Albert von Waldthausen

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Friedrich Albert von Waldthausen (born May 24, 1834 in Essen ; † January 12, 1924 there ) was a German private banker , city historian and member of the industrial family Waldthausen .

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After completing his commercial training, he founded a banking business in Essen in 1859. He participated in numerous mining companies.

On November 18, 1874, he married Maria (Luise Julie Henriette) Bährens (1835–1918) in Sankt Goarshausen , with whom he had a son: Martin Wilhelm von Waldthausen (1875–1928), Prussian officer and builder of Waldthausen Castle near Mainz . This in turn was the father of the racing driver Horst von Waldthausen (1907-1933).

In 1890 the Historical Association for City and Abbey Essen eV was founded. One of the co-founders was Albert von Waldthausen. For many years he was responsible for the office of treasurer. In 1906 he donated an amount of 30,000  marks in order to have the part-time city archivist, Konrad Ribbeck, exempt from teaching for three years. He was supposed to work up the history of the city of Essen on a scientific basis . Part I was published in 1915 by GD Baedeker Verlag . In 1909 Albert von Waldthausen was made an honorary member of the association. He contributed to the processing of the city and family history with numerous publications, for example:

  • Contributions to the history of the Waldthausen family. 1884. ( digitized version )
  • Contributions to the history of the Sölling family. GD Baedeker, Essen 1896 ( digitized version at the University and State Library Düsseldorf )
  • On the history of traffic conditions in the city and monastery of Essen. 1903.
  • On the history of the postal system in the city and monastery of Essen. 1903.
  • Contributions to the history of the Huyssen family. 1906.
Tomb at the Bredeney cemetery in Essen

He found his final resting place in the cemetery at Kettwiger Tor in Essen. The grave monument erected in 1926 was made by the Dortmund sculptor Fritz Bagdons . When this cemetery was closed, the family grave was transferred to the Bredeney cemetery around 1955 and placed under monument protection in 1994 .

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  1. ↑ Heike Schmidt: Cemetery and grave monument in the industrial age using the example of Essen cemeteries. Brockmeyer, Bochum 1993. (catalog part, object no.63)
  2. ↑ Excerpt from the list of monuments of the city of Essen ; accessed on April 25, 2018
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SURNAME Waldthausen, Albert von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Waldthausen, Friedrich Albert von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German private banker
DATE OF BIRTH May 24, 1834
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DATE OF DEATH January 12, 1924
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