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Filip Deutsch pl. Maceljski (born Freivel Benjamin Deutsch; March 16, 1828 – May 6, 1919) was a Croatian nobleman, industrialist who had a significant impact on the development of Turopolje near Velika Gorica and timber industry in that region. Deutsch was born on March 16, 1828, to a Jewish family. He was married to Amalija (née Schwarz) Deutsch with whom he had three sons, Vilim, Albert and Benko. His sons later became notable Croatian industrialists and philanthropists. From early age Deutsch was an active entrepreneur. In Zagreb he had a storage company for timber and firewood sale. In 1884 his company "Filip Deutsch i sinovi Zagreb" (Filip Deutsch and sons Zagreb) produced the columns for the Podsused bridge. Deutsch bought, in 1910, 50 acres of land from the noble municipality Turopolje. On that land, in 1911, Deutsch founded the steam sawmill in Turopolje which he named "Paropilana Filipa Deutscha sinova". He immediately began to lift the objects for the sawmill, houses for workers and specialists which were brought from Zagreb and other Croatian regions. Houses were built in rows and were called "Kolonija" (The Colony). In June 1911 Deutsch sawmill started to produce oak sawn wood, mostly from the Turopolje…