Johannes Vahldiek

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Johannes Vahldiek (born September 12, 1839 in Braunschweig , † January 22, 1914 in Eutin ) (more rarely Johannes Vahldieck ) was a German painter and fruit grower .

Life

Apple variety "Holsteiner Cox"

Vahldiek was born the son of a master tailor. In 1877 he went to Eutin, where he married Charlotte Ross in 1878, whose dowry offered both a secure existence. His wife was active in the social field, among other things.

Shortly after his arrival in Eutin, Johannes Vahldiek began to grow fruit - especially apples. The best-known result was Vahldiek's seedling no. 3 (a seedling of the Cox Orange ), which was later named " Holsteiner Cox " and is now one of the main cultivation varieties in Schleswig-Holstein .

As a member of the Literary Society , he was one of the initiators of the establishment of the 1890 inaugurated monument to Carl Maria von Weber in today's Carl Maria von Weber Hain , whose creation by the at the time still little known Schwartau sculptor Paul Pete Rich on his Support (by exhibiting his works) decreased. In the same year he was one of the initiators of the construction of the Eutin Kaiser Wilhelm Tower .

Vahldiek also worked as a painter. From around 1875 he took private lessons from painters from Düsseldorf , from Johannes Gehrts and from Christian Ludwig Bokelmann . In 1882 Vahldiek exhibited pictures at the art exhibition in the Kunsthalle Bremen . Vahldieck was considered a wealthy eccentric who only sold a picture once in his life. The art collection he bequeathed to the Reich was auctioned off at R. Lepke in Berlin in 1916 in favor of a Reichsmarinestiftung. Some of his pictures are now in the Ostholstein Museum Eutin ; the whereabouts of many are unknown.

Others

Street sign "Vahldiekstraße" (with additional sign) in Eutin
Street sign "Charlottenstraße" (with additional sign) in Eutin

After Vahldiek's death there was a dispute over the interpretation of the (now invalid) will, in which a considerable fortune was bequeathed to the German Reich - in the end, the estate of the Navy Foundation, which provided the funds for acquisition , was transferred by cabinet order of Kaiser Wilhelm II of the hotel "Holsteinische Schweiz" started. In July 1918 it was opened as the Princess Adalbert Marine Convalescence Home as the first rest home in Germany for NCOs and naval ranks.

"Vahldiekstraße" is named after Johannes Vahldiek in Eutin , and the neighboring "Charlottenstraße" is named after his wife († July 25, 1902) - there is also the "Vahldieksweg".

literature

  • Hansjürgen Vahldiek: Johannes and Charlotte Vahldiek's footsteps in Eutin. In: Jahrbuch für Heimatkunde. ( Heimatverband Eutin ), Eutin 1998, pp. 13-17.
  • Gustav Peters: Charlotte Vahldiek. in: Blätter für Heimatkunde - Eutin. Eutin 1956 (p. 59).
  • Gustav Peters: Johannes Vahldiek. in: Blätter für Heimatkunde - Eutin. Eutin 1956 (p. 88).
Publications
  • Johannes Vahldiek: Sales catalog of the Joh. Vahldiek-Eutin art collection: antiques, paintings by old and new masters, copper engravings. Rudolph Lepke's art auction house, Berlin around 1916, DNB 997391030 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Museum Kunstpalast : Artists from the Düsseldorf School of Painting (selection, as of November 2016, PDF )
  2. ↑ The Princess Adalbert Naval Convalescent Homes. In: Die Woche , number 29, 20th year. Published by August Scherl GmbH, Berlin 1918
personal data
SURNAME Vahldiek, Johannes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter and fruit grower
DATE OF BIRTH September 12, 1839
PLACE OF BIRTH Braunschweig
DATE OF DEATH January 22, 1914
Place of death Eutin