Heinrich Henkel II.

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Heinrich Henkel II. With his wife Lina, née Güth, 1887.

Heinrich Henkel II (born August 20, 1850 in Bensheim , † November 16, 1899 in Göttingen ) was a German art and commercial gardener . His art and commercial gardening of the same name in Darmstadt was one of the most important gardening companies in southern Germany at the end of the 19th century. Henkel was the court bouquet supplier to Grand Duke Ludwig III. of Hesse and purveyor to the court of Queen Victoria of England and Emperor Nicholas II of Russia . After his death, the fuchsia cultivation In memory of Heinrich Henkel was named after him.

Life

Heinrich Henkel II was born on August 20, 1850 in Bensheim an der Bergstrasse as the second of ten children. After attending school in Darmstadt-Eberstadt and Darmstadt-Bessungen , he joined his parents' gardening business and learned the gardening trade. His father Heinrich Henkel I founded the business with modest means in 1862 and successfully advanced it together with his wife Katharina, née Allendorf. Therefore, the company was owned by the Hessian Grand Duke Ludwig III in 1872 . the designation "court bouquet supplier" has been awarded.

On October 12, 1887, Henkel married Johanna Karoline "Lina" Güth in Gelnhausen . The three children Charlotte Auguste, Heinrich Friedrich and Elisabeth Sabine Karoline resulted from the marriage. Heinrich Henkel II died on November 16, 1899 in Göttingen , where he had sought a cure from a serious illness in vain. At his funeral in the old cemetery in Darmstadt, a thousand-headed mourners paid him their last respects. The name of the fuchsia cultivation In memory of Heinrich Henkel was dedicated to the memory of him.

While Heinrich Friedrich's line has expired, the lines of the daughters continue in 2011 in the 5th and 4th generation.

Act

Heinrich Henkel nursery, Herdweg 53, Darmstadt / Bessungen, around 1901.

In order to deepen his professional knowledge, Heinrich Henkel II completed part of his training abroad. In 1874 he worked in the field of decoration for John Wills in South Kensington , London. After his return, he took over the gardening business together with his older brother Christian in 1875 because the father had become ill in the meantime. Under the management of the brothers, the business developed into the first nursery on the site. After his brother left in 1888 in order to found his own nursery in Auerbach an der Bergstrasse, Heinrich Henkel II became the sole owner. From then on, the company continued to grow and became known beyond the Hessian and German national borders. The flower shop belonging to the company in downtown Darmstadt, which was run by Henkel's sister Marie, also made its contribution. The youngest brother Friedrich and the second sister Elisabeth also worked in the Henkel family business.

At the end of the 19th century, Henkel's company was one of the most important gardening companies in southern Germany. At that time, versatile horticultural businesses became increasingly rare because the cultivation of selected special crops proved to be more profitable. Contrary to this tendency, Henkel continued to run its business as a range nursery, which was characterized by its many facets. In this context, he always endeavored to find plant innovations with commercial horticultural value. So he took over the general representation of the plant collector Carl Albert Purpus for Europe. In this way, among other things, the newly discovered cork fir abies lasiocarpa var. Arizonica and various cacti came to Europe on the market. Henkel was also a pioneer in the introduction and cultivation of large-flowered chrysanthemums when they were not yet of commercial horticultural importance. Every year he presented his breeding progress at his Chrysanthemum exhibition. This was attended by professionals and the grand-ducal government. He was also a pioneer in the field of aquatic plant breeding, especially water lilies . At that time there were only very few commercial gardeners in Germany who cultivated larger assortments of aquatic plants. Tree nursery was also one of the Henkel nursery's areas of expertise. When the annual meeting of the German Dendrological Society met in Darmstadt in 1898 , Henkel was a member of the four-person local committee that organized the event.

Honors, awards and honorary positions

Due to the reputation of his company, Henkel not only remained a supplier to the Hessian court. In 1896 he was also appointed purveyor to the court of the Queen of England and in 1897 of the Emperor of Russia . After visiting the international horticultural exhibition in Saint Petersburg in May 1899 as a delegate of the Hessian government, he was awarded the Order of Saint Stanislaus 3rd class by the Russian Emperor . In addition to his full-time occupation, Henkel held numerous honorary positions: in 1892 he founded the commercial gardening association for Darmstadt and the surrounding area and was chairman. In the Association of Commercial Gardeners in Germany, he was a representative of the “Grand Duchy of Hesse and Hesse-Nassau” group. Finally, in 1898, he was elected city councilor of the then Hessian state capital Darmstadt. As such, he was a member of several local government commissions and numerous associations promoting horticultural and charitable purposes. He was also a member of the supervisory board of Darmstädter Volksbank .

