Carl Rehfus

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Oberländer monument in Kehl on the Rhine

Carl Johann Rehfus (* 1857 in Kehl ; † October 5, 1926 in Kehl), also known as Oberländer , was a German hunting writer and cynologist . The Rehfus family ran a hat factory in Kahllach in Kehl from 1867 to 1963.

Life

Together with Hegewald and other cynologists, Rehfus was the initiator of the association founded in 1891 for testing working dogs for hunting . With Hegewald he was also significantly involved in the basic breeding of the German wire hair and the new breed of the Poodle pointer . He wrote, among other things, guidelines for prospective Waidmänner as well as recommendations for experienced hunters and breeders.

Oberländer's books are now sought-after collector's items among hunting and literature collectors. Oberländer's eight major works were published by Neumann Neudamm by the end of the 1930s . Today they appear in a new edition by Godewind Verlag , Wismar . Since his death, the Villa Rehfus there on Rehfusplatz has been the seat of the competence center for cross-border and European issues .

Others

In 1903 Carl Rehfus shot a brown bear in Russia . He had the fur brought to Kehl and prepared the bear in Öhringen . The upright bear then stood in the Villa Rehfus in the evacuated Kehl until the Second World War . When the family returned in 1950, the bear was no longer there, but was found a short time later in a restaurant in Freistett . The bear, which had been damaged in the meantime, was restored and then stood for a long time in the foyer of the hat factory. It was stolen in 1980, but accidentally found again by the police during an apartment search. In 1991 the city of Kehl received the bear from the Rehfus family and placed it in the city library. There he was "cuddled" so much that he had to be restored by the Kehl town hall master and taxidermist Michael Jöst and finally found a new place in the local museum in Kehl.

Works (selection)

  • The dressage and leadership of the working dog , 1904 (currently as a reprint of the original edition from 1905, Godewind Verlag, Wismar 2005, ISBN 978-3-938347-76-8 )
  • Across German hunting grounds. From the portfolio of a philosophizing hunter, 1897 (currently as a reprint of the original edition from 1897, Wismar 2005, ISBN 978-3-938347-94-2 )
  • Through Norwegian hunting grounds , 1898 (currently as a reprint of the original edition from 1905, Wismar 2005, ISBN 978-3-938347-77-5 )
  • A hunting trip to East Africa , 1903 (currently as a reprint of the original edition from 1903, Wismar 2005, ISBN 978-3-938347-80-5 ). Samples from it: on page 69 "I have never been able to recognize anything other than a half-ape in the Negro, regardless of whether he appears in an Arab shirt, walking stick in hand, as a gigerl, or as a naked bearer, like a chimpanzee on earth crouching, chewing Mtama (black millet). " and on p. 124 "I consider blacks all to be a morally and spiritually inferior race."
  • In the Land of the Brown Bear , 1905 (currently as a reprint of the original edition from 1905, Wismar 2005, ISBN 978-3-938347-78-2 )
  • Das Jägerhaus am Rhein , 1905 (currently as a reprint of the original edition from 1905, Wismar 2005, ISBN 978-3-938347-79-9 )
  • Herbstblätter , 1905 (currently as a reprint of the original edition from 1905, Wismar 2005, ISBN 978-3-938347-72-0 )
  • Der Lehrprinz , 1903 (currently as a reprint of the original edition from 1905, Wismar 2005, ISBN 978-3-938347-75-1 )
  • In the arctic wilderness: hunts for polar bears and large seals , Meyer Verlag, Munich 1941

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Was Carl Johann Rehfus-Oberländer a racist? In: News of the Ortenau - Offenburger Tageblatt . ( bo.de [accessed October 30, 2018]).
  2. ↑ Oberländer: In arctic wilderness: hunts for polar bears a. Large seals . Mayer Verl, Munich 1941 ( dnb.de [accessed October 31, 2018]).
personal data
SURNAME Rehfus, Carl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rehfus, Carl Johann (full name); Oberländer
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German hunting writer and cynologist
DATE OF BIRTH 1857
PLACE OF BIRTH Throat
DATE OF DEATH October 5, 1926
Place of death Throat