Käthe Pietschker
Käthe Pietschker , née Siemens (born September 23, 1861 in Berlin , † June 16, 1949 in Potsdam ), was a Prussian donor .
Life
Her birth name was Käthe Siemens, she was a daughter of the inventor and entrepreneur Werner (von) Siemens , who was ennobled in 1888 . In October 1884 she married the pastor Karl Pietschker (1846–1906) and brought a handsome dowry with her. In the autumn of 1891 the family was able to move from the Bornstedter rectory to a representative villa on Potsdamer Mühlenberg. Pietschker shaped life as she was used to as a " higher daughter ". Their jour fixe , their readings, lectures and house concerts were popular with many Potsdamers.
Käthe Pietschker was the mother of six children whom she had raised as a widow since 1906. In 1909/10 she had the Pietschker Villa built for her eldest son at Kapellenbergstrasse 12 (today Puschkinallee 12 in Potsdam). Her daughter Charlotte (1885–1970) and her son-in-law Ludwig von Winterfeld , later a board member at Siemens-Schuckert and Siemens & Halske , moved there in 1912 .
Pietschker died on June 16, 1949 and was buried in a large family grave in the Bornstedt cemetery .
Social commitment and foundations
Pietschker got involved in the Kaiser-Friedrichs- Kinderheim, which Empress Victoria had donated. She worked on the board since 1888 and was the first chairwoman of the foundation from 1910 to 1936. In 1907 she founded a public library for the Bornstedt community .
After her eldest son Werner Alfred had a fatal accident in a self-developed airplane on November 15, 1911 , she donated the Werner-Alfred-Bad to the city of Potsdam . The “ cleaning and public bath ” was opened on December 14, 1913. Her son was very indignant that the city did not have a decent bathing establishment. Your architect Paul Baumgarten had already designed the Villa Pietschker and other buildings for the Zanders family. Pietschker's older sister Anna Zanders (1858–1939) also worked as a donor.
After Pietschker's youngest son Arnold (* 1894) fell on September 6, 1914 at the beginning of the First World War , she set up a convalescent home for seventy war wounded. While the house of the "Lodge Teutonia" was made available to her, she took over the equipment, economic management and the care of the soldiers.
Honors
The Potsdam “ FrauenOrt ” with an information board about Käthe Pietschker is located in front of the Werner-Alfred-Bad at Hegelallee 23. In Potsdam- Fahrland , Käthe-Pietschker-Straße was named after her in 2018 , while Pietschker-Straße with the Airplane reminded son of an accident.
Fonts
Out of my life. Hamburg without a year.
literature
- Bodo von Dewitz : Werner von Siemens. His life, his work and his family. Life's work in pictures. Thomas Helms Verlag , Schwerin 2016. ISBN 978-3-944033-39-6 . Pp. 360-401.
Web links
- Women's places in the state of Brandenburg: Käthe Pietschker . (with photo)
- fliegergraeber.de: Werner Alfred Pietschker (1887–1911) .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bodo von Dewitz : Werner von Siemens. Thomas Helms Verlag Schwerin 2016 ISBN 978-3-944033-39-6 , p. 79
- ^ Arnold Pietschker . (accessed on January 27, 2019)
- ↑ PNN.de : Golm keeps double street names . (March 24, 2018)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pietschker, Kathe |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Siemens, Käthe (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prussian founder |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 23, 1861 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 16, 1949 |
| Place of death | Potsdam |