Mathilde Arnemann
Mathilde Arnemann (born March 26, 1809 as Mathilde Stammann in Hamburg ; † August 21, 1896 there ) was a German patron .
Live and act
Mathilde Arnemann was the daughter of a well-known Hamburg architect. At the age of 20 she married Carl Theodor Arnemann from Altona . The merchant, who was widowed at an early age, had a daughter from his first marriage. The Arnemanns had six sons. Carl Theodor Arnemann achieved great wealth by trading in wood from Norway . Therefore he had a house on the Palmaille and a rural property in Niendorf . Artists sponsored by Arnemann such as Bertel Thorvaldsen , Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy and the singer Jenny Lind met here . Arnemann also supported the Duke of Augustenburg , whom he advised on financial matters. Due to the Duke's inheritance claims on Holstein, the Arnemanns became involved in the German-Danish wars . Mathilde Arnemann, who followed her husband's basic patriotic attitude, helped the wounded. They organized hospitals and organized help for needy residents of Schleswig-Holstein . She also got involved during the armed conflicts of 1866 and 1870/71 .
Carl Theodor Arnemann, who had lost large parts of his fortune, died on May 5, 1866 in Berchtesgaden. Mathilde Arnemann continued to appear as a benefactor. She visited Karlovy Vary annually for spa stays. Since she was convinced of the positive effects of the treatments, she founded the Elisabeth Rosen Foundation there , which was supposed to enable poor women to take cures. Since Arnemann preferred healthy ways of life, she designed wide-cut dresses that stood in contrast to the narrow fashion of the time. In Altona and Eisenach , she set up sewing schools to help women help themselves. Arnemann, who rejected the ideas of the women's movement, never joined associations and was also not involved in professional politics.
Mathilde Arnemann's grave can be found in museum area 1 on the Nienstedten cemetery .
Honors
The Arnemannweg in Barmbek has been a reminder of Mathilde Arnemann since 1930 . Her portrait has been on a pillar in the entrance hall of the Hamburg City Hall since 1897 .
literature
- Inge Grolle : Arnemann, Mathilde . In: Franklin Kopitzsch, Dirk Brietzke (Hrsg.): Hamburgische Biographie . tape 1 . Christians, Hamburg 2001, ISBN 3-7672-1364-8 , pp. 29 .
- Paul Theodor Hoffmann : The Altona merchant and patriot C. Th. Arnemann . In: Altonaer Stadtarchiv e. V. vom Altonaer Geschichts- und Heimatschutzverein (Ed.): Altonaische Zeitschrift für Geschichte und Heimatkunde , Vol. 4, Wachholtz, Neumünster 1935, pp. 129–135.
Web links
- Rita Bake : Mathilde Arnemann. In: Hamburg women biographies. School and Vocational Training Authority, accessed October 18, 2017 .
References and comments
- ↑ Jenny Lind's mother-in-law was Johanna Goldschmidt , who worked in Hamburg as a women's rights activist and philanthropist.
- ↑ Jenny Lind stayed at the Arnemanns several times. (Claus Gossler (Ed.): The Memoirs of the Hamburg Architect Martin Haller (1835–1925) . Portrait of an upper-class era in the Hanseatic City, Wallstein Verlag , Göttingen 2019 (Contributions to the history of Hamburg; 68), ISBN 978-3-8353-3495 -3 , p. 134)
- ↑ Obituary in the supplement of the Augsburger Zeitung from Wednesday, May 6, 1866, p. 2134.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Arnemann, Mathilde |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Stammann, Mathilde |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German patroness |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 26, 1809 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 21, 1896 |
| Place of death | Hamburg |