Maria Elisabeth Wentzel-Heckmann

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Maria Elisabeth "Elise" Wentzel-Heckmann b. Maria Elisabeth Heckmann (born March 20, 1833 in Berlin ; † February 1914 there ) was a German benefactor and honorary member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences .

Life

After seven siblings, she was the youngest daughter of the Berlin industrialist Carl Justus Heckmann and his wife Friederike Wilhelmine Reichnow. The family wanted to defuse the social conflicts in the vicinity of their factory through their welfare services. Elise in particular was committed to the Berlin crib association . In 1860, against her father's wishes, she married the architect Hermann Wentzel , an employee of Friedrich August Stüler , one of the most important architects of the time. She and her husband traveled to Italy several times to study architecture. After the death of her husband in 1889, Elise Wentzel was socially committed in Berlin for equality for women.

With its land on Griebnitzsee in Potsdam-Babelsberg , it was the largest client of the architects Kayser & von Großheim . The orientalist and art historian Friedrich Sarre was her favorite nephew; another nephew was Carl-Justus Heckmann .

Hermann and Elise née Heckmann Wentzel Foundation

In 1894 she set up the endowment capital of 1.5 million Marks set in Berlin mortgages , the Heckmann Wentzel Foundation decided by the couple Hermann and Elise, for the benefit of the Royal Academy of Sciences , which annually raised 20,000 marks and after their death up to 60,000 marks Mark received. As an honorary member, Ms. Baurath Elise Wentzel was the first female member of the Academy after Catherine the Great was admitted as an external member in 1768. In 1896, Kaiser Wilhelm II awarded her the Wilhelm Order in recognition of her foundation for the establishment of Hermann and Elise Heckmann Wentzel Foundation.

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personal data
SURNAME	Wentzel-Heckmann, Maria Elisabeth
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Wentzel-Heckmann, Elise (nickname); Heckmann, Maria Elisabeth (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German benefactress and honorary member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences
DATE OF BIRTH	March 20, 1833
PLACE OF BIRTH	Berlin
DATE OF DEATH	February 1914
Place of death	Berlin