Siegfried Buchenau
German merchant, farmer and art collector (1870-1932)
Carl Ludwig Siegfried Buchenau (born 30 November 1870 in Bremen; died 16 September 1932) was a German merchant, landlord and art collector in the early 20th century.
Early life
Siegfried Buchenau was the fourth child of the Bremen botanist and educator Franz Georg Philipp Buchenau and his wife Margarethe Auguste, née Adami (d. 1905). The numismatist Heinrich Buchenau was his oldest brother.
He went to Mexico, married Anna Emilie, née Vermehren, whose father was the Vice Consul of the German Empire in Torreon, Julius (Julio) A. Vermehren.
On 1 May 1913 Buchenau leased the manor house Niendorf along with the hunting grounds (Gut Weißenrode) from the city of Lübeck, where he resided until his death. In 1920 he acquired the Warleberg estate in Neuwittenbek, which is still managed by his descendants to this day.
The couple's guests at Niendorf included the conductor and composer Hermann Hans Wetzler, who completed his Symphonic Fantasy for Orchestra, Op. 10 here in 1922, gave it the title Weissenrode and dedicated it to Anna and Siegfried Buchenau.
Art Collection
Buchenau was an important art collector and patron.
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