Anna Bosch (patroness)
Anna Bosch (born Anna Eugenie Kayser ; born March 8, 1864 in Obertürkheim ; † July 12, 1949 in Tübingen ) was the first wife of the industrialist Robert Bosch and the first female honorary citizen of the city of Tübingen.
Live and act
Anna Kayser grew up in Obertürkheim , which at that time was still a suburb of Stuttgart . Her father was a timber dealer. She got to know Robert Bosch - through her brother Eugen, who was friends with him and who over time became his closest colleague. In 1885 she became engaged to him, and on October 10, 1887 the couple married. The marriage produced three daughters and a son between 1888 and 1893: Margarete in 1888 , Paula in 1889 , Robert in 1891 and Elisabeth in 1893, who died early.
At first the family lived for rent in the west of Stuttgart, near the company founded by Robert Bosch. The success of the company made it possible for the family to move first to a small villa in 1902 and then to a representative villa in the east of Stuttgart in 1910 . Shortly thereafter, the son Robert, who was designated to succeed his father, was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and became a foster care provider. Anna Bosch took care of him during his long illness. Family life in these years was overshadowed by the serious illness of the son, who died in 1921 at the age of 30. After that Anna Bosch fell into a severe depression - according to her husband's portrayal. The marriage eventually broke up and in 1927 they divorced.
As early as 1926, shortly before the divorce, Anna Bosch moved to Lustnau near Tübingen in the Villa Sonnhalde . Her son-in-law Friedrich Zundel designed this tufa house for her. It is on the Berghof in the immediate vicinity of the house that he had previously built for himself and Anna Bosch's daughter Paula . Anna Bosch recovered from her depression there.
In the following time Anna Bosch and her daughter Paula became a benefactress of Lustnau. Among their numerous activities are:
- Foundation of confirmation dresses for the young people of Lustnau
- repeated donation of large sums of money for winter aid
- Financing a kindergarten
- Subsidy for the construction of the Dorfackerschule
- Subsidy for the construction of the Lustnau gymnasium
- Foundation of the baths in Dorfackerstraße after the Second World War
Anna Bosch died on July 12, 1949 at the age of 85 in Tübingen. She found her final resting place in the Zundel / Bosch family grave in the Tübingen city cemetery , where her children were also buried.
Honors
- Shortly before her 70th birthday on February 14, 1934, Anna Bosch was made an honorary citizen of the city of Tübingen for her services to Lustnau, as Lustnau was incorporated into Tübingen at the same time. She was the first woman to be honored with this award by the city of Tübingen.
- At the same time, the western section of Neuhaldenstrasse in Lustnau was renamed Anna-Bosch-Strasse . It runs between Pfrondorfer Strasse and the Viktor-Renner-Strasse / Friederich-Zundel-Strasse intersection .
- On her 70th birthday, the city organized a torchlight procession in her honor.
- Her grandson Georg Zundel founded and built the Neuhalde student residence on Viktor-Renner-Strasse in the mid-1960s on a property that originally belonged to the Berghof . It was also known colloquially as the Anna Bosch [student residence] home .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Johannes Bähr; Paul Erker: Bosch. History of a global company , Munich: CH Beck 2013, ISBN 978-3-4066-3983-8 , pp. 22–24.
- ^ Mario Beisswenger: A touch of Lenin in Lustnau . In: "Schwäbisches Tagblatt", September 23, 2009.
- ↑ Personalities (homepage of the city of Tübingen).
- ^ Andrea Bachmann: Streets in a circle - Anna Bosch street . In: “Tagblatt-Anzeiger”, February 8, 2012.
- ↑ Ulrike Pfeil: About Georg Zundel , from "Schwäbisches Tagblatt", March 17, 2003 on the Berghof Foundation website.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bosch, Anna |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kayser, Anna Eugenie (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German patroness |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 8, 1864 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Obertürkheim |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 12, 1949 |
| Place of death | Tübingen |