Commemorative coin of the society for the promotion of charitable activities

Front and back of the commemorative coin

The commemorative medal of the Society for the Promotion of Charitable Activities is an award given by the Society for the Promotion of Charitable Activities in Lübeck .

Origins

In 1789 the Society for the Promotion of Charitable Activities was founded. In 1802 the association discussed the establishment of a medal to honor lifesavers, but the plans never reached maturity because there was no specific reason. In 1830, the company intended to give Hans Hansen, the director of the Schleswig School for the Deaf and Mute , an honor to thank him for training a teacher for the deaf and dumb in Lübeck. The usual appointment as honorary member in such a case was not possible because Hansen had already received this award three years earlier. Therefore, instead, he was presented with a Lübeck gold medal in the value of a Portuguese man . This event moved themNon-profit organizations to get their own merit award in the form of a commemorative coin.

The design

Louise Wolf's original design for the obverse of the commemorative coin

The order to design the front was awarded in 1832 to Louise Wolf , one of the few academically trained artists of the time. Her design showed the anciently clad female personification of the charitable , enthroned on a pedestal, holding a laurel wreath in one hand and with the other pointing to the city indicated by the Marien and Petrikirche , the tower of the Jakobikirche protruding behind them and the gabled houses.

This draft was accepted, but for reasons that cannot be determined, Louise Wolf has not been mentioned as the author in the publications of the non-profit organizations to this day. Instead, only the well-known Berlin medalists Gottfried Bernhard Loos and Christoph Carl Pfeuffer are named, but they only made a few minor minor changes and were responsible for the execution and minting. Loos had already produced a commemorative medal for the 50th anniversary of the mayor of Lübeck, Johann Matthaeus Tesdorpf , on behalf of the citizens of Lübeck in 1823 . In 1835 he was also commissioned to produce the Bene Merenti commemorative coin , the highest honor awarded in Lübeck.

The commemorative coin

The company had von Loos and Pfeuffer first minted 451 commemorative coins : 3 gold , 48 silver and 400 copper coins , which were symbolically designated as bronze coins.

According to the articles of association , the gold coin should be awarded exclusively by special resolution of the entire society for outstanding services to the community or for special civic virtues. The silver coin could also be awarded for such merits, but was also intended as an award for the students of the educational institutions maintained by the non-profit organization ; In contrast to the gold coin, the silver coin could be awarded by the directors at their own discretion. The bronze coin for minor merits was also intended as a collector's item from the start, which could be freely acquired for 2 schillings . As a result, it soon lost its importance as an award, was no longer minted and was no longer mentioned in the statutes of 1839.

Between 1832 and 2012 the golden medal was awarded 59 times; the silver coin (including the double silver coin, minted only in 10 copies, which is almost only awarded for rescuing from danger to life and has so far been awarded seven times as an honor) was awarded a total of 88 times until 1938, 34 times of which as honorary awards at exhibitions of the horticultural association and the association for poultry farming; after 1898 only natural persons received the silver coin. Around 100 of the bronze coin were awarded as bonuses to industrial school students, 239 were sold and the remainder of 57 copies were given to the archive of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck in 1902 .

The company's statutes no longer mention separate gold and silver medals, but only stipulate in the statutes: §13 · Honors The society awards the society medal for outstanding services to the common good.

