Franz Moufang

Franz Josef Wilhelm Leo Maria Moufang (born April 19, 1893 in Heidelberg , Grand Duchy of Baden , German Empire ; † May 29, 1984 in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg , Federal Republic of Germany ) was a German lawyer, city ​​councilor , head of theHeidelberg cultural department , head of Magistrate's court , art collector . and bearer of the Order of the Zähringer Lion .

family

Julie Moufang with her sons standing on the left is the eldest son Nicola , to the right of the edge of the picture the second oldest Eugen , Fritz, who died early, at the bottom left of the picture and Franz on his mother's lap

Franz Christoph Ignaz Moufang, great-uncle of the Heidelberg Moufang Brothers, diocesan administrator of the diocese of Mainz , from 1851–1890 rain of the Mainz seminary, which was newly founded in 1805

The grave of Franz Moufang's parents, erected in 1906 on the occasion of the death of their son Fritz Moufang (1887–1906), who died early. His mother Julie Philippine Moufang, b. Stutzmann and his father Wilhelm Moufang were buried in 1942. Nicola Moufang, the eldest of the Moufang brothers, found his final resting place in this family grave in 1967. After Nicola Moufang's death for 40 years, the grave complex was abandoned by his heirs in 2007. It was listed as a cultural asset and has been sponsored and cared for since 2009. Heidelberg Mountain Cemetery (Section D)

Franz Moufang was the second youngest son of Wilhelm Moufang, a doctor of law and attorney in Heidelberg, (born January 6, 1852 in Mainz ; † January 30, 1942 in Heidelberg) and his wife Julie Moufang, née. Stutzmann (born February 14, 1857 in Wiesbaden-Biebrich ; † September 29, 1938 in Heidelberg). Wilhelm Moufang senior's sister, Wilhelmine Katharina Moufang, was married to Nicola Racke

Franz Moufang had four brothers, Nicola Moufang (* May 30, 1886 in Heidelberg; † April 11, 1967 ibid), Fritz Moufang (* October 5, 1887 in Heidelberg; † March 10, 1906 ibid), Eugen Moufang (* 7. January 1889 in Heidelberg; † April 15, 1967 ibid) and Wilhelm Moufang (born October 4, 1895 in Heidelberg; † January 21, 1989 in Neckargemünd ). Moufang's important ancestors in Mainz include Friedrich Lennig , Adam Franz Lennig , Christoph Moufang and the religious historian and Indologist Edmund Hardy .

Franz Moufang was married to the concert pianist Margret Moufang, b. Joeres (born August 28, 1902 in Dortmund , † August 28, 1965 in Heidelberg ), sister of the actress Charlotte Joeres . In his second marriage Moufang was with the pianist Margarethe Deta Moufang, b. Schwanfeldt, used Stange, (born August 26, 1900 in Courland , † May 5, 1998 in Hamburg ), married. His second wife survived him by 14 years. Franz Moufang's first marriage resulted in a son and a daughter. His grandchildren include Alexis Grammatidis, a doctor of dentistry and orthodontist , the composer and sound artist David Moufang and Gabriel Grammatidis, a business graduate, systems developer and international speaker .

Life

education

Like his brothers Nicola, Fritz, Eugen and Wilhelm, Franz Moufang attended the Kurfürst-Friedrich-Gymnasium Heidelberg . Franz Moufang started school there as a sextan in 1903 . All four brothers, including the fifth brother Fritz, who was still living at the time, passed their high school diploma with very good grades.

The four brothers studied law according to their father's wishes . Franz Moufang studied at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg , during his studies in Freiburg he lived there in the house of his aunt Anna Maria Probst, b. Moufang, a sister of his father Wilhelm Moufang senior. He then studied a few semesters at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich . Then Moufang returned to the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg and passed his legal exams there. All four brothers completed both exams at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität and were awarded Dr. jur. PhD.

After the First World War broke out on August 1, 1914 , Franz Moufang had to interrupt his law studies, which he started in 1912, for the next four years until the end of the war in 1918.

Time of the First World War

In 1914, at the age of 21, Franz Moufang volunteered at the front as a volunteer . He moved in as a cavalryman with the 1st Badische Leib-Dragoons Regiment No. 20 in Karlsruhe. Obeying the family code, his 28-year-old brother Nicola, his 25-year-old brother Eugen and his 19-year-old brother Wilhelm also volunteered to take up arms.

Wilhelm Moufang also took part in the 1st Baden Leib-Dragoon Regiment No. 20 in Karlsruhe. He returned as a badly wounded trooper, highly decorated, from the battle of the Western Front back into the home .

Like most of the German soldiers, the four Moufang brothers went to war in 1914, believing that they would be back home for Christmas that year. The German people believed in a short fight and a quick victory.

Franz Moufang fought his first battle with the Leib-Dragoon Regiment on the Western Front . He then took part with his unit in the fighting on the Eastern Front . Moufang was decorated with the Iron Cross II. Class and the Order of the Zähringer Lion II. Class with Swords. He left army service after the end of the war in 1918 as a lieutenant in the reserve. Franz Moufang had fought at the front for four years during the First World War.

Weimar Republic

After the end of the First World War, Franz Moufang continued his law studies at the universities mentioned above. In 1923 he was able to take his 2nd state examination at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg and with a dissertation on the topic of age of majority in Germany , his doctorate to Dr. jur. received from the law faculty there.

