Felix August Heink was born on August 29, 1813 at the forester's house in Dresden-Friedrichstadt, Saxony, Germany. His parents were Johann Anton Heink and Maria Magdalena Berger. Felix married Johanna Rebecca Augusta Dursthoff (Daughter of Heinrich Wilhelm Dursthoff and Anna Marie Engel Eckelmann) on May 9, 1847. They had nine children named Heinrich Ludwig, Maria Magdalene, Katharina Margaretha (Mrs. George Norman Williamson), Elisabeth, Anna Elisabeth, Johann Georg Ernst (his 1st wife was the opera singer, Ernestine Schumann-Heink), Friedrich Erich Walther Albert Georg, Gustav Paul Isidor Ludwig Felix, and Johann August Heinric Anton. Felix was a lawyer, police department legal assistant, Waldheim state prison director (1851-1863), and then government councilman that supervised the floated timber operations and timber yard in Dresden. He died on October 13, 1881 at the Weißeritzholzhof on Tharandter Straße C.-Nr. 181 in Dresden-Lobtau, Saxony, Germany.
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1) Waldheim Prison was known as a house of horrors before and during the time Felix was a director there. August Rockel (the musical director of Dresden and a friend of Richard Wagner) was incarcerated at the prison during much of the time Felix was there and wrote a book about it (the author, Charles Dickens, mentions Felix in his June 10, 1865 periodical "All the Year Round"). August did not think highly of Felix. Felix's motto was "Inhabitants of prisons need only be punished - rehabilitation can be done at correction facilities". There was much pressure to remove him as the director, but his job was spared due to his father's friendship with King Friedrich August I's daughter, Princess Maria Augusta of Saxony (1782-1863) . Once Augusta died, Felix was dismissed abruptly. To cover that up, he was promoted to government councilor.
2) Felix's death notice (October 15, 1881 Dresdner Anzeigen Newspaper; Page 16):
"Supplied with the holy death sacraments, today at 4 PM, passed away quietly, after a long suffering,...the Royal Saxon Raftin Master a.D. (former)...(and) Government Councilman...FELIX AUGUST HEINK...at the age of 68 years...Dresden, 13 Oct 1881...The mourning family /left behind...The funeral will take place on Sunday, 16 Oct, 3 PM, at the Death Hall of...the inner Catholic Cemetery...A solemn requiem (musical piece and) for the decedent will...be held on Monday, 17 Oct, 11 AM, at the Hofkirche (court church) here."
3) Felix's gravestone no longer exists. The plot belonged to the Herlitzin family from 1955 to 2002. After 30 years, graves are removed to make room for new ones.
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More information:
1) Waldheim Prison was known as a house of horrors before and during the time Felix was a director there. August Rockel (the musical director of Dresden and a friend of Richard Wagner) was incarcerated at the prison during much of the time Felix was there and wrote a book about it (the author, Charles Dickens, mentions Felix in his June 10, 1865 periodical "All the Year Round"). August did not think highly of Felix. Felix's motto was "Inhabitants of prisons need only be punished - rehabilitation can be done at correction facilities". There was much pressure to remove him as the director, but his job was spared due to his father's friendship with King Friedrich August I's daughter, Princess Maria Augusta of Saxony (1782-1863) . Once Augusta died, Felix was dismissed abruptly. To cover that up, he was promoted to government councilor.
2) Felix's death notice (October 15, 1881 Dresdner Anzeigen Newspaper; Page 16):
"Supplied with the holy death sacraments, today at 4 PM, passed away quietly, after a long suffering,...the Royal Saxon Raftin Master a.D. (former)...(and) Government Councilman...FELIX AUGUST HEINK...at the age of 68 years...Dresden, 13 Oct 1881...The mourning family /left behind...The funeral will take place on Sunday, 16 Oct, 3 PM, at the Death Hall of...the inner Catholic Cemetery...A solemn requiem (musical piece and) for the decedent will...be held on Monday, 17 Oct, 11 AM, at the Hofkirche (court church) here."
3) Felix's gravestone no longer exists. The plot belonged to the Herlitzin family from 1955 to 2002. After 30 years, graves are removed to make room for new ones.
