Georg Haar

Georg Haar (born November 17, 1887 in Weimar , † July 22, 1945 in Weimar ) was a German lawyer , lawyer and notary who stood out in particular as a founder .

Live and act

Haar's father was the Weimar textile merchant and purveyor to the court, Otto Haar , who founded Weimar's largest department store for women's and children's clothing in 1868 , which was later run as the Max Haar fashion store in today's Schillerstraße 5a.

From 1897 to 1906 Georg Haar attended the humanistic Wilhelm-Ernst-Gymnasium Weimar . Subsequently, he studied one semester of Law at the University of Lausanne . From 1906 to 1907 he did his military service in Hanau as a one-year volunteer . He then continued his studies from 1907 to 1909 at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn , then at the University of Jena . On November 7, 1910 , he received his doctorate as Dr. jur. After his legal clerkship he was appointed court assessor in 1914 . He then worked as an assessor and later as a lawyer in Weimar and Braunschweig . In 1920 he was appointed notary in Weimar. In 1933 Georg Haar married Anna Karola Felicitas von Holtum from Braunschweig, the divorced wife of his college friend Roderich Huch , who was a nephew of the poet Ricarda Huch . His wife brought two children into the marriage, both of whom died in World War II . Haar owned an important library and an extensive collection of Russian icons .

Villa Haar in the Park on the Ilm

In his will of June 6, 1945, Georg Haar made the city of Weimar the sole heir to his considerable fortune, in the event that his wife died before him or at the same time as him. This will, however, was linked to the condition that a home for war orphans was to be set up in the Villa Haar on the northeastern hill above the Ilmpark not far from Goethe's garden house and the name "Villa Haar" was to be used for them. The income from his department store on Schillerstrasse and the income from his real estate should be used to finance the orphanage.

From this travertine or sandstone in the style of Neo-Renaissance villa built was the architect in 1885 after a design Otto Minkert for the lawyer Werner Voigt. Its architecture is based on the model of the Villa d'Este in Tivoli . In 1905 Georg Haar's father Otto Haar bought the villa.

On July 22, 1945 Georg Haar and his wife Felicitas passed away voluntarily, probably because of the uncertainty about the future and the fear of reprisals by the Soviet occupation forces. The foundation was established in 1947 by the city of Weimar, but was dissolved again in 1952. The children's home was given the name "Rosa Thälmann" against the will of the donors. The textile department store Haar was liquidated and the HO was added, the property was nationalized.

A memorial plaque on the former Haar department store in Weimar commemorates the founder and his wife and their common fate.

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SURNAME	Hair, Georg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German lawyer and notary as well as founder
DATE OF BIRTH	November 17, 1887
PLACE OF BIRTH	Weimar
DATE OF DEATH	July 22, 1945
Place of death	uncertain: Weimar