Leonhard Stinnes Foundation
The Leonhard Stinnes Foundation (LSS) is a non-profit capital foundation that was established in 1904 by the Mülheim doctor Johann Hermann Leonhard (1835–1905) and his wife Margarete (1840–1911) in Mülheim an der Ruhr . It serves to support the Mülheim Eye Clinic and to promote education and culture, youth, sport and social tasks. An advisory board, chaired by the incumbent Mülheim mayor in accordance with the statutes, decides on the funding applications for the various projects and the allocation of funds.
In 2008 the LSS funded a total of 161 projects with a total amount of almost twelve million euros. The foundation's assets - when it was founded an amount of 4.3 million gold marks - are now in the three-digit million range and are partly invested in shares of the RWE company . Exact figures are not known because the foundation is one of the big, but also one of the silent donors in Mülheim an der Ruhr. The foundation's assets come primarily from the legacy of Margarete Leonhard, who was born in Stinnes and was the youngest daughter of the company's founder, Mathias Stinnes . The trigger for the establishment of this and other foundations was presumably among other things the death of the only daughter Gretchen, the potential heiress of the parental property.
Since it was founded in 1904, numerous social, cultural and scientific projects have been financed by the LSS, including the sports facilities on the Kahlenberg , the Bismarck Tower with adjoining park, the construction of a reading hall, various Mülheim artists (through grants and / or the purchase of their works), the expansion of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Coal Research (1929) and the re-establishment of the Mülheim Adult Education Center (1946).
More recently, financial donations have been made to various institutions for the elderly, the Mülheim Theater Days , the Adult Education Center, the Mülheim Sports Association, the city library, various sports clubs (including VfB Speldorf ), several children's and youth homes, Broich Castle and Saarn Monastery (including financing of the excavations ), Children's and senior theater, the German Red Cross and the Arbeiterwohlfahrt . The latest LSS funding project is the Haus der Stadtgeschichte . According to the statutes, the top priority is to support the Mülheim eye clinic.
literature
Monika von Alemann-Schwartz: ... the only ophthalmological institution in a wide circle. The eye clinic in Mülheim an der Ruhr and the founders Johann Hermann Leonhard and Margarete Stinnes. Edition Werry, Mülheim an der Ruhr 2007, pp. 28–30.
Web links
- Jörn Stender: A treasure for the city. WAZ, December 19, 2008, accessed May 29, 2018 .
- The Leonhard Stinnes Foundation (website of the Eye Clinic Mülheim an der Ruhr)
- Overview of the foundations administered by the city of Mülheim (Internet portal of the city of Mülheim an der Ruhr)
Other sources
- Neue Ruhrzeitung (NRZ) from July 26, 1980
- NRZ dated August 2, 1980
- Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung (WAZ) from May 30, 1985
- NRZ of March 27, 1991