Franz Moroder

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Franz Moroder Lenèrt (born September 4, 1847 in Ortisei in Val Gardena ; † May 13, 1920 ibid) was a merchant, local researcher, promoter of alpinism and tourism in Val Gardena and first mayor of the market town of Ortisei .

Portrait of Franz Moroder, painted by his cousin Josef Moroder-Lusenberg

Life

Education and family

Franz Moroder was born in 1847 to Jan Matie Moroder (1802–1849), a merchant in Ancona and St. Ulrich, and Marianna Perathoner da Lenèrt. He attended schools in Ortisei, Bressanone and Trento , first worked as a clerk in a cutlery shop in Trento and Bolzano and was finally trained as a merchant in Val Gardena branches in St. Petersburg , London and Paris . He learned English and French, even translated poems from English into Ladin and wrote an unpublished version of his book The Val Gardena in French. In 1875 he married his cousin Marianna Moroder, sister of the academic painter Josef Moroder-Lusenberg . He had fourteen children; the second son was the sculptor Rudolf Moroder Lenèrt from Val Gardena . His daughter Adele Moroder , married to the sculptor Ludwig Moroder , wrote numerous stories in Ladin. Franz Moroder was also active as a poet in the Ladin language and musically as a violin and cello player. He also published some self-composed musical pieces.

Commercial activity

The workshop of the Moroder brothers in the Lenert house in Ortisei. Front left Franz Moroder and right his son-in-law Ludwig Moroder

In 1869 he and his brother Alois Moroder founded the trading company for wooden toys and church facilities, the Brothers Moroder .

The Moroder brothers expanded their activities in church art abroad by taking over the workshop of Franz Joseph Simmler in Offenburg in the then Grand Duchy of Baden in 1904 . It was run by his sons Eduard and Rudolf and employed up to forty artisans. The company received ten awards, including three gold medals , at the world exhibitions in London and Paris, in Eger, Bozen, Vienna, St. Petersburg and Florence.

Local political career

At the age of 25, Moroder was elected to the Ortisei community committee in 1872. From 1886 he was a corresponding member of the Bozen Chamber of Commerce and Industry and was awarded a medal of honor by them in 1898. In 1902 he became community leader. As such, he campaigned for the construction of the first communal high-pressure water pipeline, some places in the Cuecenes brook were secured by torrent barriers and the Raschötzer forest was protected from wood thieves. He founded the first savings bank in the valley and was also the first director of the same. It is thanks to Moroders' initiative that Ortisei was promoted to a market town in 1907, during which time he was named the town's first mayor and honorary citizen. In 1909 he received the Golden Cross of Merit with the crown from Emperor Franz Joseph .

Others

In 1885 Moroder co-founded the Val Gardena section of the German-Austrian Alpine Club (DÖAV). As a corresponding member of the DÖAV, he supported the alpine and tourist development of Val Gardena. In 1895/96, thanks also to his energetic efforts and support, the hospice at the Gardena Pass was opened up; he served for several years as president of the hospice consortium.

Franz Moroder was one of the main promoters of the Ladin language with Archangelus Lardschneider , Josef Runggaldier and his nephew Wilhelm Moroder-Lusenberg. In several writings and leaflets he campaigned for the preservation of the Ladin language.

Publications

literature

  • R. Moroder:  Moroder Franz. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 6, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1975, ISBN 3-7001-0128-7 , p. 376 f. (Direct links on p. 376 , p. 377 ).
  • Edgar Moroder: Franz Moroder zu Lenert (1847–1920), trader, former mayor, local historian . In: Ladinia 11, 1978, pp. 127-136 ( digitized version ).
  • Edgar Moroder: The Moroder, an old Ladin family from Val Gardena-Dolomites. From the 14th to the 20th century. Origin - History - Biographies - Appendix. Contribution to Tyrolean family research . Self-published, Ortisei in Val Gardena 1980, pp. 210–222.
  • Walter Belardi: Narrativa Gardenese . Universitá la Sapienza Roma - Union di Ladins de Gherdeina Urtijei 1988, pp. 291-316.
  • Dieter Kattenbusch: Franz Moroder (1847–1920). A Ladin without fear and blame . In: Ladinia - Sföi culturâl dai ladins dles Dolomites , No. 15. Istitut Ladin "Micura de Rü". San Martin de Tor 1991, pp. 67-76 ( digitized version ).
  • Rut Bernardi, Paul Videsott: History of Ladin Literature. A bio-bibliographic author compendium from the beginnings of Ladin literature to the literary work of the early 21st century . Bozen-Bolzano University Press, Bozen 2013, ISBN 978-88-6046-060-8 , pp. 172-180.

Web links

Commons : Franz Moroder-Lenert  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Church art workshop, Brothers Moroder Franz Jos. Simmler's Nachf. Altarbau - sculpture in wood and stone; founded since 1881 . [Munich approx. 1910] (mostly images).
personal data
SURNAME Moroder, Franz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Moroder Lenèrt, Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Val Gardena merchant, historical researcher, local politician
DATE OF BIRTH September 4, 1847
PLACE OF BIRTH Ortisei in Val Gardena
DATE OF DEATH May 13, 1920
Place of death Ortisei in Val Gardena