Alfred Foerg
Alfred Förg (born May 27, 1923 in Rosenheim ; † December 7, 1994 ) was a German publisher and publicist.
Life
Förg was born the son of a businessman. After attending primary and secondary school, he studied at the master school for book printers in Munich . In 1949 he founded the Meister Verlag in Rosenheim together with the publisher Herbert Meister, who had fled the GDR . In 1964 he became the sole owner of the publishing house and renamed it in 1968 the Rosenheim publishing house . The program was expanded to include art books on Franz Defregger , Wilhelm Leibl and southern German painting. Dialect poets appeared in a Bavarica series. With the publication of the art volumes, he also encouraged exhibitions in the Städtische Galerie Rosenheim . In 1993 he withdrew from the operative business and handed the publishing house over to his son Klaus .
Honors
- 1993: Gold Medal of the Republic of Austria
- 1994: Federal Cross of Merit 1st Class of the Federal Republic of Germany
- Bavarian Order of Merit
Web links
- Alfred Förg at the Rosenheim City Archives
Individual evidence
- ↑ List of all decorations awarded by the Federal President for services to the Republic of Austria from 1952 (PDF file; 6.59 MB)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Förg, Alfred |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German publisher and publicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 27, 1923 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rosenheim |
| DATE OF DEATH | 7th December 1994 |