Friedrich Wilhelm von Schoen

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Friedrich Wilhelm Schoen , von Schoen from 1909 (* December 22, 1849 in Worms ; † September 9, 1941 in Berchtesgaden ), was a major German industrialist and patron .

family

He was the second son of the industrialist and President of the Worms Chamber of Commerce , Johann August Schoen (1821– September 1856), and his wife Maria Barbara , née Heyl (1819–1865), daughter of Wilhelmine Martenstein and Cornelius Heyl . He had two brothers: Cornelius Julius (born March 16, 1848 in Worms; † August 7, 1894) and Wilhelm Eduard (1851–1933), diplomat and State Secretary in the Foreign Office . After the early death of her father, the mother married her brother-in-law, the painter Friedrich Wilhelm Schoen (1810–1868). The family moved to Berchtesgaden. The theater and art scene in Munich shaped him. After his mother's death, he first moved to Mannheim , where he met his future wife.

Act

Before 1878 he returned to Worms, where he was a partner in the Cornelius Heyl leather works. There he was a member of the city ​​council from 1878 to 1892 . Significantly, also with private financial commitment, he was involved in the concept and construction of the municipal play and festival house , was involved in the straightening of the Rhine and the expansion of the port of Worms .

He was a generous patron of all arts and friends with Richard Wagner , whom he sponsored. He took part in the opening of the Festspielhaus in Bayreuth in 1876, and since 1879 he has been chairman of the patronage association that initially financed the festival. The Richard Wagner Scholarship Foundation , which he also headed, was established with his funds . She awarded scholarships to attend the Bayreuth Festival. In addition, he collected art privately.

In 1892 he fled Worms. Officially, he gave health reasons. He sold his shares in the Heyl'schen Lederwerke. He bought a house in Munich and now lived there. He continued to promote Bayreuth . He donated part of his collections to the Glyptothek in Munich.

After the First World War he moved to Berchtesgaden, where his son ran a farm, the Dietfeldhof.

Honors

For his commitment to art, in particular his donation to the Glyptothek, he was raised to the hereditary nobility on March 10, 1909 by Prince Regent Luitpold of Bavaria . On the occasion of his 90th birthday in 1939, Worms made him an honorary citizen . The reason is based primarily on his merits for the construction of the municipal play and festival hall in Worms.

family

On May 30, 1871, he married Henriette Baumann (born April 19, 1845). They had at least one son together: Wilhelm von Schoen.

literature

About him

  • Wilfried Hansmann: The municipal play and festival house in Worms by Otto March - “The only really original folk theater in Germany” . In: INSITU. Zeitschrift für Architekturgeschichte 4 (2/2012), pp. 253–284.
  • Fritz Reuter: Friedrich Wilhelm von Schön. A biographical sketch . In: Stadtverwaltung Worms: Municipal play and festival house. Festschrift for the inauguration of the rebuilt house on November 6, 1966 . Worms 1966, pp. 31-43.

By him

  • A municipal folk theater and festival house in Worms. A suggestion and 7 plans . Stern, Worms 1887.
  • Life memories . Typewritten. 1939. Copies in the Richard Wagner Memorial , Bayreuth and in the Worms City Archives (signature: Abt. 170/9, No. 1).

Remarks

  1. ↑ The award did not take place until February 1941.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Reuter, p. 31.
  2. ↑ Reuter, p. 42, note 1.
  3. ↑ Gerold Bönnen : Leonhard Heyl II. In: The Worms industrial family von Heyl. Public and private work between the bourgeoisie and the nobility. Wernersche Verlagsgesellschaft, Worms 2010, ISBN 978-3-88462-304-6 , p. 320.
  4. ↑ Reuter, p. 31.
  5. ↑ Reuter, p. 34.
  6. ↑ Reuter, p. 34f.
  7. ↑ Reuter, p. 32.
  8. ↑ Reuter, p. 33f.
  9. ↑ Hansmann, p. 254.
  10. ↑ Reuter, p. 39.
  11. ↑ Hansmann, p. 254.
  12. ↑ Reuter, p. 41.
  13. ↑ Reuter, p. 40.
  14. ↑ Gerold Bönnen: History of the City of Worms . Konrad Theiss Verlag, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8062-1679-7 , p. 512 f .
  15. ↑ Reuter, note 14, p. 42.
  16. ↑ Reuter, p. 31 and note 1.
  17. ↑ Reuter, p. 40.
  18. ↑ Hansmann, p. 255.
personal data
SURNAME Schoen, Friedrich Wilhelm von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schoen, Friedrich Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German industrialist and patron
DATE OF BIRTH December 22, 1849
PLACE OF BIRTH Worms
DATE OF DEATH September 9, 1941
Place of death Berchtesgaden