Adulf Peter Goop

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Adulf Peter Goop (born February 23, 1921 in Schellenberg ; † March 9, 2011 in Vaduz ) was a Liechtenstein legal advisor, local historian and patron . In addition to his professional and research activities, he was also known as a collector. Examples of his collection of decorative Easter eggs can be seen today in the treasury of the Liechtenstein National Museum .

Life

Adulf Peter Goop grew up as one of eight children of the farmer Andreas Goop and his wife Frieda, née Elkuch, in Schellenberg . The family lived in poor conditions - his father died at the age of two. After primary school, the child had to earn money doing odd jobs. From 1935 he was able to attend secondary school in Vaduz . Thanks to work in a quarry on the side, he was able to move to the Collegium Marianum Vaduz in 1938 and complete a trading course there. From 1939 to 1940 he worked in a notary's office in Bregenz , but had to give up the position because he refused the Hitler salute. From 1941 he worked for the Vaduz lawyer Ludwig Marxer in his law firm . At the new location he worked his way up from assistant to legal advisor and trustee , in 1968 he became a partner of the firm.

In 1947 Goop moved to Vaduz. On August 17, 1948 he married Ida Hänggi (born August 17, 1923). The couple had four children. In 1988 Goop retired, which left even more room for his creative urge as a local historian.

Act as patron and cultural promoter

Goop was soon committed to the customs, traditions and history of the principality. In 1965, for example, he founded the Liechtenstein Traditional Costume Association , which he chaired until 1998 and was then made honorary president - sometimes also because of his support for the association. He has authored several books and numerous articles on the history and culture of Liechtenstein as well as on Russian Easter eggs. His treatise on the history of Liechtenstein is considered a standard work. In 1992 he began to publish the magazine “EinTracht - Heimat- und Customs care - Bulletin of the Liechtenstein Traditional Costume Association” , for which he was in charge until the end. Goop wrote most of the articles in the magazine, which was published three times a year. The last three editions appeared after his death, but were already mostly prepared by him. He also worked as a photographer and graphic artist for the publication. Customs maintenance in Liechtenstein can be traced back to Goop.

"It is thanks to people like Adulf Peter Goop that yesterday is not forgotten, but saved in today and thus preserved for tomorrow."

- Aurelia Frick : Liechtenstein culture letter

Adulf Peter Goop was also active in several other clubs. The Liechtenstein Press Club, the Liechtenstein Alpine Association and the Historical Association for the Principality of Liechtenstein appointed him honorary members. Over the decades he has amassed a large collection of local history objects from Liechtenstein consisting of articles, pictures, books, correspondence, his own notes, postcards and plans. After his death, this archive was made available to interested persons in a depot in Triesenberg . Goop explained his commitment to Liechtenstein culture and society as follows:

“ EinTracht is a cultural newspaper and should and will remain so. An important part of culture, however, is harmony, unity in human coexistence and also in the state. And to preserve this for our homeland is the purpose of my contribution. "

- Adulf Peter Goop

Goop also devoted himself to the Russian painter Eugen Zotow , who lived in exile in Liechtenstein from 1938 to 1953. Zotow and Goop became friends, whereupon the Liechtensteiner increasingly began to deal with Russian culture. Goop collected around 150 works from the artist's estate and researched him. In 1992 in Vaduz and with the help of Goop, the «Prof. Eugen Zotow-Ivan Miassojedoff Foundation »established.

An initial interest in Russian culture was awakened at Goop a few years earlier: on May 3, 1945, almost 400 Russian officers of the 1st Russian National Army , an  association led by Boris Smyslowsky and  collaborating with the German Wehrmacht , were at Schellenberg Fled Liechtenstein to apply for asylum there. As a scout  leader, Goop helped feed the refugees. As a thank you, he was given an Easter egg on the Russian Orthodox Easter. With Russia he also had a great love of Russian literature and several trips to the Soviet Union .

A selection of Goops Easter eggs in the treasury in Vaduz

In contact with Orthodox culture, Goop began to increasingly deal with Easter eggs again in the 1970s. He wanted to introduce this custom in Liechtenstein too and began to create a collection to provide the women of the traditional costume association with ideas and models. He later suggested that an artist from Liechtenstein design an Easter egg every year that was produced in small numbers by a local ceramic manufacturer. This is how the “Liechtenstein annual eggs” were created from 1988 to 2012.

In addition to the works of Zotow and Easter eggs from all over the world, Goop also collected works by Liechtenstein artists such as Josef Seger, Georg Malin , Martin Frommelt, Josef Schädler , Louis Jäger and Evi Kliemand.

Gouache by Johann Ludwig Bleuler with Vaduz as a motif from the Goop collection

In June 2010, Adulf Peter Goop bequeathed his collection with over 4000 objects to the Principality. This includes over 2,300 Easter eggs - artistic and traditional specimens from all over the world, but also around 130 valuable eggs from the time of the tsars. The collection is considered to be the largest collection of Easter eggs in the world and the most important of Russian Easter eggs outside the country. Showpieces are the apple blossom egg , a Fabergé egg , and several other golden eggs set with precious stones from the workshop of Fabergé and other Russian jewel goldsmiths. Another important part of the donation are around 1,500 graphics, mostly from the Rhine Valley region, but also 77 of the 80 gouaches from Johann Ludwig Bleuler's “Great Rhine Journey”.

