"Es muß besser werden!"
Aby und Max Warburg im Dialog über Hamburgs geistige Zahlungsfähigkeit

"Es muß besser werden!"
Aby und Max Warburg im Dialog über Hamburgs geistige Zahlungsfähigkeit

Authors

Karen Michels
University of Hamburg

Keywords

Bankhouse M. M. Warburg & Co., foundation, culture, science, politics

Synopsis

The story of how Max Warburg became head of the family-owned bankhouse, although his brother was supposed to take over the business, was often told: When he was 12 years old, the one year older Aby offered Max his birthright for the promise to buy all the books Aby would ever need. Max accepted,and - as he later said - issued "the biggest blank cheque in my life". The paths of life of the two brothers spilt into different directions. Aby built his library into a research institute. Max developed M. M. Warburg & Co., thus the bankhouse becoming one of the most important private banks in Germany. At Simultaneously, they both pursued another goal: the foundation of the university. The brothers were among the early donors of the Hamburg Scientific Foundation (Hamburgische Wissenschaftliche Stiftung). It was all about "Hamburg's mental capacity" ("Hamburgs geistige Zahlungsfähigkeit").


Other Editions

1. Ausgabe (2015): ISBN 978-3-943423-28-0, DOI 10.15460/HUP.MFW.17.157

Published

09.12.2020

Printed Version

ISBN: 978-3-943423-85-3

112, 39 fig., hardback,
size: 155 x 220 mm, 22,80 €

Language(s)

german

Series

Mäzene für Wissenschaft , Bd. 17, ISSN (online): 2627-8987, ISSN (print): 1864-3248

Categories

Copyright (c) 2020 Karen Michels

How to Cite

Michels, K. (2020). "Es muß besser werden!": Aby und Max Warburg im Dialog über Hamburgs geistige Zahlungsfähigkeit (Vols. 17). Hamburg University Press. https://doi.org/10.15460/HUP.MFW.17.02.207