Felix August Heink was born on August 29, 1813 at the forester's house in Dresden-Friedrichstadt, Saxony, Germany. His parents were Johann Anton Heink and Maria Magdalena Berger. Felix married Johanna Rebecca Augusta Dursthoff (Daughter of Heinrich Wilhelm Dursthoff and Anna Marie Engel Eckelmann) on May 9, 1847. They had nine children named Heinrich Ludwig, Maria Magdalene, Katharina Margaretha (Mrs. George Norman Williamson), Elisabeth, Anna Elisabeth, Johann Georg Ernst (his 1st wife was the opera singer, Ernestine Schumann-Heink), Friedrich Erich Walther Albert Georg, Gustav Paul Isidor Ludwig Felix, and Johann August Heinric Anton. Felix was a lawyer, police department legal assistant, Waldheim state prison director (1851-1863), and then government councilman that supervised the floated timber operations and timber yard in Dresden. He died on October 13, 1881 at the Weißeritzholzhof on Tharandter Straße C.-Nr. 181 in Dresden-Lobtau, Saxony, Germany.
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More information:
1) Waldheim Prison was known as a house of horrors before and during the time Felix was a director there. August Rockel (the musical director of Dresden and a friend of Richard Wagner) was incarcerated at the prison during much of the time Felix was there and wrote a book about it (the author, Charles Dickens, mentions Felix in his June 10, 1865 periodical "All the Year Round"). August did not think highly of Felix. Felix's motto was "Inhabitants of prisons need only be punished - rehabilitation can be done at correction facilities". There was much pressure to remove him as the director, but his job was spared due to his father's friendship with King Friedrich August I's daughter, Princess Maria Augusta of Saxony (1782-1863) . Once Augusta died, Felix was dismissed abruptly. To cover that up, he was promoted to government councilor.
2) Felix's death notice (October 15, 1881 Dresdner Anzeigen Newspaper; Page 16):
"Supplied with the holy death sacraments, today at 4 PM, passed away quietly, after a long suffering,...the Royal Saxon Raftin Master a.D. (former)...(and) Government Councilman...FELIX AUGUST HEINK...at the age of 68 years...Dresden, 13 Oct 1881...The mourning family /left behind...The funeral will take place on Sunday, 16 Oct, 3 PM, at the Death Hall of...the inner Catholic Cemetery...A solemn requiem (musical piece and) for the decedent will...be held on Monday, 17 Oct, 11 AM, at the Hofkirche (court church) here."
3) Felix's gravestone no longer exists. The plot belonged to the Herlitzin family from 1955 to 2002. After 30 years, graves are removed to make room for new ones.
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More information:
1) Waldheim Prison was known as a house of horrors before and during the time Felix was a director there. August Rockel (the musical director of Dresden and a friend of Richard Wagner) was incarcerated at the prison during much of the time Felix was there and wrote a book about it (the author, Charles Dickens, mentions Felix in his June 10, 1865 periodical "All the Year Round"). August did not think highly of Felix. Felix's motto was "Inhabitants of prisons need only be punished - rehabilitation can be done at correction facilities". There was much pressure to remove him as the director, but his job was spared due to his father's friendship with King Friedrich August I's daughter, Princess Maria Augusta of Saxony (1782-1863) . Once Augusta died, Felix was dismissed abruptly. To cover that up, he was promoted to government councilor.
2) Felix's death notice (October 15, 1881 Dresdner Anzeigen Newspaper; Page 16):
"Supplied with the holy death sacraments, today at 4 PM, passed away quietly, after a long suffering,...the Royal Saxon Raftin Master a.D. (former)...(and) Government Councilman...FELIX AUGUST HEINK...at the age of 68 years...Dresden, 13 Oct 1881...The mourning family /left behind...The funeral will take place on Sunday, 16 Oct, 3 PM, at the Death Hall of...the inner Catholic Cemetery...A solemn requiem (musical piece and) for the decedent will...be held on Monday, 17 Oct, 11 AM, at the Hofkirche (court church) here."
3) Felix's gravestone no longer exists. The plot belonged to the Herlitzin family from 1955 to 2002. After 30 years, graves are removed to make room for new ones.
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