Wittgenstein (family)

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The family crypt in the Vienna Central Cemetery

The Wittgenstein family is a German - Austrian , originally Jewish family, whose ancestors came from the Wittgensteiner Land . Renowned merchants , entrepreneurs , industrialists , lawyers , musicians , patrons and philosophers emerged from it.

The family branch there was established when Hermann Christian Wittgenstein emigrated to Vienna in 1851 . In 1910, 26 family members were among the 929 richest people in Vienna.

history

Moses and Breindel Meyer-Wittgenstein, Korbach 1810

The oldest known family members to date were the estate manager Ahron Moses Meier († 1804) and his wife Sarah. They lived in Laasphe in the Wittgensteiner Land and were in the service of the Counts of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein .

Her son Moses Meyer (* 1761 in Lasphe; † January 3, 1822 in Korbach) was initially also the estate manager of the counts. After the county of Wittgenstein fell to Hessen-Darmstadt in 1806 as a result of the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss , Napoleon initiated legal equality for Jews in 1808 and the Jews had to adopt surnames within three months, Moses chose the name Meyer-Wittgenstein. This led to a conflict with Wilhelm zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein, who had been raised to the rank of imperial prince in 1804 and was in Prussian service . Moses left the Wittgensteiner Land with his family and moved to the nearby principality of Waldeck , where he built up a successful business as a wool wholesaler in the former Hanseatic city of Korbach , where there were many sheep in the area.

Descendants (selection)

