Heinrich von Wittgenstein
Johann Heinrich Franz von Wittgenstein , often just Heinrich von Wittgenstein , (born April 20, 1797 in Cologne , † March 29, 1869 there ) was a German entrepreneur and politician .
Life
Wittgenstein was born in Cologne in 1797 to Johann Jakob von Wittgenstein (1754–1823) and Theresia, née Haes (1758–1835). His father was a lawyer, businessman, banker and politician in Cologne, he held the office of mayor of Cologne several times and was also mayor of Cologne during the French era . His grandfather Melchior Dittmar von Wittgenstein held the office of mayor of Cologne for the first time in the family .
Heinrich von Wittgenstein was married to a daughter of the banker Abraham Schaaffhausen .
As an entrepreneur, Heinrich von Wittgenstein was chairman of the supervisory board of the Cöln-Mindener Eisenbahn . In his hometown of Cologne he was President of the Poor Administration. He was a friend and sponsor of the Cologne Carnival and Cologne Cathedral . After the founding of the association, he became the first president of the Cologne Carnival Festival Committee of 1823 eV in Cologne. As president of the festival committees and the poor administration, he tried to use the proceeds of the carnival to support the poor in Cologne. Likewise, the newly founded Zentral-Dombau-Verein zu Cologne elected him as its first president in 1842. He held the office of President of the Central Cathedral Building Association until May 1843. In 1848 he finally became district president in Cologne .
Since 1845 Wittgenstein had his summer residence in the Wittgenstein House in Roisdorf, which was newly built for him .
literature
- Hasso von Wedel: Heinrich von Wittgenstein (1797–1869) - entrepreneur and politician in Cologne, Rhine-Westphalia. Economic archive, Cologne 1981.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Historical Archive Cologne - death register 1869 vol. 03 page 298 [1]
- ↑ Konrad Adenauer / Volker Gröbe, Streets and Squares in Lindenthal , JP Bachem Verlag, Cologne 1992, ISBN 3-7616-1018-1 , p. 166
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wittgenstein, Heinrich von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wittgenstein, Johann Heinrich Franz von; Wittgenstein, Johann Franz Heinrich Anton von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German entrepreneur and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 20, 1797 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cologne |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 29, 1869 |
| Place of death | Cologne |