Butcher, Richard

landowner

born: 07.05.1849 in Breslau

died: 07.06.1937 in Wiesbaden

In 1890, the founder and editor-in-chief of the "Deutsche Rundschau" settled in Wiesbaden. Due to his large fortune, Fleischer, who was born into a Jewish family and later converted to the Protestant faith, was able to devote himself entirely to his interests as a private individual.

His wife Lucy, widowed Countess Alfred Adelmann von Adelmannsfelden, came from the large industrialist family Haniel on her mother's side. On the occasion of her death in 1913, Fleischer donated 100,000 marks to the city for the construction of a home for the elderly and infirm, although he did not wish to be named personally. The realization of the plans came to a standstill due to the outbreak of war, Fleischer initially received the money back, but transferred it to the city again in September 1915 to "do a service to the poor".

In 1917, Fleischer provided the city with a further 10,000 marks in the form of a war loan, also for charitable purposes. Here too, as with his literary activities, Fleischer always remained in the background and lived an extremely reclusive life.

In December 1922, after losing his fortune due to inflation, he had to stop working on the "Deutsche Rundschau".

The University of Heidelberg awarded Fleischer the Dr. med. h.c. degree.