  1. Moses Meyer-Wittgenstein (1761–1822) ∞ Bernhardine (Breindel) Simon (1768–1829)
    1. Simson Moses Wittgenstein (* December 8, 1788, † March 22, 1853) ∞ October 4, 1813 in Rheda with Rebecca Rosenberg (* May 2, 1783, † April 15, 1854 in Korbach)
      1. Friedrike Wittgenstein (* approx. 1820) ∞ on August 6, 1850 with Isaac Koppel (* approx. 1815)
      2. Marcus Wittgenstein (* approx. 1818 in Korbach, † 1828 in Korbach)
        Jakob Wittgenstein , Berlin 1850
        Jakob Wittgenstein's pension scheme, Enser Strasse 10, Korbach 1912
      3. Jakob Wittgenstein (born April 1, 1819 in Korbach, † June 3, 1890 in Berlin by suicide), ∞ Clara Lippert, (divorced from the Berlin City Court on May 22, 1871), from 1858 real estate agent in Berlin, founder of the “Simson and Rebecca Wittgenstein Foundation "(1884) and the" Jacob Wittgenstein`sche pension institution "(1894)
    2. Julia Wittgenstein (* 1790 in Korbach) ∞ Rosenberg
    3. Abraham Wittgenstein (* approx. 1791 in Korbach, ancestry uncertain) ∞ Julie Fontheim
      1. Sophie Wittgenstein (born February 19, 1821, † May 31, 1892 in Amsterdam) ∞ Salomon Berg (January 19, 1804, † 1891 in Warburg) businessman in Warburg
      2. Emma (Eva) Wittgenstein (* 1825) ∞ with Samuel (Salomon) Nassau (* 1815 in Scherfede )
        1. Hermann Nassau (born September 24, 1859 in Warburg, † April 21, 1933) ∞ with Flora Engel (born May 6, 1866 in Dzierżoniów Poland, † November 30, 1950 in London)
      3. Louis Wittgenstein (* 1834, † 1919 in Warburg) ∞ Lina Berg (* 1837 in Warburg, † July 14, 1909 in Warburg)
        1. Julia Wittgenstein (born May 4, 1862 in Warburg, † April 9, 1943 in Sobibór , Poland)
        2. Selma Wittgenstein (* April 20, 1865 in Warburg, † November 7, 1946 in Rijsenburg, Utrechtse Heuvelrug , Netherlands) ∞ with Willy Michaëlis Schüler (* 1865, † October 19, 1939 in The Hague , Netherlands)
          1. Maggy Schüler (born December 11, 1889 in Rotterdam , † July 7, 1944 in Auschwitz ) ∞ Dr. Erich Franz Emil Salomon (born April 28, 1886 in Berlin, † July 7, 1944 in Auschwitz)
            1. Otto Erich Salomon, (* 1913 in Berlin, † December 3, 2006 in The Hague), name changed to Peter Hunter
            2. Dirk Salomon (* 1920 in Berlin, † July 7, 1944 in Auschwitz)
        3. Dorina Wittgenstein (born January 21, 1866 in Warburg, † November 30, 1939 in The Hague) ∞ with Nathan Heinemann
          1. Regina Heinemann (born May 21, 1894 in Amsterdam , † May 23, 1961 in Bentveld, Zandvoort , Netherlands)
          2. Margot Heinemann (born August 16, 1895 in Amsterdam)
          3. Mathilde (Tilly) Heinemann (born February 15, 1897 in Amsterdam, † May 29, 1935 in The Hague)
        4. Sophie Wittgenstein (born June 11, 1869 in Warburg, † October 9, 1946 in The Hague) ∞ Edmund Cohn
        5. Emma Wittgenstein (* 1876 in Warburg, † 1933) ∞ Abraham (Walter) Herz (* 1878 in Aachen, † 1936)
          1. Berta Grete Herz (born February 25, 1906 in Aachen , † 1988)
          2. Paul Aron Herz (* July 27, 1907 in Aachen, † 1966) ∞ Kurt Siegmund Hermann Robert Prenzlau (* 1892, † 1945)
            1. Inge Prenzlau (born August 30, 1931 in Berlin) ∞ Salomon (Lo) Vecht on June 20, 1953 in Amsterdam
              1. Claudia Louise Vecht (born October 22, 1954 in Amsterdam) oo Michael Mogendorff.
              2. Ronald Arthur Vecht (born April 3, 1958 in Amsterdam) ∞ Fanny van der Linden on May 11, 1997.
                1. David Edward Vecht (born September 18, 1997 in Amsterdam).
          3. Lisa heart
            Wedding picture of Joseph Cohen and Rosa Wittgenstein, Warburg 1888
        6. Rosalie (Rosa) Wittgenstein (* December 4, 1867 in Warburg, † November 1, 1949 in Amsterdam) ∞ on February 19, 1889 with Joseph Cohen (* October 25, 1860 in Dinslaken, † March 2, 1924) founder of the Maison de Bonneterie , Amsterdam
        7. Iwan Wittgenstein ∞ with Theodora (Dorle) friend
          1. Gert Wittgenstein (born November 14, 1923 in Goleniow , Poland, † 1944 in Auschwitz)
        8. Harry Wittgenstein (* approx. 1870 in Warburg)
        9. Alfred Wittgenstein (* approx. 1872 in Warburg)
          1. Gerard Wittgenstein (* 1905, † 1970) ∞ with Violette Diedesheim (* approx. 1905, † 1970)
            1. Francois Wittgenstein (* approx. 1940, †)
            2. Maryse Wittgenstein (* approx. 1940, †)
              Hermann Christian Wittgenstein
    4. Richard Simon Wittgenstein (* 1796, † February 13, 1862) ∞ with Ida (* 1809 in Bielefeld, † July 3, 1880 in Geibsdorf )
      1. Louise Johanne Henriette Wittgenstein, (* 1831), ∞ Heinrich Hirsch (* May 5, 1840)
      2. Emma Flora Caroline Wittgenstein (* 1833, † 1879)
      3. Max Adolf Georg Carl Wittgenstein (* 1836)
      4. Ernst Oscar Wittgenstein (* 1844) oo with Emma Vaerst
        The 11 children of Hermann and Fanny Wittgenstein, Vienna 1860
    5. Hermann Christian Wittgenstein (born September 15, 1802 in Korbach; † May 19, 1878 in Vienna-Hietzing ), wool wholesaler in Gohlis and real estate dealer in Vienna, converted to Protestantism in 1839, ∞ with Franziska (Fanny) Figdor (born April 7, 1814 in Kittsee ; † October 21, 1890 in Vienna-Hietzing)
      1. Anna Friederike Wittgenstein (* October 31, 1840 in Gohlis near Leipzig, † September 22, 1896 in Hietzing near Vienna), ∞ Heinrich Emil Franz (* December 9, 1839 in Vienna, † March 24, 1884 ibid), kk regional judge and kk Oberkirchenrat,
      2. Marie Wittgenstein (* 1841, † 1931), ∞ Moritz Christian Pott (1839–1902 iron merchant),
      3. Paul Josef Gustav Wittgenstein (* 1842, † 1928), lawyer, ∞ Justine Karoline Hochstetter (1858–1918)
        1. Johanna Salzer b. Wittgenstein (* 1877, † 1953)
        2. Hermann Christian Wittgenstein (* 1879, † 1953)
        3. Paul Karl Wittgenstein (* 1880, † 1948)
          1. Paul Wittgenstein (1907–1979) philosopher
            Karl Wittgenstein, Vienna 1908
      4. Josephine Wittgenstein (* 1844, † 1933), ∞ Johann Nepomuk Oser (1833–1912)
      5. Ludwig "Louis" Wittgenstein (* 1845, † 1925), at Hollenburg Castle , ∞ with Maria Franz (1850–1912)
      6. Karl Otto Clemens Wittgenstein (* 1847 in Vienna, † 1913)
        1. Hermine Wittgenstein (* 1874 in Teplitz; † 1950),
        2. Dora Wittgenstein (* † 1876 in Vienna),
        3. Hans Wittgenstein (* 1877 in Vienna; † 1902 in Chesapeake Bay , presumably suicide by drowning),
        4. Kurt Wittgenstein (* 1878 in Vienna; † November 1918, shot himself on the Italian front),
        5. Helene Wittgenstein (* 1879 in Vienna; † 1956) ∞ Max Salzer, ministerial official,
        6. Rudolf Wittgenstein (* 1881 in Vienna; † 1904) student of chemistry, suicide in Berlin
        7. Margarethe Stonborough-Wittgenstein (* 1882, † 1958), married to Jerome Stonborough in 1904. Owner of Haus Wittgenstein and long-time owner of Villa Toscana (Gmunden) ,
          Margarete Stonborough-Wittgenstein, around 1920
        8. Paul Wittgenstein (* 1887, † 1961) pianist in Vienna, Cuba and USA ∞ Hilde Schania (1915–2001).
          1. Paul-Louis Wittgenstein (* 1941),
          2. Elisabeth
          3. Johanna
        9. Ludwig Wittgenstein (* 1889, † 1951) philosopher
          Ludwig Wittgenstein, 1930
      7. Ottilie Ida Bertha Wittgenstein (* 1848, † 1908) landowner, cheese producer and patron in Pyhra , ∞ Karl Kupelwieser (1841–1925)
        1. Paula Franziska Johanna Kupelwieser (* 1875, † 1938) ∞ Mathes
        2. Ida Josepha Johanna Kupelwieser (* 1870, † 1927) ∞ Lenz
        3. Ernst Hermann Leopold Kupelwieser (* 1873, † 1892)
        4. Johann Paul Kupelwieser (* 1879, † 1939) Dr. med.
      8. Klara Wittgenstein (* 1850, † 1935)
      9. Lydia Wittgenstein (* 1851, † 1920) ∞ von Siebert
      10. Emilie Wittgenstein (* 1853, † 1939) ∞ Theodor von Brücke (1853–1918, judge)
      11. Klothilde Wittgenstein (* 1854, † 1937)

