Emma Adenauer

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Johanna Wilhelmine Caroline Emma Adenauer , née Weyer (born September 10, 1880 in Cologne , † October 6, 1916 in the same place) was Konrad Adenauer's first wife .

Invitation to the wedding celebration 1904

Life

Emma Weyer was the daughter of Emmanuel Weyer (1836–1884), director of the Cologne reinsurance company , and Emilie, geb. Wallraf (1849–1911), a sister of Max Wallraf . From 1890 to 1897 Emma Weyer attended the secondary school for girls in Cologne. She then completed a year in the educational institution of the English Misses in Würzburg (girls' secondary school). In addition to being educated in the Christian faith, she received instruction in French and English as well as music and handicraft lessons . From 1898 to 1901 she prepared for the teaching profession by studying language for six semesters . On September 30, 1901, she passed the examination before the Royal Examination Commission at the Provincial College in Koblenz and received the "qualification to teach English and French at middle and higher girls' schools".

Death note for Emma Adenauer from 1916
Adenauer burial site in Rhöndorf

In the summer of 1901 she met Konrad Adenauer at the Pudelnass tennis club , who was about to take his assessor examination . Emma Weyer paved the way for assessor Adenauer, who came from a humble background, into Cologne's political society. On June 21, 1902 Emma Weyer and Konrad Adenauer became engaged on Rolandsbogen and were married on January 26, 1904 in a civil ceremony and two days later church in the parish church of St. Stephen in Lindenthal . The wedding ceremony was held in the Hotel Großer Kurfürst . On the same day, the young couple embarked on a four-week honeymoon through Switzerland and the French and Italian Riviera .

Emma and Konrad Adenauer moved into their first apartment together at Klosterstrasse 70 , Cologne-Lindenthal. In 1906 they moved to Friedrich-Schmidt-Strasse 4 . In 1911, the house at Max-Bruch-Strasse 6 was ready to move into.

The marriage had three children. Son Konrad († 1993) was born on September 21, 1906 and on the same day, 1910, son Max († 2004) was born. Daughter Maria (Ria) († 1998) was born on October 7, 1912.

A slight curvature of the spine, which impaired her kidney function after the first birth, worsened over the years and when Emma Adenauer fell ill with mushroom poisoning, she died on October 6, 1916 at the age of 36.

literature

  • Dieter Zimmer (Hrsg.): Germany's First Ladies: the wives of the Federal Presidents and Chancellors from 1949 until today . 1st edition. Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Stuttgart 1998, ISBN 3-421-05125-9 , pp. 33-62 .

Web links

Commons : Emma Adenauer  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Landesarchiv Nordrhein-Westfalen, civil status archive Rhineland, civil status register, registry office Lindenthal, deaths, 1916, document no. 1167.
  2. ^ Zeit.de: Konrad Adenauer: First backpacker, then Federal Chancellor , accessed on February 16, 2014
  3. ^ LVR: Portal Rheinische Geschichte - Konrad Adenauer , accessed on February 16, 2014
personal data
SURNAME Adenauer, Emma
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Adenauer, Johanna Wilhelmine Caroline Emma (full name); Weyer, Johanna Wilhelmine Caroline Emma (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION first wife of Konrad Adenauer
DATE OF BIRTH September 10, 1880
PLACE OF BIRTH Cologne
DATE OF DEATH October 6, 1916
Place of death Cologne