August Gudewill

Johann August Christel Friedrich Gudewill (born August 6, 1854 in Thedinghausen ; † February 6, 1906 in Bremen ) was a German banker , founder and namesake of the Thedinghausen Oberschule , the Gudewill School .

Life

Gudewill's father, Gustav Friedrich Gudewill, was a wealthy businessman. At the age of just 23, his father left him a business when he died. Since 1897 there was a private bank in Thedinghausen . Gudewill was one of its founders . After a newly opened savings bank competed with his bank, he closed it and had the building demolished. Today there is a branch of the Kreissparkasse Verden there . The old house was rebuilt elsewhere in the village and converted into a farmhouse . The associated property is specified as 14 acres , i.e. around 5 hectares . Gudewill did not marry and left no offspring.

Gudewill Foundation

In his will , Gudewill stipulated that his land and house should be sold and that the assets should be transferred to a foundation . The aim of the "August Gudewill Foundation zu Thedinghausen" is charitable . For example, schools or day-care centers are supported, such as the Gudewill School, which received help with the implementation of a musical. The purpose of the foundation located in Braunschweiger Straße in Thedinghausen is fully stated as follows:

"Support of old and needy people, promotion of public health care, youth care, monument preservation, free welfare, sports, cultural purposes, popular education, local history, fire protection, nature conservation - only in the area of the municipality of Thedinghausen"

- voluntigenserver.de

Individual evidence

↑ Johann August Christel Friedrich Gudewill ( Memento of 19 April 2015, Internet Archive ). Computer genealogy association. Retrieved April 9, 2015.
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e School name Information on the naming of our school ( Memento from April 14, 2015 in the Internet Archive ). School website of the Gudewill School. Retrieved April 9, 2015.
↑ voluntigenserver.de ( Memento from April 15, 2015 in the Internet Archive )

personal data
SURNAME	Gudewill, August
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Gudewill, Johann August Christel Friedrich (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German banker, founder and namesake of the Thedinghausen Oberschule
DATE OF BIRTH	August 6, 1854
PLACE OF BIRTH	Thedinghausen
DATE OF DEATH	February 6, 1906
Place of death	Bremen

[Genealogy-1] Johann August Christel Friedrich Gudewill ( Memento of 19 April 2015, Internet Archive ). Computer genealogy association. Retrieved April 9, 2015.

[Gudewill-Schule-2] School name Information on the naming of our school ( Memento from April 14, 2015 in the Internet Archive ). School website of the Gudewill School. Retrieved April 9, 2015.

[3] voluntigenserver.de ( Memento from April 15, 2015 in the Internet Archive )