literature

  • Georg Gaugusch : The Wittgenstein and Salzer families and their genealogical environment. In: Adler, magazine for genealogy and heraldry. Volume 21 (XXXV.) (2001-2002) pp. 120-145 (2001).
  • Ursula Prokop: Margaret Stonborough-Wittgenstein. Builder, intellectual, patron. Böhlau Verlag, Vienna / Cologne / Weimar 2003.
  • Birgit Schwaner: The Wittgensteins. Art and calculation. Metro Verlag, Vienna 2008.
  • Lea Singer : Concert for the left hand. Hoffmann and Campe, Hamburg 2008.
  • Alexander Waugh: The Wittgenstein House. Story of an unusual family. S. Fischer Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2009.
  • Nicole L. Immler: The family memory of the Wittgensteins. To seductive readings of (auto) biographical texts. Transcript, Bielefeld 2011.
  • Hermine Wittgenstein ed. by Ilse Somavilla: Family memories (based on records 1944–1947) Haymon Verlag, Innsbruck / Vienna 2015, 544 pp. ISBN 978-3-7099-7200-7 .
  • Roman Sandgruber : Dream time for millionaires. The 929 richest Viennese in 1910. Styria Premium , Graz 2013, ISBN 978-3-222-13405-0

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Sandgruber 2013, p. 338
  2. ↑ Korbach Memorial Portal , accessed on March 2, 2018
  3. ↑ Rather hard and sharp-skinned chunks. In: FAZ . February 2, 2016, p. 10.