Klävemann Foundation Oldenburg
| Klaevemann Foundation | |
|---|---|
| Legal form: | Municipal foundation |
| Purpose: | Creation of affordable housing |
| Chair: | City Council of Oldenburg |
| Consist: | since June 12, 1871 |
| Founder: | Carl Hermann Klävemann 1816–1872; Johann Dietrich Klävemann 1814–1889 |
| Foundation capital: | 314 residential units plus land |
| Seat: | Oldenburg (Olbg) |
| Website: | www.oldenburg.de |
After the Fuggerei in Augsburg, the Klävemann Foundation is the second oldest foundation of its kind in Germany. The founder, Carl Hermann Klävemann (1816–1872) was a merchant and councilor in Oldenburg and after his death left the Bäverbäksweide (21 bushel seeds = 17,871 m²), located on the Donnerschweer Chaussee, and 50,000 Taler Courant to establish a foundation.
The foundation was supplemented by Dietrich Klävemann (1814–1889), City Director of Varel . In his will he bequeathed 150,000 marks and the gallows field with a size of 5.1906 hectares to the foundation .
Family history background
The Klävemann family is first mentioned in a document in 1311, referring to Garvich Clevemann , land knight from Hatten / Borgloh. The Klävemann Castle was destroyed around 1420 - probably during a dispute between the Counts of Hoya and the Counts of Oldenburg . In 1428 Johann Clevemann - as mentioned in a document - moved into his residence behind the Oldenburg Castle and rose to the position of mayor in the middle of the 15th century . His son was already a councilor of the city of Oldenburg in 1511.
In 1676 the family lost their home again through fire and settled at the traffic jam in Oldenburg. One of the largest trading houses in Oldenburg was built here. The Klävemann family mainly traded in grain. The merchant Johann Christopher Klävemann developed a flourishing business in the 18th century. The Klävemann family work with foresight and have so much influence in cultural, social, political and urban matters. The sons of Johann Christopher Klävemann were municipal excise leaseholders, commercial entrepreneurs and councilors. Johann Dietrich Klävemann (1769–1857) was also a member of the Oldenburg city council from 1833. He had a total of 12 children. The founders of the foundation were his two youngest children.
The founder Carl Hermann Klävemann was councilor of the city of Oldenburg for over three decades until his death. He lived in a spacious house on the corner of Stau and Gottorpstraße and owned large areas in the Bahnhofsviertel, on Kanalstraße, in the Amalienviertel, on the Staulinie and in Bürgerfelde, on Alexanderstraße, in Nadorst, on Pestkamp near Ziegelhof, in Donnerschweer Straße and Langenstraße Land and was one of the largest urban landowners of his time, along with the Grand Duke, the church and the city.
The founder Carl Hermann Klävemann
Johann Dietrich Klävemann
His brother (Johann Conrad) Dietrich Kävemann studied law in Göttingen, Jena and Heidelberg and did his doctorate in Berlin. He worked in the cities of Burhave, Westerstede, Ganderkesee, Eutin and Brake and began as a syndic in Oldenburg in 1851 . After a few years in Löningen he was named city director in Varel in 1859 and elected member of the state parliament in 1860. In 1880 he retired and returned to his parents' house in Oldenburg. Both brothers were members of the casino company and the insurance company in Oldenburg.
Development of the Klävemann Foundation
With his will from 1871 Karl Klävemann donated 50,000 Taler Courant and the so-called Bäverbäksweide located in Donnerschwee to the “Klävemann Foundation” to be established. In 1872 the city council accepted the foundation, and in the same year the magistrate decided on the division, development and leasing of the foundation grounds. Between 1873 and 1875 several residential buildings were built on Donnerschweer Strasse and Unterstrasse. At that time the Magistrate of the City of Oldenburg was asked to draw up a statute, which was approved in 1875.
From 1880 to 1903 further houses were built and moved into on the Unterstraße, and according to the will of his brother Dietrich Klävemann also on the Galgenfeld, on Scheideweg and Nadorster Straße as well as on Stiftsweg. On February 14, 1890, the foundation's assets were increased by 150,000 marks through a will from Dietrich Klävemann and expanded by around 5 hectares of land on Galgenfeld. One of the first old people's homes in Oldenburg and another house were built on the property in Bogenstrasse acquired in 1910. Between 1920 and 1935 the foundation acquired additional properties and a. in Kreyenbrück, on Schramperweg as well as on Kuhlenkamp and Grosse Kuhlenweg, which were built on with other houses. In April 1945, 14 houses in Kreyenbrück were completely destroyed by bombs, but some were rebuilt. In 1952 the city administration decided on a new statute, which was never approved. From 1960 to the mid-1990s, the foundation's construction activities continued, with houses built on Von-Halem-Straße, Stillen Weg, Deelweg, Goethestraße, Hochheider Weg and Theodor-Pekol-Straße.
When the city administration of Oldenburg planned the demolition of the first houses of the foundation on Donnerschweer Straße at the beginning of 1980, a citizens' initiative was founded under the leadership of Dieter Kimpel , which was able to prevent the demolition. When the Oldenburg city administration wanted to sell another foundation area (Großer Kuhlenweg or Kuhlenkamp) to the GSG in 2012 in order to build on the inner area in Nadorst, another citizens 'initiative (citizens' initiative to maintain the Klävemann Foundation) was formed to prevent this. After this had provided evidence that the city administration was working according to an illegal statute of 1952, the sales and development plans were discontinued. The Großer Kuhlenweg / Kuhlenkamp area is the last remaining area of the foundation today, which still satisfies the will of the founder according to the will and statute.
Foundation purpose
The Klävemann Foundation originally had the construction and maintenance of small apartments for the purpose of accepting families and individuals who are sober, innocent and less well off, but who have not and have not yet received maintenance or support from the poor should. The rent should not exceed half of the local rent.
The statute of 1876 was replaced by the foundation statute of September 28, 2015. The purpose of the foundation is now to support people with low incomes. The purpose is achieved through the creation and maintenance of living space as well as social meeting rooms (residential projects), which are made available to this group of people on conditions of a low economic burden through rental expenses. The rents are to be calculated in such a way that the foundation's economic livelihood and thus the preservation of the foundation's assets is guaranteed. The priority is to support people who meet their needs by generating their own income.
The first abbey apartments on Donnerschweer Straße, 1873
Abbey apartments on Nadorster Strasse, 1891–1882
Abbey apartments in Nadorst, 1891–1882
Stiftshaus on Bogenstrasse (formerly old people's apartments), 1910/1911
Schramperweg Abbey Houses, 1934
Stiftshaus Blumenhof, 1980
Web links
- Klävemann Foundation on the website of the city of Oldenburg
- Citizens' initiative to maintain the Klävemann Foundation
Footnotes
- ↑ 1 bushel seed = 30 new square rods of 324 square feet = 851 m² (1774, Hausvogtei Oldenburg, source NStAO order 75.1 from no. 147)
- ↑ The statute and wills can be found at www.bikst.de
- ^ Statutes of the Klävemann Foundation