Karl Otto Jakob Ewich

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Karl Otto Jakob Ewich (born February 13, 1814 in Barmen (now part of Wuppertal ), † August 29, 1894 in Cologne, buried on September 1, 1894 in Burgbrohl ) was a German doctor , balneologist and ducal Saxon court advisor .

Live and act

Ewich was the son of Johann Jakob Ewich (1788–1863) and Eleonore Karoline Jakobine Seibels (1787–1878).

Ewich studied at Bonn and Halle and became a doctor in Halle in 1842 . From 1842 he was a general practitioner in Barmen. Between 1848 and 1849 he practiced as a district doctor in Waldbreitbach , Neuwied district. On Schloss Burgbrohl , which had bought his father in 1845, Ewich turned his country doctor practice one. On May 18, 1849, he married Magarethe Josefa Hertmanni in Hönningen (born July 31, 1811).

Castle and village Burgbrohl 1852 - lithograph by H. von Dirks

Efforts for a "health spa Heilbronn bei Brohl"

From the very beginning, Ewich used mineral water from his own castle fountain and the healing fountain in Pöntertal (also called Helpert , first mentioned as a source in 1501 - see also: Tönisstein monastery ruins ) to treat numerous diseases . Through the success of these mineral waters Ewich set itself the task, the project of the Elector Clemens August to renew, in Brohltal to create a large bathroom. In October 1849 Ewich received the official license to open a " Curhaus " in Burgbrohl Castle .

Burgbrohl (today)

Ewich presented his efforts to build a spa in the Brohl valley to the general public in 1852 with the publication of his book Der Führer am Laacher-See u. through the Brohlthal: With observations on the properties u. therapeutic effects of Heilbronn (see literature). Ewich used this Brohl valley guide to report in detail about the properties and therapeutic effects of the healing well - thirty years before Pastor Kneipp's water cures  . The Helpert should be made the focus of the spa to be founded. Ewich achieved in 1850 that the Helpert's tenants resumed shipping well water. In 1852, 24,000 jugs were dispatched. The only problem was the fact that the Helpert could only be reached on foot from Schweppenburg ; it was never upgraded to a driveway. In 1853 Ewich moved his sphere of activity to Cologne, but did not neglect his efforts to establish a health resort in and around Burgbrohl. Because as early as the middle of 1854 Ewich presented detailed plans for the establishment of his "Heilbronn bei Brohl" spa in a 25-page document. Due to his good relations with the Prussian royal family, Ewich achieved an official examination of his project. In December 1855 a seven-member commission traveled to the Brohl valley. The commission came to a positive result and asked the king to expand a road from the Brohl valley to the source. Despite all the progress made in the project, Ewich had not succeeded in leasing the springs in Tönisstein, the Helpert and the Keller-Brunnen for itself until 1854 . For the public auction of the springs by the Prussian tax authorities, Ewich teamed up with the Brohl stone and trassender Dominicus Zervas, who was to bid on his behalf, so that Ewich would have become a co-tenant. But Zervas made a different decision three hours before the auction date and only bought the sources for himself. In spite of this disappointment, Ewich initiated the establishment of a “Actien-Verein zur Use Rheinpreussischer Quellen”, in which well-known bankers and industrialists (including Dominicus Zervas) came together. In July 1857, a consortium of the association submitted a prospectus for the formation of the "Kurbad Heilbronn bei Brohl " with a share capital of 1,000,000 thalers with a 10% stake from the government. Unfortunately, the drawing result did not meet expectations. The government in Koblenz now favored the development of the springs in the spa town of Neuenahr . Ewich continued to fight relentlessly and in August 1859 submitted a memorandum in which he suggested Tönisstein for a health resort. Mud baths should be administered there in the future. After the opening of the railway on the left bank of the Rhine, Ewich saw great opportunities for the health resort Tönisstein. Again Dominicus Zervas intervened with his son-in-law Baron Roderich von Mengershausen. They drew a number of suggestions from Ewich's memorandum. In 1861 they rebuilt the dilapidated Kurhaus in Tönisstein. In the following twenty years the spa town of Tönisstein was mainly visited by Dutch spa guests. In 1884 (when the lease contract expired) the spa business was closed due to a lack of profit. In 1886 the properties were bought by the entrepreneur August Thyssen . In 1891, the mineral water company was sold to the Kerstiens family, who have remained in the possession to this day and operate under the name of Tönissteiner Privatbrunnen .

