Armand Heine

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Armand Heine (* 1818 in Bordeaux ; † November 9, 1883 in Saint-Julien-Beychevelle ) was a Jewish banker , he later lived at his castle and winery Beychevelle in Bordeaux.

Live and act

In cooperation with the Rothschild Frères bank and together with his brother Michel , he founded the Armand & Michael Heine banking house in Paris and New Orleans (Louisiana) in the USA in 1883 . Armand was married to the New Orleans, Louisiana-born architect and Comtesse Amélie Celeste Marie Kohn, the daughter of a wealthy Jewish architect.

Armand Heine bought Meggenhorn Castle together with his wife , which his wife expanded.

Together with Samuel Kohn, they owned large ships in their company Southern Steamship Company (including the Creole Queen). Together they founded many companies, such as B. New Orleans and Carrollton Railroad Co., The Carrollton Bank, The Louisiana State Marine Fire Insurance Co., and The Mechanics 'and Traders' Bank, The Atlantic Insurance Company and The Union National Bank etc.

Although details of Amélie Celeste's father Marie Heine-Kohn - Samuel Kohn (1783-1853), born in Bohemia - and his arrival in the United States are unknown, the publication of an advertisement in the New Orleans Tageblatt in July 1806 indicates indicates that he had immigrated before. This advertisement refers to the opening of a hotel in the Bayou St. John district, whose investor was Samuel Kohn. He had earned the crossing with the luxury liner from Hamburg to New Orleans by working on board the passenger ship.

Armand Heine bought the castle and the Beychevelle winery in what is now Saint-Julien-Beychevelle and later left it to his daughter Maria Louise Heine, who married into the wealthy French family of Achille-Fould (one of their representatives was Napoleon's finance minister).

death

Armand died on November 9, 1883 in Saint-Julien at his castle and winery 'Beychevelle'. He left 22,000 francs in a foundation that was used to build apartments for needy citizens in Paris. In Paris it was reported in the newspapers as follows:

“Thanks to the generosity of the Foundation of the von Armand and Michel Heine families, a number of new apartments have been built on Rue Jeanne d'Arc and on Boulevard de Grenelle”.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Charles Albert d'Arnould Bertall: La vigne: voyage autour des vins de France . Adamant Media Corporation, 2005, ISBN 1-4212-1923-9 , pp. P. 183 (accessed June 27, 2008).
  2. ↑ Dieter Brötel: France in the Far East: Imperialist expansion in Siam and Malaya . Franz Steiner Verlag, 1996, ISBN 3-515-06838-4 , p. 31 (Retrieved June 27, 2008).
  3. ↑ PEABODY HOMES IN PARIS. . In: The New York Times , January 12, 1890. Retrieved June 27, 2008. 

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personal data
SURNAME Heine, Armand
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Jewish banker
DATE OF BIRTH 1818
PLACE OF BIRTH Bordeaux , Gironde department , France
DATE OF DEATH November 9, 1883
Place of death Saint-Julien-Beychevelle , Gironde department , France