Eugene Virmond

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Hellenthal, An der Linde below the Staudterhof (2017)
Plaque
Grave slab

Eugen Virmond (born October 28, 1844 in Blumenthal (Hellenthal) ; died November 7, 1906 in Hellenthal ) was a Prussian local historian, writer and royal Prussian postal administrator. In addition to a large number of other writings and previously unpublished poems, he wrote the first comprehensive account of the Schleiden district and the history of the iron industry in the Eifel.

Life

Eugen Virmond was the only son of three children of the former riding master and, as a result of the decline of the iron industry in the region, was post expedition Gustav Virmond (born October 21, 1804 in Blumenthal; died May 30, 1878 in Kirschseiffen ) from his marriage Louise Strunk (born October 4, 1815 in Blumenthal; died March 2, 1865 in Kirschseiffen). While the Virmond family ran ironworks in the Schleiden Valley, Louise was the daughter of the then district physician Wilhelm Strunk.

In the same year that his father was appointed mail carrier and moved to Kirschseiffen with his family, Eugen also joined the postal service in February 1862. In 1875 he was appointed post administrator, first in Kirschseiffen and from 1884 with the opening of the Kall-Hellenthal railway line in Hellenthal. On January 1, 1894, he retired from this position. Virmond had two children with Pauline Staudt, the daughter of a Hellenthal merchant whom he married in 1881, Wilhelm Otto, who died of scarlet fever , and Kurt, who was born in Hellenthal in 1886. In particular, his elaboration on the Schleiden district of 1898 remained the only reliable sources of this kind for decades, especially his description of the history of the iron industry in the Eifel made Virmond known beyond the region and continues to be cited as the original source. According to an article in the Kölnische Zeitung on September 7, 1899, Virmond's district history combined "a sound judgment with a clever linguistic presentation". In Hellenthal, the Virmond family lived not far from the in-laws Staudt. On the 100th anniversary of his death in 2006, a commemorative plaque for Eugen Virmond was placed at the junction between Trierer Strasse and An der Linde near the location of the no longer existing house ( location ).

Virmond is buried next to his wife, who died in 1923, in the abandoned Hellenthaler Friedhof on Trierer Strasse, in the entire area of ​​the Staudt family cemetery ( Lage ).

Fonts

  • Chronicle of Schleidener Oberthales , 1891 (= sources on the regional history of the Euskirchen district , volume 1, arrangement Christel Hamacher, publisher Euskirchen district archive, 1996)
  • History of the Eifel iron industry from its first beginnings to its decline , Braselmann, Schleiden (Eifel) 1896 digital
  • Jugenderinnerungen , 1896 (= cultural series of publications of the district of Euskirchen , volume 10 and sources on the regional history of the district of Euskirchen , volume 2, edited by Klaus Ring, published by the district archive of Euskirchen, 2000)
  • History of the Schleiden district , JW Braselmann, Schleiden (Eifel) 1898 digital
  • History of the Virmond family from their first known appearance in the Rheinpfalz and Eifel to the present day , Dietz, Düsseldorf 1902

literature

  • Eugen Virmond: Bürgerleben im Schleidener Obertal in: Bourgeoisie in the 19th century in the districts of Euskirchen and Schleiden (= History Association of the District of Euskirchen eV (Hrsg.): Geschichte im Kreis Euskirchen, year 17, 2003), Euskirchen 2003, ISBN 3-935221 -34-7 , pp. 95-114 (excerpts from the chronicle of 1891 and the memories of the youth of 1896 with a preface by the editor)

Web links

Commons : Eugen Virmond  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b History of the Virmond family from their first known appearance in the Rheinpfalz and Eifel to the present day , p. 45.
  2. ^ A b Sources on the regional history of the Euskirchen district , Volume 1, Ed. Christel Hamacher, Ed. Euskirchen District Archives, 1996, p. 6 (foreword).
  3. ^ History of the Virmond family from their first known appearance in the Rhine Palatinate and in the Eifel to the present day , p. 41 f
  4. ↑ History of the Virmond family from their first known appearance in the Rheinpfalz and Eifel to the present day , p. 48.
  5. ↑ Kölnische Zeitung No. 702 of September 7, 1899.
  6. ↑ Josef Schmitz: Regional history was close to his heart Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger from November 8, 2006 ,. accessed on December 30, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Virmond, Eugene
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian local historian, writer and royal Prussian postal administrator
DATE OF BIRTH October 28, 1844
PLACE OF BIRTH Blumenthal (Hellenthal)
DATE OF DEATH November 7, 1906
Place of death Hellenthal