Felix von Schumacher-Nager

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Felix von Schumacher-Nager (born December 15, 1909 in Lucerne ; † December 7, 2002 in Zurich ) was a Swiss lawyer , journalist and editor-in-chief . He came from the Lucerne patrician family of the same name and was a son of Government Councilor Felix von Schumacher and grandson of General Felix von Schumacher . In the 1940s and 1950s he became the “king of the circulation” of the Illustrierte Zeitung and the “virtuoso” of the first Swiss boulevard . As a construction pioneer, he built Switzerland's first shopping center in the 1960s.

Life

First, Felix von Schumacher learned the legal profession and received his doctorate in law. Then he switched to journalism. He joined the “ Weltwoche ” in 1935 and became the London correspondent for the weekly newspaper of his cousin Karl von Schumacher . In 1937 he was the foreign editor of Gottlieb Duttweiler's " Tat ". The cosmopolitan and big city experience shaped the wealthy aristocrat and gentleman just as, conversely, he also shaped his surroundings through superiority and drive. During the Second World War he did active service as captain of the mounted field artillery.

King of editions in Zurich and Germany

Felix von Schumacher's special instinct for the sensitivities of the reading masses drew the publisher Paul August Ringier's attention to him. This made him editor-in-chief of the illustrated society magazine " Sie und Er " in 1941 . The fact that the Swiss will to defend has been equated with the person of General Henri Guisan for generations began with the Ringier papers. Not only did Felix von Schumacher put his paper in the service of military and intellectual national defense , but also made women and their contribution to national defense a major issue that increased circulation. He was also one of the first to start reporting on the Nazi concentration camps during the war .

First editor-in-chief of the Swiss tabloid

In 1951 he helped found the magazine "Die Woche", which he directed for three years. The publisher Helmut Kindler then made him head of the “ Revue ” magazine in Munich. In 1958 he moved to Franz Burda's “ Buntes ” in the same position . In both places he increased the circulation. In 1959, the founders of the Swiss tabloid newspaper appointed him first editor-in-chief of " Blick ". The idea for the concise name came from his wife Evelyn von Schumacher, born Nager. After two years he left journalism for good and turned to the management of his family property.

Lucerne construction pioneer

On the large family estate on the western lakeshore of the city of Lucerne, he built the first shopping center in Switzerland, the Schönbühl shopping center, and in the 1960s made it possible for the only building by the master architect Alvar Aalto to be built on Swiss soil.

Committed to tradition

In addition to his modern and cosmopolitan attitude, he also devoted himself to historical, family history and family policy issues. Despite a certain non-conformism , he was always aware that, as a descendant of an old Lucerne aristocratic family, he had to live in tradition and was committed to continuity. So he belonged u. a. the Society of Gentlemen to Riflemen , of which he was the 102nd room master .

literature

  • Karl Lüond: A patrician on the boulevard. In: NZZ , January 17, 2003.
  • Ringier series, part 3: Respect for the Heftlimacher - Switzerland. Blick, January 15, 2008.
  • Felix von Schumacher. In: Der Spiegel 40/1959.
  • Noise in the Kindler garden. In: Der Spiegel 13/1960.
  • Felix von Schumacher. Biography Who's Who? .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Family files in the Lucerne State Archives
  2. ^ Karl Lüönd
  3. ↑ cf. Karl Lüönd
  4. ↑ cf. Karl Lüönd.
  5. ^ Quartierverein Tribschen-Langensand Luzern (Ed.): Tribschen - this is how a district was created. Contributions to the history of the area in front of and behind the alley. 50 years of the Tribschen-Langensand neighborhood association. Lucerne 1975. (= district history publications, 5)
  6. ↑ He wrote a. a. the font Luisa (Mengis and Sticher, Lucerne 1983)
  7. ^ Membership directory of the society
personal data
SURNAME Schumacher rodent, Felix von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schumacher, Felix von (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss publicist
DATE OF BIRTH December 15, 1909
PLACE OF BIRTH Lucerne
DATE OF DEATH December 7, 2002
Place of death Zurich