The Henkel nursery after his death

Henkel nursery, Neuwiese - Glasberg, Roßdörfer Str. 199, Darmstadt, 1907

After Henkel's death, his wife Lina, his brother Friedrich and his two sisters Marie and Elisabeth continued the business unchanged. Henkel had previously made its three siblings shareholders or authorized signatories in good time . The Henkel nursery was represented for German tree nurseries at the Paris World Exhibition in 1900 . The company also exhibited at numerous other exhibitions, such as B. the Frankfurt bindery exhibition, the exhibition of the German Dahlia Society and the general horticultural exhibition in Darmstadt 1905.

The move of the nursery from Herdweg 53 to Roßdörfer Str. 199 is documented in the Darmstadt address books in the 1904 and 1905 editions. As early as March 1902, the almost 64,000 m² area in the Neuwiese area, which was then part of the Bessungen district, was leased for a period of 30 years. The annual rent was 1,000 marks.

On June 10, 1907, the art and commercial gardening “Heinrich Henkel Hofbouqet Lieferant zu Darmstadt” was converted into the “Großgärtnerei Henkel, limited liability company”. The company consisted of Lina and Friedrich Henkel, Jakob Wilhelm Krause, Sebastian Eckler and Friedrich Koch. It had a share capital of 120,000 marks . While Friedrich Henkel remained the professional managing director as the garden architect, Jakob Wilhelm Krause was responsible for the commercial part. The sisters Marie and Elisabeth Henkel were compensated. In 1910 Lina and Friedrich Henkel left the GmbH, which continued to operate under the name Großgärtnerei Henkel. In the following years there were still some changes in the management and shareholders until the company was dissolved on January 8, 1923. Friedrich Koch was appointed liquidator .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hessisches Staatsarchiv Darmstadt, Darmstadt District Court (G 28 Darmstadt), Voluntary Jurisdiction, City of Darmstadt, Family Law Matters City of Darmstadt (without Bessungen), Letter H, F 1758/6 (Ed.): Acts of the Grand Ducal District Court Darmstadt I: Estate of the widow of Art and trade gardener Heinrich Henkel Katharina born. Allendorf to Darmstadt .
  2. ^ Ernst L. Haeger: Pedigree Degen / Henkel . In: Hessische Familiengeschichtliche Vereinigung, Darmstadt (ed.): Letter from the Hessische Familiengeschichtliche Vereinigung of December 8, 2010 .
  3. ↑ Hessisches Staatsarchiv Darmstadt, Biographical Information (S 1), letters H - J, letters Hen - Henp, D 8 No. 231 / 7a, D 8 No. 231 / 7b. And in: Government Gazette 1872, Supplement 45, p. 366 (Ed.): List of court craftsmen, court artists and court suppliers: Appointment as court bouquet supplier on September 21, 1872 .
  4. ↑ a b Hessisches Staatsarchiv Darmstadt, Darmstadt District Court (G 28 Darmstadt), Voluntary Jurisdiction, City of Darmstadt, Family Law Matters City of Darmstadt (without Bessungen), Letter H, F 1760/24 (Ed.): Acts of the Grand Ducal District Court Darmstadt I: Nachlass des Art and trade gardener Heinrich Henkel II zu Darmstadt .
  5. ↑ Obituary . In: Darmstädter Zeitung . No.  453 , November 18, 1899, p. 2186 ( online ).
  6. ↑ a b c d O. Massias: Obituary Heinrich Henkel . In: Die Gartenwelt: Illustrated weekly paper for all horticulture . No. 11 , 1899, pp. 130-131 ( online ).
  7. ↑ HF Rehnelt: Fuchsia 'In memory of Heinrich Henkel' . In: Die Gartenwelt: Illustrated weekly paper for all horticulture . No. 27 , 1901, pp. 313-314 ( online ).
  8. ↑ Darmstadt City Archives, Older Registration Register (Hrsg.): Registration sheet Großherzogliches Polizeiamt Darmstadt zu Henkel, Heinrich Friedrich .
  9. ^ Archive of the city of Bensheim (ed.): Fire register excerpts, construction plans, photographs of the former nursery of Brother Christian Henkel, registration files .
  10. ↑ HR Jung: Horticultural travel sketches . In: Die Gartenwelt: Illustrated weekly paper for all horticulture . No. 9 , 1897, pp. 106-108 ( online ).
