Wilhelm Bartman

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Christian and Wilhelm Bartman drawing by Wilhelm Hensel 1843
Bartmanshaus on Heumarkt around 1930

Wilhelm Franz Aloys Joseph Bartman (born June 27, 1798 in Cologne ; † February 8, 1885 there ) was a Cologne merchant and entrepreneur .

Life

Wilhelm Bartman was the seventh of eight children of the Cologne merchant Franciscus Xaverius Josephus Bartman and his wife Maria Elisabeth Lyversberg, the sister of the Cologne tobacco wholesaler and art collector Jacob Lyversberg . His grandfather was the Cologne lawyer and university professor Theodor Burchard Bartman . Wilhelm grew up in Cologne's old town, where the family owned the house at Alter Markt 47 as well as at Bürgerstraße 12. Like his older brothers Hermann-Joseph and Christian, Wilhelm became a businessman. His father died on June 24th, 1833, whereupon the community of heirs consisting of his mother and his siblings had their houses auctioned on the Alter Markt on October 7th, 1834.

After the death of his uncle Jacob Lyversberg, he took over his tobacco and wine trading business around 1840 and moved it under the name of Bartman-Lyversberg to his parents' house at Heumarkt 76. He was one of Cologne's wealthy citizens, but remained unmarried and did voluntary work for the good of himself City. In 1842 he was elected to the first board of the Zentral-Dombau-Verein zu Cologne .

Due to the early death of his younger brother Everhard in 1842, whose wife had died a year earlier, he took over the guardianship of his children, between 2½ and 5½ years old, Maria Elisabeth (Elise), Hermann Joseph and Franz Franz Aloys and was able to use Luise Hensel as theirs Win a teacher and housekeeper. She moved to Heumarkt 76 on November 30, 1842 and lived there until the end of 1849. Even afterwards, she remained connected to the family in correspondence and regular mutual visits as a “maternal friend” and “old foster mother” and looked after Wilhelm during a serious illness in 1859.

After his death in 1885, the business was initially continued for a few years by his nephew Joseph. Later, the Damian brothers' wine shop from Ahrweiler bought the house on Heumarkt, which was now number 52, and set up the " Weinstuben Bartmanshaus " restaurant there .

literature

  • Karl Bartmann: On the history of the Bartmann family from Herbern. Wuppertal 1992. (unpublished manuscript)
  • F. Binder: Luise Hensel. a picture of life. Herder, Freiburg / Br. 1885.
  • J. Krudewig: Cologne wine trade and wine bars. German publisher, 1928.
  • H. Vogts: The art monuments of the city of Cologne. Creutzer, Cologne 1934.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Official Journal of the Royal Government of Cologne, 19th year of July 1, 1834, p. CXXVI
personal data
SURNAME Bartman, Wilhelm
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bartman, Wilhelm Franz Aloys Joseph (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Cologne businessman and entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH June 27, 1798
PLACE OF BIRTH Cologne
DATE OF DEATH February 8, 1885
Place of death Cologne