Catharina Schenkel
Catharina Schenkel (born Schoeller ; born January 10, 1774 in Schleiden , † May 9, 1852 in Düren ) was a donor from Düren.
Lucia Catharina Barbara Schenkel, nee Schoeller, was the daughter of the Schleiden ironworks owner Johann Arnold Schoeller and his wife Lucia Katharina Peuschen. She married Rudolf Schenkel .
In its 1852 built Testament bequeathed to the poor of the city 10,000 dollars. She donated the Disternicher Hof with the Schenkenburg to the Reformed community in Düren .
To provide for "old, well-behaved and hardworking families", Catharina Schenkel donated:
- 120 acres of land in Büsdorf ,
- half of 229 acres 163 rods 30 feet of land from St. Antoni Gartzem Monastery near Zülpich ,
- 53 acres and 27 rods of forests from the St. Antoni Gartzem monastery near Zülpich and
- 42 acres and 2 pints in Golzheimer Feld.
- There was also a quarter of the Jesuit college, where free apartments were to be built for old people.
According to today's dimensions, that is more than 80 hectares, so an enormous fortune at the time.
The foundation was given the name Schenkel-Schoellersche Pension Fund .
After the Second World War , the Protestant community swapped the grounds of the Jesuit college for a 14-acre area on the avenue in Burgau . There - today part of Niederau - an old people's home , the Protestant Schenkel-Schoeller-Stift, was built.
In memory of Catharina Schoeller, a memorial plaque is attached to the house built in 1956/57 at Girbelsrather Straße 37.
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| SURNAME | Schenkel, Catharina |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German founder and benefactress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 10, 1774 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Schleiden |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 9, 1852 |
| Place of death | Düren |