Erwin Hildt

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Georg Wilhelm Erwin Hildt (born July 1, 1851 in Weinsberg ; † February 25, 1917 there ) was a German farmer. He was a patron of the city of Weinsberg and the preservation of Justinus Kerner's cultural heritage .

Life

Erwin Hildt was born the son of the master builder and architect and honorary citizen of the city of Weinsberg Christian Jakob David Hildt (1814–1909). His mother was Ursula Catharina Maria Hildt geb. Prottengeier (1823-1896), his grandfather was the master craftsman and architect Johann Georg Hildt . He had no siblings.

To study engineering , he attended the Stuttgart Polytechnic . There he became a member of the Stauffia Corps in 1869 .

The Hildtsche Villa (2008)

After graduating, he worked as a farmer in his hometown. He was a local councilor in Weinsberg and was involved in the preservation of the Weibertreu castle ruins , which earned him the nickname of the guardian of women faithful among contemporaries . As an admirer of Justinus Kerner and a friend of his son Theobald Kerner , he made a special contribution to safeguarding their cultural heritage. When the aged Theobald Kerner was no longer able to exercise his official duties as chairman of the women's association founded by Justinus Kerner , the general assembly on June 30, 1902 unanimously elected Erwin Hildt as the deputy and executive director. After Theobald Kerner's death, Hildt took over the chairmanship of the association and held it until his death in 1917. In his 15 years at the helm, he gave the association a new impetus, the foundations of the castle ruins were fortified, paths and structures were repaired, and further remains of the wall were found during excavations in 1905.

Hildtsche Tomb (2011)

In 1905 he was one of the founders of the Justinus Kerner Association and was appointed honorary chairman at the first general meeting on March 19, 1905 for his services to the establishment of the association. Theobald Kerner had appointed Hildt as executor in his will . After long negotiations, the sole heir Theobald Kerners, his widow Else, sold the Kernerhaus to the Justinus Kerner Association on October 15, 1907 . Hildt was Else Kerner's agent in these negotiations. In 1912 he donated 60,000 Reichsmarks to the city of Weinsberg, from which the city built the Hildthalle , which was inaugurated in 1914 and which still serves as a festival hall today.

Erwin Hildt had his residence in the house Hildtstrasse 1, today still referred to as Hildtsche Villa , which his father had converted from an older garden house from 1866 to 1868 and later enlarged several times. On July 12, 1928, Erwin Hildt's widow Julie sold the house and the property to the state of Württemberg, which added it to the Weinsberg Wine School , where it is now used for events and as a student residence.

Erwin Hildt found his final resting place in the Weinsberg cemetery, where the monumental Hildt tomb commemorates the family.

family

On May 1, 1882 married Hildt in Stuttgart his first wife Anna born Marie Margarethe Meurer, who died on May 22, 1904 in Wiesbaden . On March 16, 1909, he married his second wife Julie Hedwig born in Weinsberg . Nübel, widowed Abel, who died on December 4, 1944 in Heilbronn . Both marriages remained childless. His second wife had two children from their first marriage, Margarethe (born October 23, 1897) and Hans (born August 7, 1900).

Awards

Honorary citizenship letter of the city of Weinsberg for Erwin Hildt by Heinrich Seufferheld

Erwin Hildt was elected honorary chairman of the Justinus Kerner Association in 1905. The city of Weinsberg made him an honorary citizen on March 31, 1909.

Fonts

  • Karl Burkhardt, Karl Weller , Heinrich Meißner, Erwin Hildt, Richard Meißner : Weinsberg, Weibertreu and Kernerhaus . Justinus Kerner-Verein Weinsberg, Weinsberg 1906, DNB 578277573
  • Richard Meißner, Karl Burkhardt, Albert Geyer, Erwin Hildt: Tourist guides of Weinsberg and the surrounding area . Publishing house of the municipality, Weinsberg 1914

literature

  • Kurt Seeber: Hildt family. A contribution to the history of the city of Weinsberg. In: Year book for the city of Weinsberg 1981. Röck, Weinsberg 1981, ZDB -ID 717014-2 , pp. 308-313

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Carl Heydt: Chronik des Corps Stauffia zu Stuttgart , 1960, p. 48
  2. ↑ Simon M. Haag: On the building history of the upper administrative city of Weinsberg. Verlag Nachrichtenblatt der Stadt Weinsberg, Weinsberg 1995, ISBN 3-9802689-8-5 , p. 117
personal data
SURNAME Hildt, Erwin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hildt, Georg Wilhelm Erwin (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German farmer, sponsor of the city of Weinsberg and the preservation of Justinus Kerner's cultural heritage
DATE OF BIRTH July 1, 1851
PLACE OF BIRTH Weinberg
DATE OF DEATH February 25, 1917
Place of death Weinberg