Franz Innerhofer (doctor)

Franz Innerhofer (born April 18, 1847 in Merano ; † November 11, 1918 there ) was an Austrian physician , curator , curator and patron .

Study and work

As a medical student at the University of Innsbruck , Franz Innerhofer was awarded a Dr. med. doctorate and later director of the state brewery as well as co-founder of the St. Joseph's Institute for mentally ill children in Mils, which was handed over to the Sisters of Mercy in 1898 . In 1879 he started his own business as a general practitioner in Innsbruck; he closed the practice in 1897 and went back to his hometown, his livelihood was secured by rental income.

After returning to Merano in 1898, he became chairman of the museum association founded in 1899, the original sponsor of the Merano City Museum . To expand and equip the museum, he left the museum with three houses worth 350,000 crowns and his extensive library.

From 1901 until his death he worked as a curator for the Central Commission for Monument Preservation in the Burggrafenamt and Vinschgau districts . Thanks to his interventions, it was possible to save a number of monuments protected today from destruction.

In 1908 Innerhofer was a co-founder of the Merano branch of the Tyrolean Society for Homeland Security .

From 1906 to 1911 he published the local history journal "Der Collector", from 1912 to 1916 "Die Heimat".

Innerhofer was the first biographer of Peter Mitterhofer . In 1908 he published an article about its typewriters in the magazine of the Ferdinandeum for Tyrol and Vorarlberg .

Works

As editor

Honors

In 1918 Innerhofer was made an honorary citizen of Merano. In the same year he was made an honorary member of the local museum association.

A street in Merano was named after him in 1959 .

literature

Heidi Trenkwalder: Franz Innerhofer. The homeland protector and founder of the Merano Museum. A portrait. Meran Heritage Protection Association, Meran 2008
Innerhofer Franz. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 3, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1965, p. 35.

Remarks

^ Obituaries in the Burggräfler from November 13, 1918
↑ The Social Center St. Josef , accessed on August 10, 2014
↑ Trenkwalder, p. 9 f.
↑ Trenkwalder, p. 22 ff.
↑ Trenkwalder, p. 34 ff.
↑ All editions were made by the state library “Dr. Friedrich Teßmann “ digitized: The collector, born in 1906/07
↑ Trenkwalder, p. 52 ff.
^ Journal of the Ferdinandeum for Tyrol and Vorarlberg 1908, third volume 52
↑ Meraner Zeitung of July 27, 1918
↑ Bozner Zeitung of June 19, 1918 p. 4
↑ Municipal Council Resolution 90 of June 9, 1959; Meraner Nachrichten, March 2009. PDF p. 5 ( Memento from January 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive )

personal data
SURNAME	Innerhofer, Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian physician, author, conservator, curator and patron
DATE OF BIRTH	April 18, 1847
PLACE OF BIRTH	Meran
DATE OF DEATH	November 11, 1918
Place of death	Meran

[1] Obituaries in the Burggräfler from November 13, 1918

[2] The Social Center St. Josef , accessed on August 10, 2014

[3] Trenkwalder, p. 9 f.

[4] Trenkwalder, p. 22 ff.

[5] Trenkwalder, p. 34 ff.

[6] All editions were made by the state library “Dr. Friedrich Teßmann “ digitized: The collector, born in 1906/07

[7] Trenkwalder, p. 52 ff.

[8] Journal of the Ferdinandeum for Tyrol and Vorarlberg 1908, third volume 52

[9] Meraner Zeitung of July 27, 1918

[10] Bozner Zeitung of June 19, 1918 p. 4

[11] Municipal Council Resolution 90 of June 9, 1959; Meraner Nachrichten, March 2009. PDF p. 5 ( Memento from January 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive )