Agnes Hoesch
Agnes Hoesch , nee Pfeifer, (born February 3, 1839 in Frankfurt am Main , † February 22, 1903 in Düren ) was married (1862) to the ironworks owner and steel manufacturer Eberhard Hoesch . She was a great benefactor and founder in the city of Düren.
She was the first of six children of the merchant Robert Pfeifer (1808–1877), the brother of the sugar manufacturer ( Pfeifer & Langen ) Emil Pfeifer and Maria Wilhelmine nee. André (1815–1876) was born in Frankfurt am Main.
Agnes was chairwoman of the women's association in Düren. In 1892 she and her husband financed a large game and ballroom. In her will, she bequeathed 100,000 marks to the city of Düren for the construction of workers' apartments. The new buildings were built on Zülpicher Straße on a street from this to “Stationsweg”, today's Eberhard-Hoesch-Straße . In honor of the founder, this path was named after the first name of the founder "Agnesstraße". On November 7, 1907, Eberhard Hoesch bequeathed another 200,000 marks in his will for the same purpose.
After the Franco-Prussian War of 1870/71, Agnes Hoesch was awarded the Cross of Merit for Women and Virgins , which was given to almost three thousand people.
literature
- Heinrich Philip Bartels: Chronicle of the Pfeifer family , around 1975 (only published in the family circle)
Individual evidence
- ^ History of the city of Düren ( Memento from August 19, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ History workshop Düren zu Agnes Hoesch ( Memento of September 3, 2005 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on March 6, 2009
- ↑ Award list in the Ordensjournal (PDF; 861 kB), accessed on March 7, 2009. (There, listed as Frau Fabrikant Agnes Hösch [!].)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hoesch, Agnes |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pfeifer, Agnes |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German founder and benefactress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 3, 1839 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Frankfurt am Main |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 22, 1903 |
| Place of death | Düren |