Julius Schottländer

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Tomb of the Julius Schottländer family

Julius Schottländer ( March 16, 1835 in Münsterberg , Province of Silesia - January 1, 1911 in Breslau ) was a landowner and the first and only Jewish majorate in Germany. He distinguished himself as a generous philanthropist and benefactor .

family

Name board of the Scottish family crypt

Julius Schottländer was married to Anna nee Galewski (born July 31, 1846 in Brieg ; † January 20, 1911 in Breslau). From this marriage came the son Paul Schottländer (1870-1938), later doctor of philosophy and honorary senator of the University of Breslau . One of the four daughters was Herta married Pringsheim , married Isenbart (June 30, 1871, † 1918), later builder of the Bühlerhöhe luxury hotel originally planned as an officer's convalescent home .

Life

By 1900 Julius Schottländer was the wealthiest citizen of Wroclaw. He owned a manor in Althofdürr , as well as the villages and estates Wessig (since 1945 Wysoka ), Grünhübel (today as Bledzów part of the village of beggars ), Alt Schliesa ( Stary Ślęszów ), Eckersdorf ( Biestrzyków ), Karowahne ( Karwiany ) and Cawallen ( Kowale , now part of Wroclaw). Schottländer owned the Hartlieb rule in Silesia , which included twelve estates with a total area of ​​1840 hectares. He also owned about 30 houses in Breslau and a steam brickworks in Friedewalde . He left his children with a fortune of over 50 million marks .

Julius Schottländer held numerous offices in the Jewish community in Breslau . Around 1901, Breslau made him an honorary citizen. He died in 1911 and was buried in the family vault in the old Jewish cemetery in Wroclaw . After his death, a street in Breslau was named after Scottish people.

Foundations (extract)

  • Südpark in Breslau (built between 1882 and 1890)
  • Jewish care center for the elderly and the long-term sick at Neudorfstrasse No. 35 in Breslau (built in 1896)

Honors

literature

  • Jakob Guttmann : Commemorative speech on the bier of Mr. Julius Schottländer. o. O. 1911. (not evaluated)
  • Josef Joachim Menzel (Ed.): Breslauer Juden 1850–1945. St. Augustin 1990, pp. 88-88.

Individual proof

  1. ↑ Karlheinz Spielmann: Honorary Citizens and Honors in Past and Present, a documentation on German and Central European history. Volume I, self-published, Dortmund 1967, p. 132
personal data
SURNAME Schottländer, Julius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German landowner
DATE OF BIRTH March 16, 1835
PLACE OF BIRTH Münsterberg , Province of Silesia
DATE OF DEATH January 1, 1911
Place of death Wroclaw