Hermann Hoffbauer

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Hermann Hoffbauer

Hermann Hoffbauer (born June 30, 1819 in Halberstadt , † January 4, 1884 ) was a German businessman , industrialist and founder .

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Hermann Hoffbauer's father was a businessman. Around 1840 Hermann moved to Berlin . There he met his wife Clara Becker (1830–1909), who was the daughter of the wealthy Kommerzienrat Ludwig Becker. They married on October 6, 1850. The couple remained childless.

Hermann Hoffbauer founded a carpet factory with his brother-in-law Emil Becker in 1856 . With Emil Becker and the technician Anton Funk, Hermann Hoffbauer had a patent dated December 6, 1865 for a mechanical loom . He was purveyor to the court of the Prussian king and secret councilor of commerce . In 1873 Hermann Bauer Hoff founded a for its employees health insurance and provident fund .

In 1870 the Hoffbauer couple moved to Potsdam in the Havelhaus on the Tornow peninsula . While still alive, the couple was planning Hoffbauer the establishment of a foundation and put it in 1878 in his will established. Hermann Hoffbauer was Ernst von Bergmann's patient in Potsdam . He is said to have supported him in drafting the will. Despite Bergmann's multiple surgical interventions, Hermann Hoffbauer died of cancer . The disease is said to have been diagnosed on or after a trade trip to Alexandria . Deaconesses are said to have taken care of the care, which was one of the reasons for the testamentary foundation.

After Herrmann Hoffbauer died in 1884, his wife continued to implement the project and founded the Hoffbauer Foundation , inaugurated on June 30, 1901, Hermann's birthday . The foundation was endowed with a fortune of 6 million marks and several buildings. The Tornow in the south of Potsdam, where the Hoffbauer couple lived and where the foundation grounds are located, was renamed Hermannswerder . Furthermore, one street is called Hermannswerder.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Official Journal of the Prussian Government in Erfurt . Born in 1866. p. 8.
  2. ^ Official journal of the royal government in Merseburg . 1865. p. 417.
  3. ^ A b Arend Buchholtz: Ernst von Bergmann . Salzwasser-Verlag . P. 585.
  4. ↑ History of the School . Published on evgym.de . Accessed March 3, 2019.
  5. ^ Andreas Kitschke: The churches of the Potsdam cultural landscape . Lukas Publishing House . P. 262. ISBN 978-3-86732-248-5 .
  6. ^ Maren Richter, Winfried Sträter: Potsdam . The historical travel guide. Christoph Links Verlag 2015. p. 44. ISBN 978-3-86153-832-5 .
  7. ↑ Clara Hoffbauer . Published on Frauenorte-brandenburg.de. Accessed March 1, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Hoffbauer, Hermann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German businessman and industrialist
DATE OF BIRTH June 30, 1819
PLACE OF BIRTH Halberstadt
DATE OF DEATH January 4, 1884