Alfred Flury

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Alfred Flury (born April 16, 1934 in Wangen near Olten ; † April 6, 1986 there ) was a Swiss Roman Catholic clergyman and songwriter ( New Spiritual Song ).

Live and act

Flury attended primary school in Wangen bei Olten and the grammar school in the St. Fidelis college in Stans (Matura 1954). After studying theology at the Lucerne Seminary , he was ordained a priest and first worked as a vicar in Grenchen , then as a religion and singing teacher at the St. Michael College in Zug . He had already made his first record while studying theology; numerous other songs were written in Zug, including a. the familiar Let the little things . As Kaplan Flury , he was widely known as a religious song singer, across denominational boundaries. From 1967 he lived in his parents' house again and, in addition to his performances, devoted himself to youth work and drug prophylaxis . On October 6, 1971, the Kaplan Flury Foundation (today: aktion-nodrugs) was created, which serves youth welfare (today's slogan: clean is in - we are committed to healthy, drug-free youth with a future. ). Here, too, Flury knew no national or religious borders. His work shifted to the creation of youth workshops, lectures in front of large companies and individual pastoral care and welfare (life counseling), whereby his father's house became an open house . He published several books on the drug problem. Alfred Flury died on April 6, 1986 as a result of a stomach and intestinal problem.

Known songs

Chart positions
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Singles
I want to go by your side
  DE 45 07/01/1964 (4 weeks)
  • "The new is coming"
  • "You drove the world"
  • "There is a way so far"
  • "There is a word and that is life for you" (1964)
  • "I have sung"
  • "Leave the little things"
  • "I was once told about you"
  • "Why" / "Think Again" (1967)
  • "As long as a flower is still blooming"
  • "One sings Hallelujah here and there"
  • "Don Bosco Youth Fair"
  • "I want to go by your side"
  • "Jimi, oh Jimi Hendrix (1970)"

literature

  • Hans Flury (Ed.): Kaplan Flury. With guitar and sun gear. The singing priest and legendary youth minister. With a letter of passage from the circus pastor Ernst Heller. Weltbild, Olten 2008, ISBN 978-3-03812-280-7 .

Web links

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personal data
SURNAME Flury, Alfred
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Flury, chaplain
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss Roman Catholic clergyman and songwriter (New Spiritual Song)
DATE OF BIRTH April 16, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Wangen near Olten
DATE OF DEATH April 6, 1986
Place of death Wangen near Olten