Christian Marco Calgèer

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Christian Marco Calgeer's grave
Advertisement by Calgèer from the Kempter Zeitung for his trade in linen and cotton goods (1862)

Christian Marco Calgèer (* 1819 in Kempten (Allgäu) , † 1898 in Munich ) was a German merchant and benefactor of the city of Kempten.

Life

Calgèer came from an old Kempten merchant family. His ancestors were city court assessors and merchants.

He traded in long goods and church parameters .

The merchant married Maria Anna Spieler from Isny on July 18, 1853 in Kempten . In 1874 he set up a charity in memory of his daughter Adeline, who had died a year earlier. In 1886 Christian Calgèer founded the Calgèersche Charity Foundation. It served to care for the poor, sick and orphans.

The benefactor of the city of Kempten died in Munich in 1898. He was buried in the Evangelical Cemetery in Kempten . After his death, the city of Kempten received the money in the form of a fund. In return, the city takes care of the Calgèer tomb.

Afterlife

After his death, numerous projects in Kempten were financed by the Calgèersche Charity Foundation. Among other things, the award-winning St. Mang's fountain and the music pavilion in the city ​​park were created from their funds .

The Calgeerpark , a small park in Kempten, is also named after him. It was funded by funds from the Calgeer Foundation. A street (Calgeerstraße) in Kempten is named after Calgèer. Currently the spelling with grave accents ( Calgèer ) is dispensed with and mostly simplified with Calgeer .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Franz-Rasso Böck : Trade in long goods and church parameters: On the 100th anniversary of Christian Marco Calgeer's death on March 6, 1998. In: Das Schöne Allgäu , No. 61, 1998, p. 39f.
  2. ↑ Marriage 1853 in: Directory of those married, baptized and deceased in ... in the Evangelical parish of St. Mang zu Kempten. 1853, p. 2. ( limited preview in Google book search).

literature

  • Friedrich Zollhoefer (Hrsg.): In Eduard Zimmermann, Friedrich Zollhoefer: Kempter coat of arms and symbols including the city and district of Kempten and the adjacent areas of the upper Allgäu. In: Heimatverein Kempten (Ed.): Allgäuer Geschichtsfreund. 1. Delivery, No. 60/61, Kempten 1960/61, p. 42.
  • Franz-Rasso Böck : Trade in long goods and church parameters: On the 100th anniversary of Christian Marco Calgeer's death on March 6, 1998. In: Das Schöne Allgäu , No. 61, 1998, p. 39f.

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personal data
SURNAME Calgèer, Christian Marco
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German merchant and benefactor of the city of Kempten
DATE OF BIRTH 1819
PLACE OF BIRTH Kempten (Allgäu)
DATE OF DEATH 1898
Place of death Munich