Carl Robert Lessing

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Carl Robert Lessing

Carl Robert Lessing (born September 11, 1827 in Polish-Wartenberg ; † January 28, 1911 in Berlin ) was co-owner and editor of the " Vossische Zeitung ", district court director in Berlin and art and book collector.

Life

Carl Robert Lessing, a great-nephew of the poet Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729–1781), was the son of Carl Friedrich Lessing the Elder. Ä. (1778–1848), Grand Chancellor of Prince Biron of Curland in Polish-Wartenberg , and his second wife. He was the half-brother of the history painter Carl Friedrich Lessing (1808–1880) and the doctor and botanist Christian Friedrich Lessing (1809–1862). He married Emma von Gelbke (1827–1895). His sons died early - with the exception of their son Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1861–1919), lawyer and member of the Progress Party .

Lessing studied law and became district court director in Berlin. As the main owner and editor of the traditional “Vossische Zeitung” in Berlin (1850-1910), he was one of the most influential people in the capital. His house, built by Martin Gropius in 1866 at Dorotheenstrasse 15 in Berlin, was a meeting place for influential politicians, artists and art collectors from the early years .

In 1885 he bought the Meseberg estate and castle for his only son Gotthold Ephraim Lessing . From February 1891 he lived in it with his young bride Annazell , daughter of the future mayor of Berlin , Robertzell .

Carl Robert Lessing was not only an art collector, but also an active patron of the Royal Museums in Berlin. Among other things, he donated a valuable late Gothic figure of saints from Tilman Riemenschneider's workshop , which can be seen in the permanent exhibition in the Bode-Museum and whose information sign is proof of the donation “R. Lessing ”noted.

Carl Robert Lessing and his wife Emma were buried in the New Dorotheenstädtischer Friedhof at Liesenstrasse 9 in Berlin-Gesundbrunnen . The tomb was re-occupied after the rest period had expired.

swell

  1. ^ Jürgen Fromme:  Lessing, Christian Friedrich. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 14, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1985, ISBN 3-428-00195-8 , p. 347 f. ( Digitized version ).
  2. ↑ Vera Leuschner:  Lessing, Carl Friedrich. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 14, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1985, ISBN 3-428-00195-8 , p. 348 f. ( Digitized version ).
  3. ↑ Arend Buchholtz : The story of the Lessing family , Volume 2, pp. 286 ff. - Without indication of the author: Obituary for Carl Robert Lessing . In: "Vossische Zeitung", No. 48 (evening edition) of January 28, 1911

literature

  • Anton Bettelheim (Hrsg.): Biographisches Jahrbuch and German Nekrolog . Volume 16, Reimer, Berlin 1911
  • Jörg Kuhn : Ms. Münzdirektor MF Lessing, nee Voss, and the story of a grave slab in the south-west cemetery Stahnsdorf, in: Yearbook 2006 of the Association for the History of Berlin, Vol. LV, Berlin 2006, pp. 55-64. ISSN  0522-0033

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personal data
SURNAME Lessing, Carl Robert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lessing, Karl Robert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lawyer and newspaper publisher
DATE OF BIRTH September 11, 1827
PLACE OF BIRTH Polish Wartenberg
DATE OF DEATH January 28, 1911
Place of death Berlin