Udder pier
The Euterpier association (also Euterpia ) was a school association with a formative influence on the life and work of Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen . Although he was unable to attend high school even for economic reasons, he was one of the most active members. He had a lifelong friendship with many of the members. During the connection he met his future wife Emilie Storck.
history
The members of the group met from 1838 in Winningen as an Arcadian Association of Friendship. They chose their name based on the Greek muse Euterpe and their motto was "Fromm - Frisch - Fröhlich - Frei". In the beginning of the social awakening phase of the Vormärz , the group members saw themselves as a community based on a common view of life. They saw themselves as part of a youth movement that rebelled against the traditional, which was also expressed in the fact that Albrecht Schöler, as the most important organizer of the circle, violated the traditional order with his hairstyle and clothing. During joint excursions, the entire group provoked against the norms of the time . The association had its own membership newspaper and the members addressed each other by Greek names such as Amphion , Musaios or Eumolpos , or for the female members Terpsichore , Kalliope or Melpomene .
The group was a loose association, founded by students at the grammar school in Koblenz. In addition, there were siblings and as a friend of the Bungeroth brothers, Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen . The group was later joined by older men who were already working, such as the Winningen-based doctor, pharmacist and teacher. In addition to excursions into nature and social gatherings, the main occupation of the group members was writing literary texts under the sign of humanism . The meeting point was usually the house of Dr. Karl Wilhelm Arnoldi . The topic was always the improvement of living conditions for the rural population, which was quite poor at the time.
FW Raiffeisen got to know his future wife in the group, making him the first fiancé there, which is mentioned in the club chronicle with a request for divine support for the couple. In 1845 he married Emilie Storck.
The brothers Bungeroth, Albrecht Schöler and others later played a key role in founding the Bonn Wingolf . The Euterpia called itself at the time "Young Academic Winninger Society".
The friendships from this group lasted lifelong for most of them and were especially important for Raiffeisen, who also organized meetings in later years, important in the implementation of his original aid associations and later the loan association associations.
Members
- Lotte Arnoldi
- Karl Wilhelm Arnoldi (doctor and naturalist)
- Julius Baedeker
- Karl Baedeker
- Heinrich Wilhelm Bungeroth
- Karl Anton Bungeroth
- Friedrich Otto (later Superintendent of the Trier Synod)
- Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen (called Miles )
- Julius Schlickum (pharmacist and naturalist)
- Albrecht Schöler (called Timur )
- Lisette Schöler (sister of Albrecht Schöler)
- Emilie Storck (later wife of FW Raiffeisen)
- Philipp Wirtgen
Web links
- The udder pier or “A Muse on the Moselle” , manuscript for a contribution in the SWR with texts from the udder pier online as a pdf
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lutz Neitzert , Joachim Krieger: Die Euterpier or “A Muse on the Mosel” , manuscript for a contribution in the SWR online as pdf
- ↑ Neitzert / Krieger, pp. 1–3
- ↑ Neitzert / Krieger, pp. 4–10
- ↑ Neitzert / Krieger, pp. 18/19
- ↑ Neitzert / Krieger, p. 20
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↑ * Werner Abresch, Friedhelm Kaiser: Future Winning, Steinbock-Verlag, Hanover, 1968, pp. 68 and 73
- Michael Klein : Life, work and aftermath of the founder of the cooperative, Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen: (1818 - 1888), Pulheim, Rheinland-Verlag, 1997, ISBN 978-3-7927-1682-3 , pp. 21, 26/27, 37, 48 , 65