Ferdinand Rhode

Carl Ferdinand Rhode (* 1802 in Hamburg ; † November 5, 1872 in Leipzig ) was a German merchant and patron .

Ferdinand Rhode came to Leipzig at an advanced age. His passport, which is in the City History Museum, was issued in Hamburg in 1847. It did not appear in the Leipzig address books until 1857. He lived first in the Großer Blumenberg , from 1859 to 1866 in the Central-Halle and then on Roßplatz .

Five years before his death, he established the “Foundation for the City of Leipzig”, into which he contributed his entire fortune of over 1.2 million marks . The annual interest was to be used for goals of the city and for charitable purposes, including the pension funds of the theater and the city orchestra , the purchase of paintings for the picture museum , free time at the conservatory and various sickness, widow's and death funds . In 1902, the city contributed 10,000 marks from the foundation for the erection of the Goethe monument on the Naschmarkt .

In 1883 the city honored him by naming Ferdinand-Rhode-Straße in the music district .

Web links

Ferdinand Rhode. In: Leipzig Lexicon. Retrieved May 14, 2015 .
Ferdinand Rhode. In: Leipzig biography. Retrieved May 14, 2015 .

Individual evidence

^ Rhodes passport in the City History Museum in Leipzig. Retrieved May 14, 2015 .
^ Historical address books of Saxony. Retrieved May 14, 2015 .
^ Foundation for the City of Leipzig. In: Leipzig Lexicon. Retrieved May 14, 2015 .
↑ Gina Klank, Gernot Griebsch: Lexicon of Leipzig street names . Edited by Leipzig City Archives , Verlag im Wissenschaftszentrum Leipzig, Leipzig 1995, ISBN 3-930433-09-5 , p. 70.

personal data
SURNAME	Rhode, Ferdinand
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Rhode, Carl Ferdinand (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German businessman, founder of the City of Leipzig Foundation
DATE OF BIRTH	1802
PLACE OF BIRTH	Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH	November 5, 1872
Place of death	Leipzig

[1] Rhodes passport in the City History Museum in Leipzig. Retrieved May 14, 2015 .

[2] Historical address books of Saxony. Retrieved May 14, 2015 .

[3] Foundation for the City of Leipzig. In: Leipzig Lexicon. Retrieved May 14, 2015 .

[4] Gina Klank, Gernot Griebsch: Lexicon of Leipzig street names . Edited by Leipzig City Archives , Verlag im Wissenschaftszentrum Leipzig, Leipzig 1995, ISBN 3-930433-09-5 , p. 70.