Carl Ludwig Zeitler
Carl Ludwig Zeitler (born June 4, 1835 in Berlin ; † January 25, 1910 there ) was a German merchant and patron .
Live and act
Carl Ludwig Zeitler came from a weaving family . His mother Hanna Wilhelmine was married to a master weaver. After his untimely death, she married the cotton weaver Johann Jakob Zeitler (1807–1871), Carl Ludwig's father, in 1834. He had worked his way up from a humble background to become a textile manufacturer and dealer. By 1850 the family was already one of the wealthier Berliners.
Carl Ludwig enjoyed a professional education at the Königstädtische Realschule and got to know the sons of the Berlin entrepreneurial families Josty, Patzenhofer and Pfefferer. Contrary to his scientific inclinations, he decided to enter his father's business for further training in order to later take over its management. In addition to the traditional textile trade, he increasingly dealt with real estate and financial transactions, thereby increasing the family's wealth. In doing so, he was guided by the fact that wealth, as a gift from God, should also be used to please God.
Around 1860, before the Berlin excise wall was torn down , Zeitler acquired an undeveloped plot of land about one hectare to the south, through which Büschingstraße would later lead. There he originally wanted to build a university campus modeled on Harvard . After this was not approved, he planned the construction of several houses on Büschingstrasse, from whose income primarily students should be funded. He moved into the house at Büschingstrasse 30, one of the first to be completed, in 1865 and also ran his textile business there. The further development of the northern Büschingstrasse was delayed significantly due to changes in the development plan and the resulting disputes with other residents and the building authorities. This also repeatedly did not accept construction plans by Zeitler, who now called himself “ master builder ” without being able to prove a corresponding qualification. The houses on Friedenstrasse were not completed until 1906. In the meantime, however, he was able to sell his developed and undeveloped land on southern Büschingstrasse at a profit.
After the death of his father Johann Jakob Zeitler in 1871, Carl Ludwig Zeitler had the "family crypt chapel", a small but eye-catching mausoleum, built on the old Georgen cemetery on Greifswalder Strasse . In addition to the father, Zeitler's mother Wilhelmine (1809-1893), brother Emil (1845-1891), half-brother Carl Ferdinand Gläser (1829-1883), Zeitler's wife Agnes (1843-1901) and himself were buried in this hereditary funeral. The mausoleum was renovated in 1997/98 with the support of the Berlin Working Group on Historic Cemeteries .
Zeitler was one of the founders and sponsors of the Berlin Urania . He had an observatory built on the roof of Büschingstrasse 35 and a concert and lecture hall installed in the house. He sought contact with the students living in his houses and therefore, at the end of his work, moved with his wife into the "candidate home" he had donated.
Zeitler foundations
Carl Ludwig Zeitler recognized possible solutions for the social problems of his time in ethical education. After he was unable to realize his college plans, he set up several foundations from his assets and the estate of family members , which, in addition to helping in emergencies through no fault of his own, were intended to promote education, but also to honor the family:
- Weber Johann Jakob Weber Foundation and other craftsmen , shortly Weber Foundation called, built in 1889
- Purpose of the foundation: maintenance of impoverished weavers and other textile craftsmen; Preservation of Zeitler's hereditary burial
- Foundation assets: 20,000 marks, 1901 donation of 50,000 marks
- Wilhelmine Zeitler's Frauenheim , built in 1894
- Purpose of the foundation: Support of women in need through no fault of their own
- Foundation assets: Residential house at Büschingstrasse 30, 1904 additional foundation for the residential buildings and building plots at Büschingstrasse 31–35
- Agnes Zeitler's candidate home , built in 1896
- Purpose of the foundation: Free accommodation for needy Protestant students of theology or classical philology
- Foundation assets: Property at Höchst Strasse 41
- Ludwig Zeitler's study house , built in 1901
- Purpose of the foundation: Support of needy students of modern languages, mathematics or natural sciences; Promotion of the education of poor girls and women
- Foundation assets: Residential building Büschingstrasse 1 u. 2 (today 2 and 3), 1906 endowment at Büschingstrasse 1a (today 1)
- Emil Zeitler's college building , built in 1903
- Purpose of the foundation: Support of needy craftsmen and artists in studying at technical and art schools
- Foundation assets: 200,000 marks and the property at Linienstraße 20
The foundations were transferred to the City of Berlin or the Berlin University , but Zeitler reserved their administration and thus also the selection of the beneficiaries. In the foundation statutes, he had always made detailed provisions on use beforehand. This is what it says about the "candidate home":
- The purpose of the foundation is to give needy Protestant students of theology or classical philology, who have already studied at least three semesters and are matriculated at the University of Berlin, free, during their stay at the university, but for a maximum of three years To grant an apartment each with a special room, along with free heating and lighting .
For the "Studienhaus" Büschingstrasse 1, the following applies:
- From the rental income of this corner house, young poor girls over the age of 15 and women not over 50, who have lived in Berlin for at least five years, will receive help to learn manual skills for three, even six months, thirty marks each, for learned studies for a maximum of 2 Years 180 marks every six months. Born Berliners and those who have attended local community schools [...] have priority.
The assets of the foundations are said to have amounted to approximately one million gold marks in 1908. It was destroyed by inflation , the destruction of the war and post-war development; The houses at Büschingstrasse 1–3 and 35 survived the war and the subsequent urban planning redesign, but changed hands. They are among the few evidence of the development of the former royal city.
Fonts
- Memories of a Berliner from the last 70 years of the 19th century ; Pilz, Berlin 1909.
literature
- Alexander Langenheld, Doris Tüsselmann: Forgotten benefactors of the city of Berlin: The Zeitler family. In: Issue 3/2006, Association for the History of Berlin
- Wanja Abramowski: Ludwig Zeitler - the "benefactor" from Büschingstrasse. In: “mont klamott.” Issue 37/2008, Friedrichshainer Geschichtsverein Hans Kohlhase
Individual evidence
- ↑ For the information on the foundations see - unless otherwise noted below: Alexander Langenheld, Doris Tüsselmann: Forgotten benefactors of the city of Berlin: The Zeitler family. In: Issue 3/2006, Association for the History of Berlin, p. 381
- ↑ Chronicle of the Royal Friedrich Wilhelms University for the financial year 1894/95, p. 47 [1]
- ↑ Alexander Langenheld, Doris Tüsselmann: Forgotten benefactors of the city of Berlin: The Zeitler family. In: Issue 3/2006, Association for the History of Berlin
- ^ Wanja Abramowski: Ludwig Zeitler - the "benefactor" from Büschingstrasse. In: "mont klamott." Issue 37/2008, Friedrichshainer Geschichtsverein Hans Kohlhase, p. 9
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zeitler, Carl Ludwig |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German merchant and patron |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 4, 1835 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 25, 1910 |
| Place of death | Berlin |