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  12. ↑ Max Hesdörffer: History of the day . In: Die Gartenwelt: Illustrated weekly paper for all horticulture . No. 9 , 1897, pp. 108 ( online ).
  13. ↑ Max Hesdörffer: History of the day . In: Die Gartenwelt: Illustrated weekly paper for all horticulture . No. 11 , 1898, p. 132 ( online ).
  14. ↑ Max Hesdörffer: Aquatic Plants . Planted aquariums . In: Die Gartenwelt: Illustrated weekly paper for all horticulture . No. 46 , 1898, pp. 541-545 ( online ).
  15. ^ CK Schneider: Aquatic Plants. More valuable and newer aquatic plants . In: Die Gartenwelt: Illustrated weekly paper for all horticulture . No. 52 , 1899, pp. 619-621 ( online ).
  16. ^ CK Schneider: Aquatic Plants. More valuable and newer aquatic plants . In: Die Gartenwelt: Illustrated weekly paper for all horticulture . No. 11 , 1899, pp. 67-69 ( online ).
  17. ↑ Max Hesdörffer: Upcoming exhibitions . In: Die Gartenwelt: Illustrated weekly paper for all horticulture . No. 24 , 1898, pp. 288 ( online ).
  18. ↑ L. Beißner: From the clubs . In: Die Gartenwelt: Illustrated weekly paper for all horticulture . No. 47 , 1898, p. 562-564 ( online ).
  19. ^ Announcements of the German Dendrological Society 1898 . Annual meeting in Darmstadt. No.  7 , p. 340 f .
  20. ↑ Max Hesdörffer: Awards . In: Hessdörffers monthly books for flower and garden friends . No. 2 , 1896, p. 71 ( online ).
  21. ↑ Max Hesdörffer: personal messages . In: Hessdörffers monthly books for flower and garden friends . No. 11 , 1897, p. 455 ( online ).
  22. ↑ Max Hesdörffer: History of the day . In: Die Gartenwelt: Illustrated weekly paper for all horticulture . No. 7 , 1898, p. 84 ( online ).
  23. ^ August Siebert: Heinrich Henkel . In: Die Gartenflora, magazine for garden and flower studies . 1899, p. 629-631 ( online ).
  24. ↑ Max Hesdörffer: personal messages . In: Die Gartenwelt: Illustrated weekly paper for all horticulture . No. 14 , 1899, pp. 168 ( online ).
  25. ↑ Max Hesdörffer: Commercial and Cooperative Register . In: Die Gartenwelt: Illustrated weekly paper for all horticulture . No. 10 , 1898, p. 120 ( online ).
  26. ^ World Exhibition in Paris 1900. Official catalog of the exhibition of the German Empire . Commissioned by JA Stargardt, Berlin 1900, p.  229 ( online ).
  27. ↑ Max Hesdörffer: Day History, World's Fair, Paris . In: Die Gartenwelt, illustrated weekly paper for the entire horticultural sector . No. 33 , 1900, pp. 395-396 ( online ).
  28. ↑ Max Hesdörffer: exhibition reports. The general German binding art exhibition in Frankfurt a. M. In: The garden world: Illustrated weekly paper for the entire horticultural sector . No. 41 , 1900, pp. 487-492 ( online ).
  29. ↑ Alb. Ortmann: Exhibition reports. The exhibition of the German Dahlia Society in Frankfurt a. From September 14th to 16th . In: Die Gartenwelt: Illustrated weekly paper for all horticulture . No. 3 , 1900, p. 31-34 ( online ).
  30. ↑ Max Hesdörffer: exhibition reports. The general horticultural exhibition in Darmstadt . In: Die Gartenwelt: Illustrated weekly paper for all horticulture . No. 50 , 1905, pp. 589-592 ( online ).
  31. ^ Bureau of the Grand Ducal Police Office (ed.): Address book of the capital and residence city of Darmstadt for 1904 . Verlag von Arnold Bergsträßers Hofbuchhandlung, 1904, p. 78 ( online ).
  32. ^ Bureau of the Grand Ducal Police Office (ed.): Address book of the capital and residence city of Darmstadt for 1905 . Verlag von Arnold Bergsträßers Hofbuchhandlung, 1905, p. 84 ( online ).
  33. ↑ a b Hessisches Staatsarchiv Darmstadt, Darmstadt District Court (G 28 Darmstadt), Register files Darmstadt, R 429 (Ed.): Register files of the Grand Ducal District Court Darmstadt I: Company: Großgärtnerei Henkel, limited liability company, Darmstadt .
personal data
SURNAME Henkel, Heinrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Henkel II., Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German art and trade gardener
DATE OF BIRTH August 20, 1850
PLACE OF BIRTH Bensheim
DATE OF DEATH November 16, 1899
Place of death Goettingen