Karl Ferdinand Thewalt
Karl Ferdinand Thewalt (born June 12, 1833 in Aachen , † August 1, 1902 in Cologne ) was a Prussian local politician and art collector in Cologne.
Life
Thewalt was the son of district judge Karl Georg Thewalt and his wife Leontine, geb. Winkens, and grew up in Aachen. After school, he took up the civil service career and studied. He then successfully completed his legal clerkship in his hometown from 1862 to 1864 .
On August 25, 1865 Thewalt councilor in municipal executive of the Mayor of Cologne and remained this for re-election on March 21, 1877 to August 25, 1901. He was in charge of commercial, technical and cultural tasks. As chairman of the Gürzenich Commission, among other things, he was responsible for assigning carnival dates in the Gürzenich Hall . As a private citizen, he built up a large art collection.
Thewalt died in 1902 at the age of 69 and was buried in the Melatenfriedhof in Cologne (Hall 17 (B)). His collection was auctioned from November 4 to 14, 1903 at the Kunsthaus Lempertz for 1,150,000 gold marks.
literature
- Thomas Deres: The councilors in Cologne up to the turn of the century . In: Cologne in the Empire. Studies on becoming a modern big city shVerlag, Cologne 2010, ISBN 978-3-89498-163-1 , pp. 79-99, Thewalt u. a. on p. 97 f.
- Werner Schäfke : Kunsthaus Lempertz - A Cultural History , DuMont Buchverlag , Cologne 2015, ISBN 978-3-8321-9487-1 , pp. 194-200
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Thomas Deres: The councilors college in Cologne up to the turn of the century . In: Cologne in the Empire. Studies on becoming a modern big city shVerlag, Cologne 2010, ISBN 978-3-89498-163-1 , p. 97 f.
- ^ Secret State Archives of Prussian Cultural Heritage, I. HA Rep. 125, No. 5010 [1]
- ↑ Latest communications, Volume VIII. No. 50. Ed .: Dr. jur. O. Hammann. Berlin, Friday, June 28, 1889. [2]
- ↑ Schäfke, p. 194
- ^ Indiana Tribune, Volume 26, Number 18, Indianapolis, Marion County, September 12, 1902, p. 6 [3]
- ^ J. Niesen: Thewalt auction , in: Kölner Tageblatt November 17, 1903
- ^ Peter Hanstein: Catalog of the extensive, posthumous art collection of Mr. Karl Thewalt in Cologne ... ; Auction in Cologne, November 4-14, 1903 in the hall of the civil society, Verlag Lempertz, Cologne 1903
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Thewalt, Karl Ferdinand |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Thewalt, Carl Ferdinand |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prussian local politician and art collector |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 12, 1833 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Aachen |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 1, 1902 |
| Place of death | Cologne |