Hubert Dormagen
Hubert August Dormagen (born April 23, 1806 in Cologne ; † June 1, 1886 there ) was a German doctor , art collector and donor .
Dormagen studied and did his doctorate in medicine in Bonn . Then, in 1834, he practiced as a general practitioner, surgeon and obstetrician in Cologne.
He continuously expanded a collection of important works that he had taken over from a friend. He bequeathed his fortune to the city of Cologne on condition that it be used to build a home for the disabled . This was only established in 1913 in Cologne-Weidenpesch under the name “Foundation Dr. Dormagen ”opened. In 1926 a “workshop house” was added, named after its founder Anton Guffanti . It served as a home for apprentices and enabled inter-company vocational training.
Today, the Dr. Dormagen-Guffanti as a fully inpatient facility for people with disabilities in Cologne-Longerich . The Dr. Dormagen-Guffanti-Stiftung awards an annual grant to artists whose work has a positive impact on disabled people.
Hubert Dormagen died on June 1st, 1886 and was buried in Cologne's Melaten cemetery (hallway 5). The bronze medallion on the grave slab was made by Wilhelm Albermann in 1888.
The Dormagen art collection is now in the Wallraf-Richartz Museum .
Web links
- City Disability Center Dr. Dormagen-Guffanti, Cologne-Longerich
- Scholarship from the Dr. Dormagen Guffanti Foundation
Individual evidence
- ^ Ulrich S. Soénius (Ed.), Jürgen Wilhelm (Ed.): Kölner Personen-Lexikon. Greven, Cologne 2007, ISBN 978-3-7743-0400-0 .
- ^ Josef Abt, Johann Ralf Beines, Celia Körber-Leupold: Melaten - Cologne graves and history . Greven, Cologne 1997, ISBN 3-7743-0305-3 , p. 172
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Dormagen, Hubert |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Dormagen, Hubert August |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German doctor, art collector and donor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 23, 1806 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cologne |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 1, 1886 |
| Place of death | Cologne |