Emma Burmann

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Emma Burmann , née Gangel (also incorrectly: Gangelt) (* December 22, 1821 ; † February 24, 1902 in Düsseldorf ), was a German philanthropist and founder .

Life

Newspaper report on the naming of Emmastaße (1895)
Street sign on the corner of Oberbilker Allee

Little is known about the family and life of Emma Burmann from Düsseldorf. She inherited some properties in the Oberbilk district of Düsseldorf from her aunt Gertrud Scherer, née Gangel . After her death, she bequeathed the land and parts of her own property worth a total of 178,200 marks to the city of Düsseldorf to set up the Gangel Burmann Foundation , a housing foundation for single, educated women in Düsseldorf. The so-called women's home was located at Kölner Straße 387 behind the former railway underpass at Oberbilker Allee .

The purpose of the foundation was as follows: “Educated single women from better families living in Düsseldorf who are resident in Düsseldorf, who are able to provide themselves for the greater part of what is necessary for their livelihood and who do not receive poor relief even in the last year before they were accepted into the foundation have moved in, to grant free accommodation and for a fee to be determined by the Foundation's Board of Trustees. "

In honor of Burmann, the Emmastraße in Oberbilk, which runs from Oberbilker Allee to the railway line, was named after her while she was still alive in 1895 . A newspaper report dated October 24, 1895 in the citizen newspaper for Düsseldorf and the surrounding area about the naming of Emmastraße shows that Burmann had already done a lot for the good of the city:

"The Emmastraße got its name after Miss Emma Burmann, because the lady, in the most disinterested way, demonstrates a sense of citizenship in an extraordinary number of cases, as can be found quite often in the interests of the city."

The Düsseldorf painter Max Volkhart made a portrait of Burmann at an advanced age in November 1896 , which is in the tradition of interior painting of the 19th century.

Emma Burmann last lived in the ownership of Oberbilker Allee 219 in Oberbilk. She died in Düsseldorf in February 1902 at the age of 80. Her grave of honor for the city of Düsseldorf is in the Stoffeler cemetery in Oberbilk (field 10, grave no. 2856).

Honors

  • Honorary grave of the city of Düsseldorf
  • Emmastrasse in Düsseldorf

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Emmastrasse . In: Düsseldorf address book . 1924, p. 83 ( digital.ub.uni-duesseldorf.de [accessed April 22, 2018]).
  2. ↑ City of Düsseldorf: Report on the status and administration of community affairs in the city of Düsseldorf for the period from April 1, 1901 to March 31, 1902. In: digital.ub.uni-duesseldorf.de datum = 1901-04-01 . P. 109 , accessed April 22, 2018 .
  3. ↑ a b Women's history in Düsseldorf street names. In: phil-fak.uni-duesseldorf.de. Retrieved April 21, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Kölner Strasse 387, E. (= owner) Gangel-Burmann-Stiftung, V. (= administration) Städtisches Wohlfahrtsamt, Damenheim , in Düsseldorfer Adressbuch, 1924, p. 58
  5. ^ Meeting of the city council on October 22nd . In: Citizens' newspaper for Düsseldorf and the surrounding area . No. 249 , October 24, 1895 ( digital.ub.uni-duesseldorf.de [accessed April 22, 2018]).
  6. ↑ Oberbilkerallee 219, Burmann, Emma, ​​Rentnerin, E. , in the address book of the Lord Mayor's Office in Düsseldorf for the year 1890, p. 189
  7. ^ Oberbilkerallee 219 Burmann, Emma, ​​Rentnerin, U , in address book for the city of Düsseldorf, 1902, p. 387
personal data
SURNAME Burmann, Emma
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gangel, Emma (maiden name); Gangelt, Emma (incorrect spelling)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German philanthropist and founder
DATE OF BIRTH December 22, 1821
DATE OF DEATH February 24, 1902
Place of death Dusseldorf