"I owe so much to the country of Liechtenstein - my homeland - I want to give something back with this donation!"

- Adulf Peter Goop

The Goops Collection is exhibited today in the Liechtenstein National Museum. Bleuler's most valuable eggs and graphics are exhibited in the treasury. The eggs have also repeatedly been the subject of special exhibitions. The works of Zotow could with the estate of the «Prof. Eugen Zotow-Ivan Miassojedoff Foundation », which is kept in the museum.

Works

  • as editor: Gedächtnisschrift Ludwig Marxer . Schulthess, Zurich 1963.
  • with Peter Marxer : Guide to setting up a company in Liechtenstein . Self-published, Vaduz 1968.
  • with Peter Marxer, Walter Kieber : Companies and taxes in Liechtenstein . Liechtenstein-Verlag, Vaduz 1982.
  • Liechtenstein yesterday and today . Liechtenstein-Verlag, Vaduz 1973, ISBN 3-85789-011-8 .
  • Customs in Liechtenstein . Liechtenstein Traditional Costume Association, Vaduz 1986.
  • The egg, what a wonderful thing: Easter eggs - ornamental eggs: a viewing and reading book . Haupt, Bern 1989, ISBN 3-258-04033-8 .
  • Liechtenstein traditional costume. in: Terra plana . No. 3, 1991, pp. 22-25.
  • with Peter Marxer, Walter Kieber: Companies and taxes in Liechtenstein: with a presentation of important areas of Liechtenstein law . 8th edition, Liechtenstein-Verlag, Vaduz 1991, ISBN 3-85789-851-8 .
  • with Günther Meier, Daniel Quaderer: Customs Liechtenstein: old customs and new manners . Alpenland-Verlag, Schaan 2005, ISBN 3-905437-09-0 .

literature

  • Iris Ott: Bridge builder between yesterday and today: on the birthday of Adulf Peter Goop . In: Terra plana . No. 2 , 2001, p. 47 f .
  • Adolf Marxer: Adulf Peter Goop, 1921 to 2011: Liechtensteiner by conviction, father of a family, legal advisor, local researcher, collector and author . In: Yearbook - Historical Association for the Principality of Liechtenstein . tape 111 . Vaduz 2012, p. 11-13 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Anton Kriegler: Editorial . In: Liechtensteinische Trachtenvereinigung (Hrsg.): Eintracht . National holiday, No. 57 , 2011, p. 4 ( eliechtensteinensia.li - From Robert Allgäuer's funeral speech ).
  2. ↑ a b c d Elisabeth Huppmann: Good soul of Liechtenstein passed away . In: Liechtenstein Fatherland . March 10, 2011, p. 3 ( historerverein.li [PDF; accessed on June 22, 2019]).
  3. ↑ a b c d Fabian Frommelt: Peter Goop Adulf Peter Goop. In: Historical Lexicon of the Principality of Liechtenstein . December 31, 2011 , accessed June 22, 2019 .
  4. ↑ a b c David Vogt: A life in the service of the community . In: Liechtensteinische Trachtenvereinigung (Hrsg.): Eintracht . National holiday, No. 57 , 2011, p. 3 ( eliechtensteinensia.li ).
  5. ^ Liechtensteinische Trachtenvereinigung (Ed.): Eintracht . Easter, No. 56 , 2011 ( eliechtensteinensia.li ).
  6. ↑ Aurelia Frick: Congratulations! In: Liechtenstein culture letter . No. 1 , February 2011, p. 2 ( PDF [accessed June 22, 2019]).
  7. ^ Josef Eberle: New place for local history collection from Adulf Goop . In: Liechtensteinische Trachtenvereinigung (Hrsg.): Eintracht . Easter, No. 59 , 2012, p. 8 ( eliechtensteinensia.li ).
  8. ↑ Adulf Peter Goop: editorial . In: Liechtensteinische Trachtenvereinigung (Hrsg.): Eintracht . Advent, No. 4 , 1993, p. 3 ( eliechtensteinensia.li ).
  9. ↑ a b c d e f Norbert. W Hasler: The Adulf Peter Goop Collection . In: Liechtenstein culture letter . No. 1 , February 2011, p. 3 f . ( PDF [accessed June 22, 2019]).
  10. ↑ Cornelia Hermann: Peter Goop Adulf Peter Goop. In: Historical Lexicon of the Principality of Liechtenstein . December 31, 2011 , accessed June 22, 2019 .
  11. ↑ a b c d jak: A great collector and art lover . In: Liechtenstein Fatherland . March 10, 2011, p. 3 ( historerverein.li [PDF; accessed on June 22, 2019]).
  12. ↑ Unique and unique - The Liechtenstein annual eggs from 1988 to 2012. In: lie: zeit. April 1, 2019, accessed June 22, 2019 .
  13. ↑ a b Liechtenstein Treasury. In: Liechtenstein National Museum. Retrieved June 22, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Goop, Adulf Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Liechtenstein legal advisor, local historian and patron
DATE OF BIRTH February 23, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH Schellenberg , Liechtenstein
DATE OF DEATH March 9, 2011
Place of death Vaduz