Mathilde Emden

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Mathilde Emden born Kann (born November 17, 1843 in Frankfurt am Main ; † May 30, 1910 in Hamburg - Altona ) was a German merchant and patron.

biography

Emden was the daughter of the Jewish Frankfurt banker Moses Eduard Kann from the old Kann banking family and his wife Ester. She had been married to the Jewish Hamburg merchant Jacob Emden (1843–1916) since 1873, both had children a. a. the businessman and art collector Max James Emden (1874–1940), who also owned shares in the Kaufhaus des Westens (KaDeWe) in Berlin.

She was a successful business woman. In 1906 the Seehospital with 80 beds was established in Cuxhaven, then Hamburg, by the Nordheim Foundation . The children's hospital grew considerably. As a patroness, Emden made available funds amounting to 300,000 marks as a legacy in 1910 and the Mathilde-Emden-Haus was completed by 1914 . Today's Helios-Seehospital Sahlenburg wanted to use the house as a rheumatological day clinic.

Honors

  • In 2015 the Mathilde Emden-Weg in Cuxhaven- Sahlenburg was named after her.
  • The Mathilde Emden House in Sahlenburg bears her name.

Literature, sources

  • Peter Bussler: Historical city lexicon for Cuxhaven . Hg: Heimatbund der Männer vom Morgenstern, 2002, ISBN 3-931771-36-9 .
  • Hermann Borrmann : Data on the history of the office Ritzebüttel and the city of Cuxhaven . Publishing company Cuxhaven, 1982.

Web links

  • Herbert Kihm: Mathilde Emden. In: Hamburg reading.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Michael Kohlhaas: Overview of the lineage of the Jewish Emden family in Hamburg . 2019.
  2. ↑ a b c Herbert Kihm: Mathilde Emden. In: Hamburg reading. Retrieved February 13, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Cuxhavener Tagesblatt of May 15, 1914: "... So the Seehospital Nordheim Foundation has already spread a great blessing over many children afflicted with severe suffering ...". Quoted from Herbert Kihm: Mathilde Emden. In: Hamburg reading. Retrieved February 13, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Cuxhavener Nachrichten of March 5, 2007. Quoted from Herbert Kihm: Mathilde Emden. In: Hamburg reading. Retrieved February 13, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Emden, Mathilde
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German businesswoman
DATE OF BIRTH November 17, 1843
PLACE OF BIRTH Frankfurt am Main
DATE OF DEATH May 30, 1910
Place of death Hamburg