Franz-Joseph Moritz

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House and former chapel

Franz-Joseph Moritz (born December 26, 1839 in Cochem ; † August 9, 1914 there ) was a German landowner, bank director and member of parliament .

life and career

Franz-Josef Moritz was a landowner and together with Mathias Hausmann and Andreas Fellenz founded the "Kochemer Volksbank", of which he was director until 1910. He had been married since June 30, 1870 to Gertrud Bidgenbach (born June 16, 1847, † April 25, 1901), who was also from Cochem. In Vera Torunsky's collection on "Members of the Rhenish Provincial Parliament" , F.-J. Moritz for the period from 1888 to 1914 as a member of the 34th Rhenish Provincial Parliament for the Koblenz administrative district .

Former house chapel

He made a house available at Ravenéstraße 15 in Cochem to accommodate old and infirm priests. This house was built by his father Josef Moritz (* December 24, 1808–1880) who was a baker after their bakery in the Cochem castle was a victim of the flames after a major fire.

Since the beginning of the Kulturkampf (Muzzle Law of 1871), his parents' house was the refuge for many clergymen who were expelled from the country. After the end of the Kulturkampf in 1882, he became a district deputy and held many honorary posts. He was significantly involved in the establishment of associations and charities as well as in the establishment of the hospital on the Klosterberg and the Ebernach monastery . For decades he was a member of the 3rd Order of St. Francis. F.-J. Moritz was also a founding member of the Cochem fire brigade. Later he was a district deputy and provincial member of the state parliament.

Former priests and nurses' home at Ravenéstraße 15

The first holy mass in the in-house chapel that existed at the beginning could already be read on June 2, 1883. The daily holy masses were carried out with the support of the bishop . Later F.-J. Moritz bequeathed his house to the Waldbreitbach sisters to take in old and infirm priests. It became the point of contact for many priests who received admission and support there. In 1909 he handed the house over to the Franciscan Sisters who ran the hospital on the Klosterberg in Cochem. He stayed in the house until his death on August 9, 1914. During the First World War it was used as a hospital and the Dernbach sisters lived in this house until 1941 . It was then used as an isolation house or old people's home, followed by the Sisters of Mary until finally in 1982 the German Red Cross Cochem-Zell became the new owner.

Door plate F. Moritz

literature

  • Maria Biesenbach (nee Wagner): The house in Wenzelgasse , Fouqué Literaturverlag 1998, ISBN 3-8267-4233-8
  • Alfons Friderichs (Ed.): Moritz, Franz-Joseph . In: Personalities of the Cochem-Zell District, Kliomedia, Trier 2004, ISBN 3-89890-084-3 , p. 248.
  • Vera Torunsky: The members of the provincial parliaments u. their deputies 1825–1888. Cologne / Bonn 1998, p. 324.
  • Günter Bretz, Franz-Josef Moritz: Stadt- und Landbote Cochem 2014
  • Gisela Lenz: Houses also have their history. Message from Gisela Lenz, Landkern v. September 27, 2002.
  • Günther Bretz (author): 125 years of the Moritz house in Cochem , Heimatjahrbuch Kreis Cochem-Zell 2008, pp. 181–183.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ List of members of the Rhenish Provincial Parliament 1888-1933 (by place of residence) : "COC 1913-1918, Moritz, Franz-Josep"
personal data
SURNAME Moritz, Franz-Joseph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German bank director and member of parliament
DATE OF BIRTH December 26, 1839
PLACE OF BIRTH Cochem
DATE OF DEATH August 9, 1914
Place of death Cochem