Friedrich Christian Correns

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Correns mansion
Family grave in the park cemetery Lichterfelde

Friedrich Christian Correns (born September 22, 1863 in Hanau ; † July 7, 1923 in Berlin ) was a German businessman and business manager . He had the Correns manor house built in what is now Berlin-Lankwitz .

Life

Correns completed an apprenticeship as a businessman after leaving school. In 1895 he became director of the Accumulatoren-Fabrik Aktiengesellschaft (AFA), which was later renamed VARTA and BAE .

According to reports, he was said to have participated in the preparations for the establishment of Deutsche Luft-Hansa AG , as his name is mentioned in connection with Deutsche Luft-Reederei GmbH , a forerunner of the Lufthansa airline .

He acquired several plots of land on the corner of Calandrelli and Gärtnerstrasse in what was then the municipality of Lankwitz , Teltow district . From 1912 to 1919 (other sources date between 1913 and 1916), he had a villa with outbuildings designed and built by the architect Albert Denzel, and from 1914 by the architect and councilor Fritz Freymüller . He had the Berlin garden architect Carl Rimann create a park for this Correns manor house .

Correns died on July 7, 1923 in Lankwitz and was buried in the family grave (Correns / von Diebitsch / Karsch / Nierendorf) in the Lichterfelde park cemetery (Im Walde, Heideweg 34). He was married to Emely Correns geb. von Diebitsch (1869–1963). They had two sons and a daughter. Her son Wolfgang (1892–1959; graduate engineer, architect) was born in Mexico City in 1892 . They lost their son Theodor (1893–1916), who was born in Stolberg (Harz) , in the First World War . The daughter Meta (1899–1981; bookseller, gallery owner) was married to Joachim Karsch in her first marriage and to Josef Nierendorf ( Galerie Nierendorf ) in her second marriage . The family grave is an honorary grave of the State of Berlin due to the donation of works of art to the Berlinische Galerie by Meta Nierendorf .

After Correns' death in 1925, the mansion was sold by his widow to the entrepreneur Werner Ferdinand von Siemens , which is why it is now also called the Siemens Villa .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Theodor Correns. In: The online memorial book. Retrieved March 25, 2012 .
  2. ↑ a b Correns mansion (Siemensvilla) in the Berlin State Monument List
  3. ↑ Park of the Correns mansion (Siemensvilla) in the Berlin State Monument List
  4. ^ Friedrich Christian Correns. (No longer available online.) In: Friedparks. Formerly in the original ; Retrieved March 25, 2012 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.weltkriegsopfer.de  
  5. ↑ Query of the honorary graves. (No longer available online.) In: Berlin.de. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; Retrieved March 25, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.stadtentwicklung.berlin.de
personal data
SURNAME Correns, Friedrich Christian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German businessman and business manager
DATE OF BIRTH September 22, 1863
PLACE OF BIRTH Hanau
DATE OF DEATH July 7, 1923
Place of death Berlin