Armand Heine

Armand Heine ( * 1818 in Bordeaux, † November 9, 1883 in Saint -Julien- Beychevelle ) was a Jewish banker, he lived later at his castle and winery in Bordeaux Beychevelle.

Life and work

In cooperation with the family Rothschild Frères & Co. and together with his brother Michel, he founded in 1883 in Paris and in New Orleans ( Louisiana) in the U.S., the Bank Armand & Michael Heine. Armand was married, born in New Orleans, Louisiana architect and Comtesse Amélie Celeste Marie Kohn, the daughter of a wealthy Jewish architect.

Armand Heine acquired along with his wife's castle Meggenhorn, which expanded his wife.

Along with Samuel Kohn they possessed large ships in their company Southern Steamship Company (including the Creole Queen ). Together they founded many companies, such as New Orleans and Carrollton Railroad Co., The Carrollton Bank, The Louisiana State Marine Fire Insurance Co., and The Mechanics ' and Traders ' Bank, The Atlantic Insurance Company and The Union National Bank, etc.

Although details about the father of Amélie Marie Celeste Heine- Kohn - Samuel Kohn (1783-1853), born in Bohemia, - and his arrival in the United States are not known, the publication of an advertisement in the New Orleans daily paper indicated in July 1806 out that he had already immigrated before. Is drawn to the opening of a hotel in Bayou St. John neighborhood in this display, the investor Samuel Kohn was. The crossing by the luxury liner from Hamburg to New Orleans, he had earned working on board the passenger ship itself.

Armand Heine bought the castle and the estate Beychevelle in today's Saint- Julien- Beychevelle and left it to his daughter Maria Louise Heine later that marrying into the French, wealthy family of Achille Fould - ( one of its representatives was Napoleon's Minister of Finance).

Death

Armand died on November 9, 1883 in Saint -Julien at his castle and winery, Beychevelle '. He left behind a foundation in 22,000 francs, with which flats were to be built for needy citizens in Paris. In Paris, it was reported in the newspapers as follows:

" Thanks to the generosity of the Foundation of the families of Armand and Michel Heine a whole range of new apartments in the Rue Jeanne d'Arc and the Boulevard Boulevard de Grenelle were built ."