Helene Escher-von Stürler

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Hélène Escher-von Stürler, Portrait of Boleslaw von Szankowski (1908)

Hélène Adèle Cécile Escher-von Stürler (born August 30, 1873 in Jegenstorf ; † November 21, 1908 in Munich ) was a Bernese patrician who resisted the role intended for her and broke out. She was the lover of the painter Boleslaw von Szankowski and a feminist in the Munich bohemian community .

Life

Hélène Adèle Cécile Escher-von Stürler was the third of six children of the couple Eduard Rudolf Ludwig Alexander von Stürler (1844–1912) and his wife Hélène Julie Sophie nee Marcuard (1844–1895). She grew up with her younger siblings at Jegenstorf Castle , which belonged to her father. Her sister Marie Elisabeth died in 1943 as a result of unfortunate chains during a military women's service . Her brother Arthur von Stürler (1874–1934) inherited the castle and was its last private owner.

Hélène received the usual education for girls of high society. At the age of 22, she appropriately married the Zurich silk manufacturer Heinrich Escher, who was almost 20 years her senior . With this she moved to Milan as a young woman and gave birth to her two sons Eduard (1896–1949) and Alfredo (1898–1975). The marriage soon went into crisis. Hélène Escher had a different conception of marriage than her husband and twice entered into an extramarital love affair. After Hélènes Escher was forcibly interned in a psychiatric clinic by her husband, the couple divorced in 1903 after almost eight years of marriage upon mutual request. Hélène von Stürler's fate was similar to that of Lydia Welti-Escher from Zurich, who was 15 years her senior .

In 1906 Hélène Escher-von Stürler moved to Munich and was presumably the lover of the Polish painter Boleslaw von Szankowski . She has been portrayed by him several times, and she favored him in her will. She gave birth to her third son Edmond (1907–1990) in Munich. Whether he was Szankowski's son remains to be seen. The father's name is unknown. Presumably the mother deliberately kept silent about it and thus joined the practice of other feminists of the Munich bohemian , such as Countess Franziska zu Reventlow . On November 21, 1908, Hélène Escher-von Stürler committed suicide at the age of 35; she shot herself with a revolver. The newspapers reported that she was paranoid. When she died, she left behind an illegitimate son and debts, which were, however, covered by the proceeds of her estate . The son was given up for adoption in Zurich .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Burial of Marie Elisabeth de Serguess-von Stürler. In: Die Berner Woche, 1943, issue 4, p. 91
personal data
SURNAME Stürler, Helene Escher-von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stürler, Hélène Escher-von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bernese patrician
DATE OF BIRTH August 30, 1873
PLACE OF BIRTH Jegenstorf
DATE OF DEATH November 21, 1908
Place of death Munich