Fernando Heydrich Klein was a politician, engineer and sculptor who played a determinant role during the Ten Years' War in Cuba. As an engineer he was the founder and builder of the Aqueduct of Matanzas. He lived in Matanzas, Cuba and received the order in 1870 to build a water channel from the springs of Manantial Bello y Benavides to Matanzas. It still stands as a landmark of the city and was chosen as a monument of the nation in 2005. Heydrich was one of the first producers of Sisal on the island. During the insurrection of the rebels during the Ten Years' War, he played an essential role as founder and president of the Compamia de Alemanes, also called the “Club Aléman”. Their task was the founding of a volunteer corps /militia to protect the goods of Germans and other foreign merchants. He received the explicit consent from Otto von Bismarck through a telegram to Consul Luis Will, in 1869, under the condition of preserving neutrality.
Fernando Heydrich Klein was a politician, engineer and sculptor who played a determinant role during the Ten Years' War in Cuba. As an engineer he was the founder and builder of the Aqueduct of Matanzas. He lived in Matanzas, Cuba and received the order in 1870 to build a water channel from the springs of Manantial Bello y Benavides to Matanzas. It still stands as a landmark of the city and was chosen as a monument of the nation in 2005. Heydrich was one of the first producers of Sisal on the island. During the insurrection of the rebels during the Ten Years' War, he played an essential role as founder and president of the Compamia de Alemanes, also called the “Club Aléman”. Their task was the founding of a volunteer corps /militia to protect the goods of Germans and other foreign merchants. He received the explicit consent from Otto von Bismarck through a telegram to Consul Luis Will, in 1869, under the condition of preserving neutrality.
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Fernando Heydrich Klein
Enero 28 de 1903
Fundador del Acueducto de Matanzas 1872
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