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Another remarkable figure lived at Hirschbergerstrasse 310 (later Hirschbergerstrasse 10), today known as Plac Piastowski 12. On November 9th, 1872, in Villa Bellevue, Wilhelm Seydelmann and his wife Augusta, née Schall, welcomed a baby boy, whom they named Martin Gustav Adolf Armin.
Armin Seydelmann / Source: Wikipedia
As he grew older, he would go by the last of his given names, Armin, and follow in the footsteps of his grandfather, Karl Seydelmann, a well-known 19th-century actor. In 1894, he began his career on the stage at the Coburg-Gotha theater, and over the next 13 years, he performed in numerous German theaters, including those in Lübeck, Sondershausen, Barmen, Erfurt, and Bremen, where he served as the director of the local municipal theater.
On August 8th, 1906, in Dresden, specifically in the Blasewitz district, 34-year-old Armin married Susanna Emilia Mathilde von der Osten, the daughter of theater actor Emil von der Osten, whose remarkable life story could be the subject of a separate post or even a book.
A photograph of Susanne von der Osten and the marriage certificate of her and Armin Seydelmann
The couple settled in Vienna, where they both worked at Austria’s leading theater, the Burgtheater. Armin was there from September 1907 until 1932, while Susanne worked there from 1910 to 1923. Starting in 1912, Seydelmann also became a professor at the Vienna Conservatory (Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien).
Between 1919 and 1925, Armin also appeared in several films, usually playing roles of aristocrats and notable figures.
The von der Osten sisters, from left to right: Vali, Eva and Susanne
Armin’s father, Wilhelm, passed away in Cieplice (Warmbrunn) on August 25th, 1888, and his mother died on December 23rd, 1921, at the age of 91. Although Seydelmann had been connected with Austria for decades, the estate in Cieplice stayed in the family—it was still listed in the address book at Hirschbergerstrasse 10 in 1939. Perhaps Cieplice served as his summer residence, as it did for many.
Armin Seydelmann died on July 28th, 1946, in Spittal an der Drau, Austria.
Entries for Villa Bellevue in the address books over the years
Truly, Cieplice used to be home to many distinguished individuals.
Villa Bellvue currently / Photo by Marta Maćkowiak
Sources:
E-book Duchy Przodków. Poradnik genealogiczny już w sprzedaży!
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