, the Adelaide Children's Hospital, and the Cottage Homes. he also left significant legacies to extended family and employees:<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article160751547 |title=THE LATE MR. H. L. VOSZ'S WILL. |newspaper=Adelaide Observer  |volume=XLIII, |issue=2322  |location=South Australia |date=3 April 1886 |accessdate=20 September 2023 |page=36 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
 
* His cousin Wilhelm Schmid, of Hamburg, Germany, £8,000.
* Johanna Schmid (sister of W. Schmid), of Hamburg, £8,000.
* Henrietta Schmid (sister of W. Schmid), of Hamburg, £8,000.
* Ernest Schmid (brother of W. Schmid), of Washington, America, £2,000.
* Herman Christian Böcker, painter in employ, £4,000.
* Julia Pittner, of Nurmburg, Bavaria, spinster, £3,000.
* Daniel Harrison, foreman painter in employ, £3,000.
* Charles Rieschbieth, of Adelaide, £4,000.
* Wm. Frederick Stock, solicitor, £4,000.
* Evelyn Cleve, daughter of Alfred Cleve, of Sydney, £1,000.
* Ludwig Schier, of Hamburg, £2,000.
* James H. Green, shopman employé, £250.
* James Scheedy, an employé, £250.
* Alexander Herben's (brother-in-law) legacy of £2,000 is revoked, and the trustees directed to set apart the sum of £2,000, and to pay the income thereof to him during his life and after his death £1,000 of the money to be paid Hermann Christian Böcker, painter; the trustees to stand possessed of the remaining £1,000 in trust for Caroline Böcker and for her children upon the same trusts as are declared by me with regard to the sum of £4 000 set apart for her and her children.
* Gustav Reimers (or Roomers),employé,£250.
* Samuel George Jones, employé (clerk), £250.
* J. C. Livesay, employé, £250.
* Peter McBride, employé, £100.
* Fraulein Agatha Stewaker, Germany, £500.
* William James Crawford, Manager of Union Bank, £500.
* Tonnie Hyort (North America, believed), son of deceased's late wife's sister, £1,000 (to be claimed within seven years, failing which the money to revert to and form part of the final residuary estate).
* Dr. Neuber, of Keil, Germany, £500.
* J. Garrineton, employé, £50.
* Mrs. Wm. Townsend, wife of the late W. Townsend, £500.
* Necholos Heinrich Plaurbeck, of Esplanade, Hamburg, £250.
* Doctor Richard Schomburgk, Director of the Botanical Gardens, £500.
* Wm. Patchet, employé, £150.
* F. E. H. W. Krichaufl, £350.
* Wm. Dickens, employé, £50.
* Anna Bartels, widow of late [[Adolph Heinrich Friedrich Bartels (1819-1878)|Adolph Bartels]], £500.
* Emma Huwaldt, wife of A. H. Huwaldt, of Hamburg, Germany, £500 (for her separate use).
* Henry Strother, of Adelaide, sharebroker, £500.
* Julius C. Molde, employé, £100.
* Martha Young, widow of the late J. L. Young, £500.
* Gesena Bosch, widow of the late Dr. Bosch, £500.
* James William Jones, Conservator of Water. £200. (To mark my appreciation of the ability displayed by him in boring for procuring water in South Australia by means of the diamond drill).
* Johahn Heinrick N. Schmidt, employé and assistant manager, £1000.
* Caspar Dornhegge, employé, a legacy of 10s. per week so long as the trustees are of opinion that he is not able to work for his own living.
* Caroline Böcker, wife of William Böcker, brother of H. C. Böcker, £4,000, to be invested for her benefit by the trustees beyond the control of her husband, the amount realized yearly on the sum named to be paid to her.
* Augusta Balk, widow, £500, to be invested and the interest paid to her.
* The legacies to employés were made on condition that they were working for deceased at the time of his death.
* £2,000 for building six Cottage Homes, any balance after building to be invested for the benefit of the occupants of such cottages, who shall be poor persons, and for the maintenance of the cottages. Trustees empowered to transfer the cottages to the Cottage Homes Society in North Adelaide.
* German Club, £1,000.
* Home for Incurables, £2,000.
* Blind and Deaf and Dumb Society, £2,000.
* Residue of the estate to any charitable institutions within 20 miles of Adelaide that the trustees may deem fit.
 
The business of H.L Vosz was continued by a co-operative of his employees and the various branches of the business formed the basis of Dulux Paints Australia and A.E. Clarkson Ltd


==Family==
==Family==
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