Maximilian von Heyl
Maximilian Heyl , since 1886 Freiherr Heyl zu Herrnsheim (born August 23, 1844 in Worms , † February 26, 1925 in Darmstadt ) was a German entrepreneur and patron .
Maximilian, who came from the noble Heyl zu Herrnsheim family, like his older brother Cornelius Wilhelm, had made a large fortune through the Worms leather industry, namely as a partner in the “Heylschen Lederwerke”. He took part in the war against France in 1870/1871 . In 1886 he and his brother were accepted into the Hessian nobility and raised to the baron class. Most recently he stood as lieutenant general à la suite . He was married to Doris Stein since 1871.
In his hometown of Worms and in Darmstadt, great merits are attributed to him as a collector of older art (see, for example, Aphrodite Heyl ) and as a sponsor of modern artists . For example, he repeatedly supported the Worms City Museum, which was founded in 1879 by the local antiquity association, through foundations and had previously taken care of the renovation and interior design of the St. Paulus Church , which has since housed the museum. In June 1924 he donated a collection of Arnold Böcklin's works to the city of Darmstadt, for which he was granted honorary citizenship on July 17, 1924 . The collection was loaned to the Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt . When it became clear that a Dominican monastery was to be built in the Pauluskirche , he bequeathed financial means to the municipal museum in his will to acquire the former Andreasstift , which actually became home to the museum a few years after his death.
Maximilian Heyl died in Darmstadt on February 26, 1925. His body was transferred to Worms in the early morning of February 28 of the same year, where he was buried at 11 a.m. as part of a small funeral service in the Gottliebenkapelle .
Web links
- Heyl zu Herrnsheim, Maximilian. Hessian biography. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
literature
- Mathilde Grünewald , Klaus Baranenko : History in Pictures. Museum of the city of Worms in the Andreasstift. Kunstverlag Josef Fink, Lindenberg 2007, ISBN 978-3-89870-399-4 , exhibit 2 (no page numbers).
- Gerold Bönnen and Ferdinand Werner (eds.): The Worms industrialist family von Heyl - Public and private work between the bourgeoisie and the nobility . Wernersche Verlagsgesellschaft , Worms 2010. ISBN 978-3-88462-304-6
Individual evidence
- ↑ Stadtarchiv Worms, Section 186 No. 437.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Heyl, Maximilian von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Heyl, Maximilian Freiherr von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German entrepreneur and patron |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 23 August 1844 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Worms |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 26, 1925 |
| Place of death | Darmstadt |