Marie Hackfeld

Marie Gesine Hackfeld (also Marie Hackfeld-Pflüger ; * April 23, 1829 in Bremen ; † February 4, 1917 there ) was a German entrepreneur , patron and suffragette .

biography

Hackfeld was the daughter of the ship owner Carl Friedrich Pflüger. In 1848 she married the captain and shipowner Hinrich Hackfeld (1816–1887). The couple, nephew BF Ehlers and brother-in-law Johann Pflüger drove to Hawaii in 1848 with the Brigantine Wilhelmine they had bought . Her company founded there in Honolulu made a. a. profitable business through overseas business, sugar cane plantations and whaling. In 1850, they also opened a shop in Honolulu. The company, Hackfeld & Co, General Commission Agents and Ship Chandlers since 1853 , became one of the largest in the still independent Kingdom of Hawaii . In 1861 Pflüger received half of the business share. The German / American sugar manufacturer Claus Spreckels ("Sugar King" of Hawaii) and other American businessmen gained ever greater influence on business in Hawaii. Therefore, the couple withdrew, first to Hamburg and in 1871 to Bremen. Both founded a company here at Langenstrasse 131. The nephew Johann Friedrich Hackfeld also ran the business of Hackfeld & Co. Ltd in Hawaii until 1917.

The marriage was childless. In 1887, after the death of her husband, Marie Hackfeld and her nephew founded the Hackfeld'schen Marien-Schulfond in 1888 to support pupils from poor backgrounds. She now appeared as a patron in other areas.

Figurative tableau on the right bronze door at the west portal of Bremen Cathedral, with the Pflüger family coat of arms (bottom left, right coat of arms)

In the 1890s she donated the two bronze doors on the west portal of Bremen Cathedral . The Cologne sculptor Peter Fuchs designed the doors showing scenes from the Old and New Testaments. He has depicted the Pflüger family coat of arms and the portrait of the founder on the right cathedral door in the representation of Jesus appearing to Mary on Easter morning . The execution took place in 1895–1898, with the bronze door leaves being cast by Josef Louis, Cologne.

In 1888 she sponsored the Sandwichheim nursing home in Bremen- Rönnebeck and in 1910 the mother and baby home in Bremen- Tenever . In 1899 she gave Bremen the Volksbad on Steffensweg in Bremen- Walle, which was destroyed in 1943 . The couple donated the Hackfeld School Fund to the community of Ganderkesee .

Marie Hackfeld, Johann Hackfeld and Wobetha Magaretha Isenberg, the widow of Paul Isenberg , the plantation owner in Hawaii , also acted as joint donors. The Konsul-Hackfeld-Haus in Bremen- Mitte was donated by Johann Hackfeld from 1928 onwards.

She supported the activities of the Bremen women's movement , committed speakers and helped talented young women in their vocational training.

Honors

• In 1893 a ship belonging to the JC Pflüger shipping company was named after her, which ran aground and sank in 1909 at the Großer Vogelsand off Cuxhaven .
• Marie-Hackfeld-Strasse got its name in Bassum

literature

• Edith Laudowicz : Hackfeld, Marie Gesine, b. Ploughman . In: Frauen Geschichte (n) , Bremer Frauenmuseum (ed.). Edition Falkenberg, Bremen 2016, ISBN 978-3-95494-095-0 .
• Herbert Black Forest : The Great Bremen Lexicon . 2nd, updated, revised and expanded edition. Edition Temmen, Bremen 2003, ISBN 3-86108-693-X .
• Herbert Black Forest: The Great Bremen Lexicon. Volume: supplementary volume . A – Z. Edition Temmen, Bremen 2008, ISBN 978-3-86108-986-5 .
• Tim Giesler: The Hackfeld family in Bremen and Honolulu . In: A foray through the history of Bremen . University of Bremen.
• Friedrich Prüser: Hackfeld, Marie Gesine b. Ploughman . In: Historical Society Bremen , State Archive Bremen (Ed.): Bremische Biographie 1912–1962 . Hauschild, Bremen 1969, pp. 195/196.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The Schaffermahlzeit under History: The ships, Marie Hackfeld.