Hartmann Foundation
The Hartmann'sche Foundation was a study foundation in Eppingen , a city in northwest Baden-Württemberg that existed from 1512 to 1949. The founder was Hartmannus Hartmanni (around 1472–1510), a legal scholar and canon at the Heidelberg Church of the Holy Spirit .
Deed of foundation
The foundation document reads as follows: “We dise nachbenanten with the names Nocolaus Wendkraws from Manheym freyer künsten Meister, Vicarius of the royal stiffts zum Heiligen Geyste zu Heydelberg, Jacobus Frühuff pastor zu Eppelheim and Sebastianus Schreck schreyner and bürger zu Heydelberg, worthy of soul and testamentaries of the will Highly educated master Hartmann Hartmani von Eppingen, both rights Licenciaten obgemeites royal foundation to the Holy Spirit Canonikus, Bekenen and thun kunth all: As a new master Hartman Licentiate and Canonick before the end of his life to the almighty to eren, seynen nechtseyt friends of synnes vatters and Selgeny relatives originate, or where they weren't available, common place of Eppingen bourgeois children too good and proficient, twenty guilders Jerlicher counted on the holy dryer royal day. In the time of his life around five hundred guilders main property on the future and first Mr. Probst Dechant and Capittel sant Michaels Stifts on the mountain Sünßheim located, bought and had, in his testament decreed and procured, lut and content a point, us the same master Hartman's Licensed Testament written, from word to word: (...) "
Shortly before his death, Hartmannus Hartmanni set up a scholarship at Heidelberg University with 500 Rhenish gold guilders . The money was invested in the Sinsheim monastery . The interest income should go to a male descendant of the Hartmanni family or citizens' sons from Eppingen to support studying in Heidelberg. The scholarship was awarded to several members of the Hartmanni family and around 20 students from Eppingen. In 1865 it was already the oldest existing Heidelberg scholarship.
resolution
After two currency reforms in the 20th century, the foundation's capital (known as the Hartmann scholarship fund ) was almost exhausted. By resolution of the Eppinger City Council on May 6, 1949, the Hartmann Foundation was dissolved and the remaining assets were assigned to the municipal assets for charitable purposes.
literature
- Adolf Neureuther: The Hartmann Foundation from 1512 . In: Around the Ottilienberg. Contributions to the history of the city of Eppingen and the surrounding area , Ed .: Heimatfreunde Eppingen , Volume 1, Eppingen 1979, pp. 93-102.
- Bernd Röcker: The Hartmanni family of jurists from Eppingen - an example of the rise of bourgeois lawyers in the 15th and 16th centuries . In: Eppingen. Around the Ottilienberg. Contributions to the history of the city of Eppingen and the surrounding area . Ed .: Heimatfreunde Eppingen, Volume 3, Eppingen 1985, pp. 363-383.
Individual evidence
- ^ Adolf Neureuther: The Hartmann Foundation from 1512 . In: Around the Ottilienberg. Contributions to the history of the city of Eppingen and the surrounding area , Ed .: Heimatfreunde Eppingen, Volume 1, Eppingen 1979, p. 96