Carl Siechen

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Carl Siechen († May 1869 in Berlin ; also Karl Siechen ) was a German entrepreneur, restaurateur and founder of the Siechen beer house in Berlin. The vernacular referred to him as the "Berlin beer king" .

Life

No. 1 of the magazine Die Ewige Lampe

Siechen was the son of a doctor and versatile. The restaurateur with a doctorate in gastronomy opened his first beer house with a restaurant at Neumannsgasse 6. This simple pub was known by regular guests as The Eternal Lamp . Under the same name, "Carl Siechen and Family" published the first satirical revolutionary newspaper Die Ewige Lampe in Berlin on May 1, 1848 (until 1850), the texts of which he initially wrote himself. The beer house Siechen enjoyed increasing popularity and changed its location several times over the decades in order to expand capacity; the last location since 1883 was Behrenstrasse 23-24.

Siechen, who was wealthy from his parents' home, therefore ran his restaurant more for his own socializing and entertainment and also liked to entertain his guests with his own singing, always had something left for artists or those who wanted to become one, even on credit and even without money . He was an avid art lover, never missed a premiere and showered his favorites with flowers. That's why his beer house also became a meeting place for Berlin artists. While Siechen seems to have been more of an "artist" than a businessman, his wife Rosa was probably the organizational and "executive" force in the company.

Siechen is buried in the St. Marien and St. Nikolai Cemetery I in the Berlin district of Prenzlauer Berg . His two sons from his marriage to Luise Dümmler, Franz Siechen (1845 / 46–1913), company successor and outstanding violin virtuoso , and Max Siechen (1850–1897), who was praised as a good hero tenor, inherited the musical talent of their father.

literature

  • Emil Thomas: Karl Siechen . In: Thomas: Ältestes , Allerälestes , Berlin 1904, pp. 49–63

Web links

Wikisource: The Eternal Lamp No 1.  - Sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Heinz Kullnick: Berlin and Berlin resident. People u. Personalities in Berlin from 1640 - 1914 , Verlag AW Hanyn's Erben, 1961 excerpt
  2. ^ Ossip Demetrius Potthoff, Georg Kossenhaschen: Kulturgeschichte der Deutsche Gaststätte , Verlag Olms Presse, 1933, ISBN 3-487-08332-9 and ISBN 978-3-487-08332-2
  3. ^ Contributions to the cultural history of Berlin . Festschrift to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the corporation of Berlin booksellers (November 1, 1898), Verlag der Korporation der Berliner Buchhandels, 1898, page 143, excerpt
  4. ↑ The name of the editor Arthur Müller is said to have been just the pseudonym Siechens. - Source: Emil Weller: Lexicon pseudonymorum . Directory of all authors who used wrong names, 1862, page 137 digitized - other sources call Müller “a friend of the house” and “a drinking Rhinelander full of spirit and knowledge”. - Source: Fedor von Zobeltitz: Chronicle of the Society under the Last Empire , Volume 2, Verlag Alster, 1922, Page 221 excerpt
  5. ^ The collector , Volume 34, 1865, page 357 digitized
  6. ↑ Harald Brost, Laurenz Demps, F. Albert Schwartz: Berlin Becomes a World City , Verlag Kohlhammer, 1981, ISBN 3-17-007161-0 or ISBN 978-3-17-007161-2 , page 244 excerpt
  7. ^ The collector , Volume 34, 1865, page 357 digitized
  8. ↑ Christel Sandrock: The wine box . Literary sketches, Verlag EW Bonsels, 1911, page 121
personal data
SURNAME Ill, Carl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sick, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German entrepreneur, restaurateur and publisher
DATE OF BIRTH 18th century or 19th century
DATE OF DEATH May 1869
Place of death Berlin