Dr. Wilhelm Ipscher - The Father
Born on November 25, 1833 in Berlin, died on January 8, 1903 in Wusterhausen, living at Friedrichstraße 117 (in 1927 this was Friedrichstraße 3, today Am Markt 34).
He was married to Julie Boursault (1847-1893) and in 1897 to the school principal Elisabeth Lentze (born in 1847, deceased or moved away before 1936), in 1897 living at Neue Poststraße 205 (today no. 2), in the 1927 address book listed as the widow of the medical officer at Markt 8 (today Am Markt 18).
Many documents from his life have been preserved and still need to be transcribed and processed.
His role in Wusterhausen must have been significant, not only as a country doctor, but also in his Christian, social and political commitment.
Freemasonry newspaper of June 13, 1896. The words of an old, venerable brother, Dr. Ipscher, deserve special mention. [] He remembered the departed founders with his characteristic eloquence.
Particularly impressive is the obituary in the “Protestantischen Blattblätter” (organ of the Protestant Association), No. 2 / 1903
Obituary for Dr. Wilhelm Ipscher 1903
From the obituary in the Protestant Leaflets (organ of the Protestant Association), No. 2 / 1903
Anyone who attended the earlier Protestant days will remember an inconspicuous but spiritually significant man.
Ipscher was not only the most ardent listener: he put the word he received into practice. As a physician, he had ample opportunity to fight against ignorance and dullness with manly strength of character.
His scientific interest focused particularly on biology, a passion that remained with him well into his later years. He received his doctorate in August 1856. A year later, he settled in Wusterhausen, where he continued the strenuous practice of a country doctor until the end of his life.
With the full trust of his fellow citizens, he founded ... a credit union, which he managed selflessly for 34 years.
As a city councilor and as an assessor to the magistrate, he became the de facto head of the city administration. On his trips to the countryside, he was not only the longed-for doctor but also the farmers' confidant.
Mentioned by Fontane - Dr. Wilhelm Ipscher
Dr. Wilhelm Ipscher is mentioned in Theodor Fontane's letter to his wife Emilie on the evening of his arrival in Wusterhausen on September 16, 1873.
Theodor Fontane visited Wusterhausen on September 16 and 17, 1873. He stayed at the Hotel "Schwarzer Adler" on St. Petri Street. As he sat down to begin a letter to his wife, he was interrupted by "Dr. Ipscher, whom I had met on the bus and who is performing the dual duties of Traube and Langenbeck here, to be taken from my room to the inn." There they met the mayor, the pharmacist, and the town's chief merchant, and diligently chatted away until 12:30 a.m.
Dr. Wilhelm Ipscher must have impressed Theodor Fontane greatly – he compares him to two important physicians at the Charité!
Tasks of Traube – probably referring to the important Berlin physician Ludwig Traube (1818-1876), co-founder of experimental pathology, and Langenbeck – Bernhard von Langenbeck (1810-1887), German surgeon and director of the Charité 1848-1882.
Siblings
Hedwig Ipscher 1936 Source: Photo from the estate of Inge Jerichow, granddaughter of Ernst Trieloff
Hedwig Ipscher, born on 4 October 1870 in Wusterhausen/Dosse, died unmarried on 9 June 1944 in Wusterhausen/Dosse
Two brothers of Georg Ipscher lived in Berlin:
Fritz and Wilhelm as well as Paul, who was also the best man at his father's second wedding on July 10, 1897.
Sister Hedwig was called "Aunt Hete" by the Trieloff family. This photo is from a joint visit to District Judge Alfred Mamroth in Berlin. Ernst Trieloff was a Wusterhausen builder and landlord of the apartment in the house at Promenade No. 1a (today Promenade No. 5).
According to his death certificate, Dr. Georg Ipscher also lived there in 1935. In January 1944, Hedwig Ipscher named her niece, Miss Hedwig Ipscher, as the sole heir, residing in Berlin. Besides her, there were six other nieces and nephews. According to the certificate of inheritance, Charlotte Lasch, née Ipscher, lived at Promenade 1a in Wusterhausen in June 1944.