Franz Ludwig Habbel

Franz Ludwig Habbel (born May 5, 1894 in Regensburg , † June 29, 1964 in Weisham (St. Georgen) , municipality of Stein an der Traun , Chiemgau , Upper Bavaria ) was an activist of the German boy scout and youth movement , publisher, non-fiction author and landowner .

Life

Habbel (first name: Ludwig) was born in 1894 on Fröhliche-Türken-Straße in Regensburg as the youngest son of the Kommerzienrat Josef Habbel, who bought the “Regensburger Anzeiger” from the Pustet publishing house in 1883 and then founded the book and newspaper publisher Habbel & Held . He attended the Neue Gymnasium in Regensburg and then in Munich the Ludwigsgymnasium, as a pupil of the Kgl. Educational Institute Albertinum . Until the outbreak of the First World War , he began studying philology to prepare for the profession of publisher.

In 1911 he became a member of the German Scout Association and was one of the first scout leaders in Bavaria. He took part in the First World War and ended his military career as an officer . After the war he became active in the German youth movement. In 1918 he collected former members of the Bavarian Wehrkraftverein in the New German Scouting Association , which, under his leadership, committed itself to the youth movement in Prunn Palace in the Altmühltal in 1919 . In 1920 he became the first chancellor of the Federation of German New Scouts . In 1921, together with Ludwig Voggenreiter, he founded the publishing house Der Weiße Ritter , based in Regensburg (later in Potsdam ), which helped to shape the ideological basis of the Bündische Jugend with its magazine 'Der Weiße Ritter' . In 1921 he founded his own publishing house, but it went bankrupt. In 1922 he left the White Knight publishing house.

In 1924 the Habbel & Naumann publishing house was established in Regensburg, where Ernst Wiechert's first literary book publications were published. It was there that the large collective work 'The Old German City' was created, a masterpiece of printing and publishing. From 1925 to 1933 Habbel held a leading position in the aviation industry, which brought him to America and Turkey for a few years; since 1931 he was in Berlin. Then he turned back to the publishing work and took on tasks in the field of industrial advertising. The high-quality advertising prints produced under his leadership were considered exemplary in the industry. In 1934 he founded the Wiking publishing house in Berlin. In collaboration with the Regensburg graphic artist Alfred Zacharias , a new type of children's book was created. Together with the publisher Werner E. Stichnote , Habbel took over the bibliophile publishing house Cranach-Presse, which is internationally known for its sophisticated art prints . In 1945 he became a member of the "Lauensteiner Bauhütte" founded by Eugen Diederichs . In 1945 he returned to Munich, with the Wiking publishing house being continued.

Habbel published a number of writings on organized youth education and later some travel and hiking books, including a tour guide for moped drivers . He was co-owner of a patent granted in 1949 for a “can with a push-on or push-in lid”.

The poet Ernst Wiechert judged him:

"A young, blond giant, boy scout chief, quite averse to all social forms."

Habbel had been married to Anna Edith Stamm since April 7, 1921. His father-in-law, Hermann Stamm († 1941), had bought the Maierhof farm in the Weisham district of the village of Sankt Georgen in the municipality of Stein an der Traun in Chiemgau , Upper Bavaria , in 1932 , which the Habbel couple lived together from 1941 to 1964, according to Habbels Death remained in the family's possession, today (2016) in the fourth generation. Habbel had two daughters; his daughter Eva married the non-fiction author, journalist and television chef Ulrich Klever (1922–1990).

Works (selection)

• The organization of military youth education courses: a guide for anyone who has to deal with the establishment and management of military youth education courses . Publishing house Josef Habbel, Regensburg 1915.
• The pocket book of the German youth leader: For responsible leaders and boys leaders of our young Germany clubs . Publishing house Josef Habbel, Regensburg 1915.
• Patriotic youth care . Publishing house Josef Habbel, Regensburg 1916.
• Makeshift work: field pioneer service for our youth. Clues for leaders and boys of our youth care associations . Publishing house Josef Habbel, Regensburg 1917.
• Prunn Palace: The German Scout Day of 1919. The Austrian leaders' debate in Neulengbach . Verlag Der Weiße Ritter, Regensburg 1919.
• The world scout movement . Verlag Der Weiße Ritter, Regensburg 1921.
• Hiked German homeland: The most beautiful areas of West Germany, explored in sixteen unusual hikes . Franckh, Stuttgart 1956.
• On a ride by bike and moped. German landscapes, experienced on two wheels. Ernstgeorg Vogel was in charge of the exploration trips, the processing of the reports and the building history and literature appendix. Kosmos Verlag, 1957.
• Hiked German homeland: The most beautiful areas of West Germany, explored in sixteen unusual hikes . Franckh, Stuttgart 1956.

As a co-author

• with Carl Ernst Poeschel: Antiqua as German normal script: its application in book typesetting . Wiking-Verlag, Berlin-Lichterfelde-West 1942.

As editor

• The new library . Wiking-Verlag, Berlin-Lichterfelde-West 1942.
• The White Knight (magazine).
• White Lily Almanac , Volume I, 1961.

literature

• Hinrich Jantzen: names and works: biographies and contributions to the sociology of the youth movement . Volume 3, Dipa-Verlag, Frankfurt / M. 1975, pp. 126-134.
• Piet Strunk: Scouts in Germany 1909–2009 . Verlag novum publishing, 2010, ISBN 978-3-99003-246-6 ( limited preview , with a portrait of Ludwig Habbel in scout gear ).
• Barbara Stambolis (Ed.): Youth Moves: Essays on autobiographical texts by Werner Heisenberg, Robert Jungk and many others. V & R unipress, Göttingen 2013, ISBN 978-3-8471-0004-1 ( limited preview ).
• Eckard Conze, Matthias D. Witte (Ed.): Pathfinding - A global upbringing and educational idea from an interdisciplinary perspective . Springer VS, Wiesbaden 2012, ISBN 978-3-531-18138-7 ( limited preview ).
• Matthias D. Witte (Ed.): Scouts worldwide - The internationality of the scout community in discussion . Springer VS, Wiesbaden 2015, ISBN 978-3-658-09951-0 ( limited preview ).

Web links

• Information on patent DE 807640 C, jar with slip-on or push-in lid , issued on September 30, 1949.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Hans Jäger, Franz Ludwig Habbel, Hans Günther Uhlig: Box with slip-on or push-in lid . Patented in the territory of the Federal Republic of Germany from September 30, 1949. Patent granted on April 19, 1951. German Patent Office, Patent No. 807-640 ( online ).
2. ↑ Andreas Hillert: Anny Schröder: Life and work of an artist between Wiener Werkstätte, Third Reich and postmodernism . Hopf, Berlin 2014, p. 413.
3. ↑ ^{a b} Meinrad Schroll: The Maierhof in Weisham, 4th continuation and conclusion. In: The home mirror. Supplement to the “Trostberger Tagblatt” and the “Traunreuter Anzeiger”. Born in 1986, No. 2, p. 4.