Felix Metzmacher
Felix Metzmacher (born March 15, 1877 in Burscheid ; † October 31, 1914 near Vermandovillers / Lihons , Canton Chaulnes , Somme department , northern France) was the mayor of Richrath-Reusrath, today's city of Langenfeld .
Life
After finishing school, he began training as a trainee at the Burscheid municipal administration . In 1895 he did his military service in Burscheid. He then worked in several secretarial positions until he finally became mayor of Richrath-Reusrath, today's city of Langenfeld , on October 2, 1908 on the recommendation of District Administrator Lucas of the district of Solingen . During his six-year term of office, he influenced the development of Richrath-Reusrath and, together with the neighboring communities of Monheim, Hitdorf , Rheindorf and Baumberg, founded a special-purpose association that set up a waterworks to supply the communities with drinking water in 1908 and 1909. In 1912, an indoor swimming pool was opened in Langenfeld, thereby promoting swimming lessons for the population. Against the resistance of influential citizens, Metzmacher committed himself to leasing inexpensive building plots on the Richrather Heide to the less affluent residents. During his term of office, the construction of what was then the primary school Immigrath I, which was named after him in 1977 on the occasion of his hundredth birthday, also fell. Shortly after the inauguration of today's Felix Metzmacher School on March 15, 1914, the First World War began, in which Metzmacher died on October 31, 1914 as a soldier near Lihons in northern France.
literature
- Karl-Heinz König: Felix Metzmacher 1877–1914: A documentation of the Felix Metzmacher School, Municipal Catholic Secondary School Langenfeld , 1984
- Felix-Metzmacher-Schule, Städtische Katholische Hauptschule Langenfeld (Ed.): School chronicle of the Felix-Metzmacher-Schule - for the 150th anniversary of the Städtische Katholische Hauptschule Langenfeld-Immigrath , 1988
Web links
- Concept (PDF) and radio feature (mp3) for Felix Metzmacher as a contribution to the history competition of the Federal President 2010/2011 on the website of the Felix Metzmacher School, Katholische Hauptschule, Langenfeld
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Metzmacher, Felix |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Mayor of Richrath-Reusrath, today City of Langenfeld (Rhineland) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 15, 1877 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Burscheid |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 31, 1914 |
| Place of death | near Vermandovillers , Lihons , canton Chaulnes , Somme department , northern France |