Berta Heinzel

Most probably we are talking about Berta Heinzel, the wife of Zagreb's mayor Vjekoslav Heinzel. If it is the right person, she was born as Pick in Prague, Czechia, into a Jewish family. They built and owned houses.

Her husband died in 1934. He had shaped the districts to the east of the historic city centre, including the extensive area around Kvaternikov trg and Heinzelova Street, which was named in his honour. Not all the plots had yet been developed in 1934. As the beneficiary of his estate, Berta Heinzel was therefore in a position to own property and generate income from it.

Sources

• Židovski biografski leksikon Berta Heinzel