Heinrich Carl Sölling

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Heinrich Carl Sölling
Honorary grave in the east cemetery

Heinrich Carl Sölling (born June 1, 1813 in Essen ; † August 27, 1902 there ) was a German businessman, city ​​councilor , patron and honorary citizen of the city of Essen.

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Heinrich Carl Sölling was the descendant of a long-established family of merchants and remained unmarried. After completing school, he worked in a commercial position, living temporarily in Rotterdam and traveling in the Netherlands . He also supported his brother-in-law and partner Carl Heinrich Sölling to bring the Essen branch of Arnold Theodor Sölling & Co. forward. Heinrich Carl Sölling was later co-owner of the Theodor & Carl Sölling company .

Heinrich Carl Sölling was a long-time member of the Essen Chamber of Commerce. From 1855 to 1860 and 1863 to 1870 he was a city councilor for the city of Essen and from 1855 to 1865 a member of the hospital administration. In addition, Sölling was a representative of the Protestant community.

With his donations and foundations, Sölling supported municipal teaching institutions in particular the Huyssens Foundation with 75,000  marks and the Martin Wilhelm Waldthausen Foundation with 100,000 marks. The latter was merged with others to form the Foundation for Free Beds in 1993 .

Sölling lived on Kettwiger Strasse in the house that had once been the Lichtenstein Curia, i.e. the residence of the canons of Essen . Friedrich Grillo had it converted into his house, later the Städtische Galerie was in it before Sölling moved there.

Sölling received the Red Eagle Order, fourth class. At the age of almost 88 years, on April 19, 1901, he was made an honorary citizen of the city of Essen due to his work and activities in welfare and the common good, which also showed his family the gratitude of the city for decades of good deeds.

After cremation in Berlin, Sölling's urn was first buried in the cemetery at Kettwiger Tor . After its closure in 1955, the crypt was moved to the Ostfriedhof Essen and is now one of around 40 honorary graves in the city of Essen. Söllingstraße in Essen's east quarter was named after Heinrich Carl Sölling in 1895 .

literature

  • Erwin Dickhoff: Essen heads . Ed .: City of Essen - Historical Association for City and Monastery of Essen. Klartext-Verlag, Essen 2015, ISBN 978-3-8375-1231-1 .
  • Albert von Waldthausen: Contributions to the history of the Sölling family . Essen 1896.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ DerWesten.de from July 5, 2013: My friend's family tree ; Retrieved April 26, 2017
  2. ^ Statutes of the Foundation for Free Beds ; Retrieved April 26, 2017
personal data
SURNAME Sölling, Heinrich Carl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German merchant, city councilor, patron and honorary citizen of the city of Essen
DATE OF BIRTH June 1, 1813
PLACE OF BIRTH eat
DATE OF DEATH August 27, 1902
Place of death eat