Eduard von Oppenheim

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Eduard von Oppenheim (1889). Oil painting by Fred. Tezin
The Oppenheimpalais from 1870
The dilapidated Villa Oppenheim in Cologne-Fühlingen (2011)

Eduard Salomon von Oppenheim (born August 3, 1831 in Cologne ; † January 15, 1909 there ) was a German banker and stud owner . His family owned the Cologne private bank Sal. Oppenheim , and he founded the Schlenderhan Stud .

Origin and family

Eduard Freiherr von Oppenheim was the older of two sons of the Cologne banker Simon Oppenheim . In August 1859 he married Amalie Heuser (1835–1903) from Cologne, in the same year he converted from his wife's Jewish to Protestant faith. The couple had a son and five daughters:

  • Maria Theresie Henriette Aurelie (* May 15, 1860; † 1933) ⚭ April 15, 1882 Baron George de Plancy (1844–1934), Minister Plenipotentiary of the French Republic
  • Ada Georgine Eveline (March 11, 1862 - April 4, 1944) ⚭ October 1, 1885 Count Gisbert von Bredow (October 9, 1859 - January 19, 1924), royal Prussian colonel
  • Simon Alfred Franz Emil (born June 26, 1864; † February 15, 1932) ⚭ January 21, 1890 Florence Mathews Hutchins (born April 3, 1868; † 1935)
  • Emmy Henriette Melanie (* October 16, 1869 - June 2, 1957) ⚭ October 1, 1892 Count Maximilian von Arco-Valley (* August 25, 1849 - May 2, 1911), parents of Count Anton von Arco auf Valley .
  • Victoria Ernestine Luise Leonie (June 20, 1871 - August 24, 1954) ⚭ October 29, 1890 Alexander von Frankenberg and Ludwigsdorff (* October 10, 1861 - July 14, 1911), parents of Alix-May Countess von Faber- Castell (born September 20, 1907 - December 19, 1979).
⚭ 1915 Count Kasimir von Leyden (7 January 1852 - 1938), diplomat, ambassador to Tokyo
  • Henriette Therese Charlotte Felicie (* October 22, 1872; † December 11, 1913) ⚭ November 30, 1897 Adolf Freiherr von Hammerstein-Loxten (* August 25, 1868; † September 5, 1939). The marriage was divorced on June 9, 1906.

Live and act

In autumn 1849 he made the Abitur at the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Gymnasium . In the decades up to the death of Simon Oppenheim and his brother Abraham , Eduard von Oppenheim and his younger brother Albert had a hard time asserting themselves against the older generation, as they experienced "constant neglect" and "insurmountable mistrust". In the articles of association of 1867, 1870 and 1876 they were involved with increasing shares in profits and losses, but were hardly given any responsibility. When the brothers became bosses of the bank in 1880, Eduard was 49 and Albert 46 years old.

From 1880 to 1904 Eduard von Oppenheim was a partner in the family bank and successfully engaged his bank in the then emerging branches of business such as railroad , cable companies and colonial trade; however, any involvement in the electricity industry resulted in significant financial losses. From 1898 to 1909 von Oppenheim was chairman of the board of the Eschweiler mining association ; the Edward shaft of the Anna mine was named after him. On October 1, 1881, Eduard von Oppenheim made the first telephone call in Cologne with the Colonia fire insurance company. In the city of Cologne, von Oppenheim was involved in the establishment of the Cologne Zoo (1859) and the planting of the flora (1863).

In 1858 Eduard von Oppenheim acted as Prince Eduard in the Cologne triumvirate . The Rose Monday procession under his reign had the motto Train de Plaisir and celebrated the construction of Cologne Central Station .

Grave slab

Von Oppenheim had plans to found a stud. To do this, he acquired an area near Fühlingen , on which he also had a racecourse built for training and a four-winged stud building with an integrated mansion-like mansion. By selling the property in 1887, the community of Fühlingen was finally able to build its own church and a new school building. However, it turned out that the nature of the soil in the area that Oppenheim had bought was not suitable for keeping horses. That is why in 1869 von Oppenheim bought Schlenderhan Castle near Quadrath-Ichendorf and founded the Schlenderhan Stud, which is still owned by the family today. It was the first private stud in Germany; Von Oppenheim acquired high-quality thoroughbreds in England to build it up . In 1908, a year before his death, Eduard von Oppenheim experienced the first derby victory of his stud with the stallion winner at the German Derby in Hamburg .

In 1870 von Oppenheim had a magnificent city palace built by the architect Wilhelm Hoffmann at Unter Sachsenhausen 37 .

Eduard von Oppenheim died in 1909 at the age of 77. He is buried with his wife and daughter Maria in the family grave site at the Melaten cemetery in Cologne (HWG, between lit. K + L).

literature

Web links

  • Gabriele Teichmann: The Oppenheim family. Banking dynasty. In: Internet portal Rheinische Geschichte. Retrieved March 4, 2019 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Eduard Salomon Baron von Oppenheim, on Schlenderhan . In: Kaestner & von Urach's Genealogical Aristocratic Database. ( Memento from February 6, 2018 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ^ The History of the Company: Ensuring the Future in Troubled Times on geschichte.oppenheim.de, engl. ( Memento from February 6, 2018 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ https://gw.geneanet.org/frebault?lang=en&pz=henri&nz=frebault&p=eduard+salomon&n=von+oppenheim
  4. ↑ https://gw.geneanet.org/frebault?lang=en&n=von+frankenberg+und+ludwigsdorf&oc=0&p=alix+may
  5. ^ Horst Romeyk : The leading state and municipal administrative officials of the Rhine Province 1816–1945 (=  publications of the Society for Rhenish History . Volume 69 ). Droste, Düsseldorf 1994, ISBN 3-7700-7585-4 , p. 500 f .
  6. ↑ a b The company's history: Maintaining independence on geschichte.oppenheim.de ( Memento from August 2, 2017 in the Internet Archive )
  7. ↑ Chronicle of the Cologne Carnival from 1823 to 1938 on koelner-karneval.info ( Memento from March 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  8. ↑ Dreigestirn 1858 on karneval.de ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  9. ^ Wilhelm Treue : The fate of the bank Sal.Oppenheim jr. & Cie. and its owners in the Third Reich . Steiner, Wiesbaden 1983, ISBN 3-515-03882-5 , p. 71.
personal data
SURNAME Oppenheim, Eduard von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Oppenheim, Eduard Salomon Freiherr von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German private banker and stud owner
DATE OF BIRTH August 3, 1831
PLACE OF BIRTH Cologne
DATE OF DEATH January 15, 1909
Place of death Cologne