Ludwik Karol Pirszel

Ludwik Karol Pirszel (1875–1954) was a Polish mining engineer. He studied in Empress Catherine the 2nd Mining School in St. Petersburg in Russia, which he finished in 1903. Head of Gwarectwo Hrabia Renard, a Polish-Belgian company with headquarters in Sosnowiec, which possessed among others the Jowisz and Saturn mines, as well as the Sielecki Brewery.

Married to Maria "de domo" Slominska, the couple had 4 sons: Zdzislaw - lawyer, Julian - electric engineer, Witold - mining engineer, Andrzej - student of Vienna Trading School (died young in 1938).

During the Second World War Pirszel was frequently pressured by the Germans to sign the Volksliste, the list of Germans and supporters living in Poland; his constant refusal lead to his imprisonment as a hostage. He was released due to the efforts of his wife, who bribed the Gestapo clerks. After the war he was a pensioner in Chorzów.