Cecilia Bleeker
Cäcilie Bleeker born Kedenburg (born June 20, 1798 in Uetersen ; † May 18, 1888 ibid) was the first honorary citizen in Schleswig-Holstein and the city of Uetersen.
Life
Cäcilie Bleeker was born in Uetersen in 1798 as the daughter of a sawmill. In 1820 she married the merchant and papermaker Anton Georg Bleeker from Jever . Together they founded the "Bleeker Foundation" to build a hospital in Uetersen. After the death of Anton Georg Bleeker, this foundation was established by Ludwig Meyn , Michael Lienau , Ernst-Heinrich Meßtorff, Helmuth Karl Bernhard von Moltke and the doctor Dr. Jacob Lange supported him and in 1874 the hospital was opened. At that time it was one of the first hospitals in southern Schleswig-Holstein.
Cäcilie Bleeker was also the founder of numerous social institutions, such as a care facility and a girls' school. On June 20, 1879, she was made an honorary citizen and at the same time became the first honorary citizen in Schleswig-Holstein. She died of old age on May 18, 1888. The subsequent funeral became the largest of its kind in Schleswig-Holstein because of its charity . More than three thousand people said goodbye to her. The Uetersen hospital was named after her (Bleekerstift) and in 1999 a park in Uetersen was named in her honor ( Cäcilie-Bleeker-Park ).
literature
- Hans Ferdinand Bubbe : Heimatbuch Uetersen (attempt of a chronicle of the city and the monastery Uetersen) - part I - IV. Heydorn, Uetersen 1932
- Hans Ferdinand Bubbe: Heimatbuch Uetersen attempt of a chronicle of the city and the monastery Uetersen - part V - VI . Heydorn, Uetersen 1939
- City of Uetersen. 750 years of Uetersen - 1234–1984 . CDC Heydorns, Uetersen 1984
- Lothar Mosler : Uetersen focus. History and stories . Heydorn Verlag, Uetersen 1985
- Hamburger Abendblatt : Battle for the Hospital ( Memento from July 28, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (2000)
- Hamburger Abendblatt: The Uetersen Hospital is closing - temporarily? (2004)
- NDR : Uetersen hospital closes despite protest (2004)
- Museums in Schleswig-Holstein: Johann Theodor Schultz: Cecilie Bleeker, b. Kedenburg
- Jürgen Wolff: Cäcilie Bleeker, the first honorary citizen of the city of Uetersen . In: Uetersener Nachrichten of June 9, 2009
- Sofie Worm: Bleekerstift : In: The Uetersen Lexicon . Schmidt & Klaunig, Kiel 2012 ISBN 978-388312-421-6 , pp. 20-22
- Sofie Worm: Cäcilie Bleeker Park : In: The Uetersen Lexicon . Schmidt & Klaunig, Kiel 2012 ISBN 978-388312-421-6 , pp. 23-24
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bleeker, Cecilia |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kedenburg, Cäcilie (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German honorary citizen and benefactress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 20, 1798 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Uetersen |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 18, 1888 |
| Place of death | Uetersen |