Recipient of the golden medal

year	receiver	Occasion of the honor	Remarks
1832	Johann Friedrich Petersen the Elder Ä. (1760-1845)	As the founder of the school teachers' seminar and in consideration of his services to the local community through its 25 years of leadership	Together with Hermann Friedrich Behn he had campaigned under the umbrella of the society for the establishment of a preparation seminar for teacher training and had been part of the college since its foundation in 1807.
1833	Johann Heinrich Sahn (April 12, 1767 - November 18, 1835)	In recognition of his services to the navigation school	On June 26, 1833, the helmsman Sahn received the medal for his 25 years as a teacher at the Lübeck Navigation School , where he had been teaching seafaring students since it was founded in 1808.
1840	Hamburg Society for the Advancement of the Arts and Useful Trades	The 75th anniversary of the company
1842	Anthony Bonnel (1806 - July 10, 1891)	For those in October d. J. Rescue of the crew of the Lübeck ship "Adele", which sank near Finisterre, was carried out with great sacrifice, philanthropy and altruism	Anthony Bonnel from St. Pierre on Guernsey , as captain of the Gem of Guernsey, had rescued the crew of the damaged Adele .
1851	Carl Georg Curtius (March 7, 1771 - October 4, 1857)	The Lübeck Syndicus Curtius received the award on his 50th anniversary in office
1856	Bernhard Heinrich Frister (* 1778; † June 10, 1861)	Mayor Frister received the award on the occasion of his 50-year membership in the Lübeck Senate
1864	Karl Ludwig Roeck (1790 - January 29, 1869)	In recognition of his services to our community as well as to society in particular	Mayor Roeck received the award on his 50th anniversary in civil service
1870	Carl Wilhelm Pauli (December 18, 1792 - March 18, 1879)	In recognition of his great merits in researching the law and history of the city of Lübeck, as well as his well-established participation in the efforts of society	Higher Appeal Judge Pauli received the award on the day of his 50th anniversary in office at the Higher Appeal Court
1872	Wilhelm Mantels (June 17, 1816 - June 8, 1879)	In recognition of his many contributions to the community and society	Professor Mantels received the award on his 25th anniversary in office
1875	Carl Julius Milde (born February 16, 1803 - † November 19, 1875)	In recognition of his many high services to the collections of society and the work of various committees of the latter, as well as to the collection, preservation and restoration of the art treasures and historical monuments of our city
1877	Society for the promotion of the good and the common good in Basel	The 100th anniversary of the company
1878	Johann Carl Lindenberg (born July 29, 1798 - † June 4, 1892)	On the occasion of his 50-year leadership at the school teacher seminar
1879	Carl Friedrich Wehrmann (January 30, 1809 - September 11, 1898)	In recognition of his services to researching the patrician history	The state archivist received the award on the occasion of his 25th anniversary in office
1882	Peter Hermann Münzenberger (* December 6, 1803 - March 30, 1886)	In grateful recognition of his charitable activity, which has been active for more than half a century, accompanied by manifold rich and lasting successes	The pastor of St. Mary's Church received the award on the occasion of his 50th anniversary in office
1883	Jakob Behrens (June 30, 1824 - March 6, 1897)	In recognition of the great enrichments once again directed towards the collections of the Natural History Museum	The German-American merchant and entomologist received the award as thanks for donating his insect collection to the Lübeck Museum
1889	Wilhelm Brehmer (born May 19, 1828 - † May 2, 1905)	The company's 100th anniversary celebration	The senator and former director of the non-profit organization was honored with the award on the occasion of the company's centenary
1889	August Sartori (August 9, 1827 - May 20, 1908)	The company's 100th anniversary celebration	The pedagogue and former director of the non-profit organization was honored with the award on the occasion of the company's centenary
1889	Adolph Hach (born July 13, 1832 - † December 4, 1896)	The company's 100th anniversary celebration	The police council and former director of the non-profit organization was honored with the award on the occasion of the company's centenary
1893	Heinrich Klug (May 30, 1837 - May 6, 1912)	With consideration for his services in general and for the foundation of the museum in particular	Senator Klug received the award on the occasion of the opening of the museum
1895	Heinrich Theodor Behn (February 15, 1819 - February 28, 1906)	Mayor Behn received the award on the 25th anniversary of the day on which he first took over the chairmanship of the Senate
1910	Johann Georg Eschenburg (April 1, 1844 - February 3, 1936)	In grateful recognition of his excellent services to his hometown and in special appreciation of his many successful charitable endeavors	Mayor Eschenburg received the award on the occasion of his 25-year membership in the Senate
1913	Emil Possehl (born February 13, 1850 - † February 4, 1919)	In recognition of his charitable sentiments activated by donating the Kaiser Wilhelm Volkshaus	The Kaiser Wilhelm Volkshaus at Holstentor , for whose foundation Senator Possehl received the award, was never built
1917	Emil Ferdinand Fehling (born August 3, 1847 - † August 3, 1927)	Mayor Fehling received the award on the occasion of his 70th birthday for 47 years of membership and great interest in the way society is doing
1921	Richard Karutz (November 2, 1867 - February 10, 1945)	The doctor and ethnologist Karutz received the award when he left Lübeck for his extraordinary services to the Museum of Ethnology
1923	Rudolf Struck (December 4, 1861 - December 1, 1935)	The doctor Professor Struck received the award on the 134th Foundation Day for his services to society
1935	Wilhelm Furtwängler (born January 25, 1886 - † November 30, 1954)	The conductor and composer received the award on the occasion of the 2nd Nordic Reich Conference
1935	Hermann Abendroth (born January 19, 1883 - † May 29, 1956)	The conductor and music teacher received the award on the occasion of the 2nd Nordic Reich Conference
1937	Wilhelm Frick (March 12, 1877 - October 16, 1946)	The Nazi Reich Minister received the award on the occasion of the 4th Nordic Reich Conference	It is unclear whether this award was revoked after 1945
1937	Alfred Rosenberg (born January 12, 1893 - † October 16, 1946)	The Nazi Reichsleiter received the award on the occasion of the 4th Nordic Reich Conference	It is unclear whether this award was revoked after 1945
1939	Hermann Stodte (born January 25, 1871 - † September 24, 1939)		The educator and headmaster died before the award was presented

