Wilhelm Gotthold Büttner
Wilhelm Gotthold Büttner († 1848 ) was a surgeon and Berlin landowner in the 19th century.
Life
Büttner was one of the largest landowners in the city of Berlin, which he developed into the largest arable farm in his life. The areas north of the city limits alone had a size of about 100 hectares (400 acres).
By marrying the widow of the Berlin landowner August Kraaz in 1812, Büttner acquired part of the legacy of the arrendator Martin Kraatz, who, as sub-tenant of Lichtenberg , was able to acquire a number of properties and rights in the suburbs and in Berlin in the 18th century.
The most important thing was the Berlin herding law, the so-called sheep farming justice , a former sovereign right that Büttner had for different areas (for example in today's Wedding and Moabit ). Through the marriage he combined different claims, which led to enormous economic size. When his flocks of sheep were herded along Unter den Linden to their pastures, the people said, “They will reach as far as the blue sky”. The size given was 1200 animals that he was allowed to graze on the Berlin Feldmark alone .
In 1821 there was a legal dispute with the Prussian state over the so-called Büttner Feldmark . As a result, Büttner lost half of his Moabit fields and meadows, which at that time were worth 387,000 thalers with around 550 acres . In the area between today's Rathenower Strasse and Lehrter Strasse , barracks for the military were built. Today there are facilities for the Berlin police , the Tiergarten district court and sports facilities such as the Post Stadium . A street in this area was named Büttnersches Feld in the middle of the 19th century .
After the death of his wife, he paid off her children from his first marriage and kept the farm. Some vineyards in the area of today 's Volkspark am Weinberg belonged to the estate . He sold this in 1823 to the mill master Passow, who ran several mills on Prenzlauer Berg with other owners. In later years these areas were taken over by his son-in-law Bötzow (Georg or Julius?), Who was instrumental in founding the Bötzow brewery .
In 1824 Büttner sold a site on Metzer Strasse to the Jewish community, who built an orphanage and the Jewish cemetery at Schönhauser Allee there.
His daughters from their second marriage married respected citizens of Berlin. The older one, Marie, married Franz Bötzow and Agnes, the younger one, the doctor Ferdinand Spickermann , in 1844 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Street directory . In: General housing gazette for Berlin, Charlottenburg and surroundings , 1849, part 5, p. 292. “Buttnersches Feld”.
- ↑ Idyllic and exquisite neighborhood. Historical Jewish cemetery at Schönhauer Allee . (PDF; 547 kB) accessed on January 25, 2011
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Büttner, Wilhelm Gotthold |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Surgeon and Berlin landowner |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 18th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1848 |