Further work

After leaving the Brohl valley in Cologne, Ewich worked not only as a doctor for the poor, railroad and cash register but also as a mineral water manufacturer, and in the meantime had been appointed councilor. In addition to the practice, he dealt with balneological , geological and hygienic studies . In 1861 Ewich set up a drinking hall for mineral water in Cologne's city garden . In 1866 he took over a bookshop and publishing company from his father Johann Jakob Ewich. After all its efforts, the Ewich spa dream never really came true. In 1877 Ewich was one of the founding members of the "International Association against Pollution of Rivers, Soil and Air" , of which Ewich was temporarily chairman. At his request, Ewich was buried in the evangelical cemetery of the Niederbreisig community .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Lothar Alter: The evangelical cemetery in Niederbreisig - Rheineck district in Brohl-Lützing, chronological order of burials 1861–1996 , as of January 1, 2003
  2. ↑ a b J. Pagel: Biographical Lexicon of Outstanding Physicians of the Nineteenth Century. With a historical introduction . Berlin, 1901, column 481, Ewich Karl Otto Jakob; Zeno.org
  3. ↑ Ewich family tree ( Memento of the original dated February 3, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. by Anne Gerling, www.weiss-der-kuckuck.de @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.weiss-der-kuckuck.de
  4. ^ Leo Stausberg: Kurfürstliches Bad Tönisstein - historical study published in the homeland yearbook of the Ahrweiler district, 1962 edition, p. 162
  5. ↑ a b c d e f Carl Bertram Hommen: The short dream of the “Heilbronn spa near Brohl” . In: Das Breisiger Ländchen - With Vinxtbach and Brohltal / History and stories from 2000 years . Verlag JB Bachem, Cologne, 1985, p. 112 ff
  6. ↑ Maria Gromke: A good 300 years ago, mineral water was shipped in stoneware jugs from Tönisstein . In: Heimatjahrbuch des Kreis Ahrweiler , 1997 edition, p. 147
  7. ↑ Heike Müller: Monument value and potential use of the city garden in Cologne - inventory analysis, assessment, development concept. ( Memento of the original from February 2, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 377 kB) Diploma thesis, Technical University of Dresden, Faculty of Architecture, Institute for Landscape Architecture, teaching and research area History of Landscape Architecture and Garden Monument Preservation, Part 1, Item 2.2.3: Uses of the city garden created by Strauss @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.prostadtgarten.de
  8. ↑ Archive for Balneology Councilor Dr. Spengler, Verlag der JH Heuser'schen Buchhandlung, Neuwied, 1862, 1st volume, 1st issue, p. 282
  9. ^ Karl Friedrich Pfau :  Bagel . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 46, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1902, p. 185 f. - Takeover of the bookstore from JJ Ewich in Duisburg
  10. ↑ Invitation to the 6th meeting of the International Association against Pollution of Rivers, Soil and Air from 16./17. September 1888  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / nachlass-karl-buecher.ub.uni-leipzig.de  
  11. ↑ Intelligenzblatt the general literature newspaper , in January 1843, column 4
  12. ↑ Archive for Balneology Councilor Dr. Spengler, Verlag der JH Heuser'schen Buchhandlung, Neuwied, 1862, 1st volume, 1st issue, p. 94
  13. ↑ Archive for Balneology Councilor Dr. Spengler, Verlag der JH Heuser'schen Buchhandlung, Neuwied, 1862, 1st volume, 1st issue, p. 376
  14. ↑ Rational treatment of gout and stone diseases . Verlag von Otto Wigand, Leipzig 1883, p. III
personal data
SURNAME Ewich, Karl Otto Jakob
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ewich, Otto; Ewich, Karl O.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German doctor, balneologist and ducal Saxon councilor
DATE OF BIRTH February 13, 1814
PLACE OF BIRTH Barmen
DATE OF DEATH August 29, 1894
Place of death Cologne