literature

Lisa Dräger / Michael Budde: Lübeck and Travemünde - views from five centuries . Michael Imhof Verlag, 2009
J. Hartwig: The society for the promotion of charitable activities in Lübeck 1789-1914 . HG Rahtgens, Lübeck 1914
Hermann Stodte : Festschrift for the 150th anniversary of the Society for the Promotion of Charitable Activities in Lübeck . Lübeck 1939.
Society for the promotion of charitable activities (ed.): Contributions to the history of the society for the promotion of charitable activities , Lübeck 1939

Web links

Commons : Commemorative coin of the society for the advancement of non-profit activities - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

^ Pfeuffer, Christoph Carl . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 26 : Olivier – Pieris . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1932 (medalist, born October 29, 1801 in Suhl , † December 24, 1861 in Berlin . No further information except literature.).
↑ Gottfried Bernhard Loos: List of all thinking and occasional coins that have emerged from the Berlin medal coin of G. Loos since the establishment of this institution by the court medalist Daniel Friedrich Loos .... Mittler, 1842, p. 53, No. 90 ( books.google.de ).
^ Articles of Association . Society for the Promotion of Charitable Activities. October 19, 2005. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
^ Ortwin Pelc: Johann Hinrich Sahn in: Lübecker Lebenslaufen , Wachholtz, Neumünster 1993, pp. 334–336
^ Friedrich von Rohden: The Medical Association of Lübeck: 150 Years of Medical History, 1809-1959 , Schmidt-Römhild, 1959, p. 123
↑ (* 1923; † November 2, 2016), son of Hans Millies (composer) , director of studies at the Johanneum, member of the editorial committee from 1971 to 2008, CDU member of the cultural committee ( LB )
↑ LBl (PDF; 1.2 MB)

[1] Pfeuffer, Christoph Carl . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 26 : Olivier – Pieris . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1932 (medalist, born October 29, 1801 in Suhl , † December 24, 1861 in Berlin . No further information except literature.).

[2] Gottfried Bernhard Loos: List of all thinking and occasional coins that have emerged from the Berlin medal coin of G. Loos since the establishment of this institution by the court medalist Daniel Friedrich Loos .... Mittler, 1842, p. 53, No. 90 ( books.google.de ).

[3] Articles of Association . Society for the Promotion of Charitable Activities. October 19, 2005. Retrieved February 18, 2019.

[4] Ortwin Pelc: Johann Hinrich Sahn in: Lübecker Lebenslaufen , Wachholtz, Neumünster 1993, pp. 334–336

[5] Friedrich von Rohden: The Medical Association of Lübeck: 150 Years of Medical History, 1809-1959 , Schmidt-Römhild, 1959, p. 123

[6] (* 1923; † November 2, 2016), son of Hans Millies (composer) , director of studies at the Johanneum, member of the editorial committee from 1971 to 2008, CDU member of the cultural committee ( LB )

[7] LBl (PDF; 1.2 MB)