Isaac Loew Königswarter

Grave of Königswarter and his wife

Isaac Löw Königswarter (born September 5, 1818 in Frankfurt am Main ; † January 30, 1877 there ) was a German banker and patron .

Origin and family

Königswarter was born as the son of the banker Marcus Jonas Königswarter (1770–1850) and his wife Jeanette, b. Herschheimer born. Isaac was married to Elisabeth Lieben (1827–1877) from Prague. She was related to him because Isaac's grandfather Jonas Hirsch Königswarter was Elisabeth Lieben's maternal great-grandfather.

job

Together with his brother Zacharias Königswarter, he was a partner in the banking business founded by his father in Frankfurt.

Foundation of the Israelite Hospital

The hospital donated by Königswarter

In 1872 Königswarter donated 200,000 guilders to the Frankfurt Israelite community for the construction of a modern Jewish hospital. The construction of this facility began in 1873, and in 1875 it was opened as Königswarter Hospital in Grünen Weg 26. In 1879 the Green Way was renamed Königswarter Straße in honor of the founder. In 1914 the hospital was enlarged and moved to Gagernstrasse 16. Today (2013) the Rotes Kreuz Clinic of the Frankfurter Rotkreuz-Hospitals eV is located on the premises in Königswarter Straße

literature

• Hans-Otto Schembs: Jewish patrons and donors in Frankfurt am Main . 2007 ISBN 3782905660
• Kuratorium für Jüdische Geschichte (Ed.): The History of Frankfurt's Jews since the French Revolution, Volume 2 . 2008 ISBN 3792901307

Web links

• Literature by and about Isaac Löw Königswarter in the catalog of the German National Library
• Jewish nursing history in Frankfurt