Viktor Monheim

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Viktor Monheim (born April 24, 1813 in Aachen ; † April 19, 1897 there ) was a German pharmacist and botanist .

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Monheim was the eldest son of the pharmacist Johann Peter Joseph Monheim and his wife Lucia Dorothea Emonts (1790–1848) and the brother of the businessman Leonard Monheim . In 1853, three years before the death of his father, he took over his father's residential and commercial building, Haus Monheim am Hühnermarkt, and the pharmacy that was integrated there and still set up by his grandfather Andreas Monheim . Furthermore, the "drug wholesaler" founded by his father and his chemical laboratory in Antoniusstrasse were given to him .

After almost 25 years of activity, Monheim then temporarily left the pharmacy to his employee Winand Brücken, who had spent his entire teaching and assistant time in the Monheims pharmacy and then officially took it over in 1881 and moved it to Pontstraße . From then on Viktor Monheim himself mainly devoted himself to the drug wholesaling, which meanwhile supplied most of the Rhenish pharmacies. His son Johannes Theodor took over both the laboratory and, a few years later, the drug wholesaler. On June 29, 1883, a fire in the laboratory triggered a catastrophic fire, which spread to the entire city district and also to the Aachen City Hall , as it did in 1656 with the great city ​​fire of Aachen , when a fire in a nearby bakery caused immense damage . The cause of the fire in 1883 and who was responsible were not recorded, but the damage was demonstrably considerable.

In addition to his full-time work, Monheim was also interested in botany from the earliest times and he was an avid collector of minerals and plants. Over the years, an extensive herbarium was created , which he bequeathed to the municipal garden administration after his death. His research work in this area mostly dealt with topics from his closer homeland, such as in 1864 the investigation into the usefulness of a drilling in the area of ​​the Kaiserthermen in Aachen or in 1865 the nature of the artificial Aachen bath salt .

In addition, Monheim was a member of the city council for around 30 years and worked in the poor administration for around 20 years. Here he was particularly committed to the economic exploitation of rich property for the benefit of the poor.

Viktor Monheim was married to Maria Katharina Christine Fey (1816–1880), the youngest sister of the order's founder, Clara Fey . Together they had nine children, including the aforementioned son Johannes Theodor (1843–1907), whose marriage to Wilhelmine Jörissen (1846–1925) remained childless, whereupon the Monheim house was sold by the heirs after four generations. The family seat on Gut Diepenbenden , which Viktor Monheim inherited from his father, was also sold. Viktor Monheim found his final resting place in Aachen's Ostfriedhof .

Works (selection)

  • About the composition of the silica zinc from Altenberge near Aachen and one from Rézbánya in Hungary , 1848
  • About the deposition of the various Galmeispecies occurring at the Altenberge near Aachen and about the artificial formation of the silica-zinc ore , 1849

Literature and Sources

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Otto Linné Erdmann: Journal for practical chemistry, volumes 61-62, J. A: Barth, 1854, p. 319 ( Google Books )
  2. ^ Victor Monheim: Artificial Aachen bath salts. In: Archives of Pharmacy. 174, 1865, pp. 187-196, doi : 10.1002 / ardp.18651740303 .
personal data
SURNAME Monheim, Viktor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pharmacist, chemist and botanist
DATE OF BIRTH April 24, 1813
PLACE OF BIRTH Aachen
DATE OF DEATH April 19, 1897
Place of death Aachen