Abraham Ganz was born in a large family on 6th November 1814, in Unter-Embrach, Switzerland. After he learned to be a carpenter and foundry worker, he went for a bum. He worked in Swiss, German, French, Austrian and Italian foundries. In 1841 he arrived to Pest, where later he became the leader of the foundry of the József Hengermalom Company.

In 1844 he was already working in his own foundry, which he established on the King’s Hill (Király-hegy) in Buda. In the beginning they made products that served for the necessity of the people. Later he created the technology of the railway carriages’ wheel’s pour of bark, and it greatly endorsed the Hungarian and European increase of the railway system. His products were delivered to 60 railway companies. With his products he won on many world fairs, and to admit his works he was chosen as Freeman of Pest in 1863. In his wide-known factory he employed almost 400 men in the year of the compromise (1867).

On the pitch of his successes, after the long years of straining and nerve-racking work, his nervous system stopped working, and he died in 1867.

We score him as one of the path-breaker of the Hungarian machine factories, the factories wearing his name became world-wide renown by their products.

Our school wears Ganz Abraham’s name with pride and enshrines his memory