Franz Moufang established himself as a lawyer. He became in-house counsel for Deutsche Werkstätten Hellerau , joined his father's Heidelberg law practice as a partner and worked as a resident lawyer in his father's office until the outbreak of World War II .

Time of the Second World War

In 1939, at the beginning of the Second World War , Franz Moufang, lieutenant in the reserve , received marching orders . This time Moufang had not chosen to go to the front voluntarily. He left his wife behind, who was expecting their first child together. Moufang took part in a battle in the western campaign. Then fought Moufang under Field Marshal Rommel in Africa Campaign in the first and the second battle of El Alamein to the surrender of the armed forces in North Africa in 1943.

After that, Moufang and his unit were relocated to the Eastern Front. He fought in Norway and finally in the winter of 1944/1945 in the Ukraine in the Army Group South Ukraine , under the sign of the " Russian Campaign 1941 ", which had now escalated into the German-Soviet War , until the unconditional surrender of the Wehrmacht on May 7, 1945. He left army service after the end of the war in 1945 as a major in the reserve. Moufang fought at the front for six years during World War II.

After the capitulation, they withdrew via Hungary , Czechoslovakia and Austria . In the Tauern , Franz Moufang fell into American captivity as a prisoner of war during World War II . In June 1945 Franz Moufang was released from prisoner-of-war captivity and " returned to Heidelberg in an instant, where the task was to create order in the chaos. " " The Americans chauffeured the released Heidelberg soldiers to Karlstor , let them get off the trucks, and from there the returnees ran home. "

Heidelberg was spared the bombing by the great Allied powers . Moufang's wife Margret, with their two small children, had sought refuge at the Heidelberg Kohlhof as often as she could before the heavy air raids on the industrial cities of Mannheim and Ludwigshafen am Rhein , about 15 kilometers from Heidelberg, on the Rhine plain . Igor von Jakimow , a close friend of the family, lived here during those years . Even Wolfgang Fortner made in those years has frequently quarters on the Kohlhof.

Trustee of the American occupation forces and cultural advisor for the city of Heidelberg

Franz Moufang was appointed in June 1945, immediately after his release from American captivity, by Ernst Walz , then President of Württemberg-Baden , as a traffic officer in his government . As a traffic officer, Moufang was also a trustee for the former assets of the German Reich from 1933 to 1945 in the occupation zone of the American occupation forces .

At the end of 1945, Franz Moufang gave up his offices in the Württemberg-Baden government and in the same year was appointed lawyer in the city of Heidelberg, professional city ​​councilor , and head of the cultural department of the city of Heidelberg.

Moufang held the office of cultural advisor for six years. Thanks to the intensive support of Franz Moufang, Dr. Fritz Henn, Music Director from 1945 to 1947, to bring together and engage the first 21 musicians after the Second World War for the orchestra founded in 1889 under the name "Städtisches Orchester" Heidelberg, now the Philharmonic Orchestra of the City of Heidelberg .

After concerts were possible again and the opera was able to rehearse a repertoire again, Moufang devoted himself to the reconstruction of the Heidelberg City Stage and the ballet. Within a year he managed to put a functioning ensemble on its feet.

Parallel to these engagements, Franz Moufang organized the first exhibition of modern art, the so-called degenerate artists after the end of the Nazi dictatorship, in the America House in Heidelberg , the DAI . Among the exhibits at that time were works by the painter Josef Scharl from Moufang's private collection, as well as many other significant loans.

Head of the Friedensgericht and deputy head of the Heidelberger Kunstverein

From 1951 on, Franz Moufang held office in the Heidelberg City Hall, in what was then the historic Prince Karl Building, a baroque building from the early 18th century, as head of the justice of the peace and justice of the peace. After reaching retirement age in 1960, Franz Moufang, meanwhile promoted to the professional city councilor of the city of Heidelberg, retired.

In addition to Moufang's high sense of duty as a civil servant of the city, he became a passionate art collector and great connoisseur of contemporary painting, graphics, sculpture and sculpture in 1947, when he was the cultural advisor of the city of Heidelberg, advisory board member of the Heidelberger Kunstverein . From 1955 to 1965 he was deputy director of the Heidelberger Kunstverein , and in 1965 he was made an honorary member .

During the six-year term of Franz Moufang as cultural affairs of the city of Heidelberg from 1945 to 1951 and beyond until the mid-sixties, it had become the home Moufang to practice, after a theater - opera - or Concert - Premiere the relevant To ask artistic directors, band masters , conductors , choreographers , dramaturges or curators , actors , dancers or solo performers for a small reception in their apartment.

Often there was another opportunity to listen to a little piano play, an aria, or a recitation in a relaxed atmosphere. Without exception, every guest had to sign in the guest books of Franz and Margret Moufang at the end of the evening. Franz Moufang kept his guest books just as consistently as his brother Nicola did. To make it easy for the guests to comply with this request, Franz Moufang has already noted the occasion, year, month and day. The guest was only asked to sign. Of course, Franz Moufang was very happy when a drawing, a clever saying, a witty aphorism or a self-written poem was also entered . Handmade paper was used as the paper for the bookbinder's specially commissioned production of the guest books .

The hospitality of the Moufang couple came to an abrupt end when Margret Moufang fell ill with a benign brain tumor in the spring of 1965, which could not be operated on with the surgical options available at the time. Margret Moufang died on her birthday, August 28, 1965.

The circle around Franz and Margret Moufang included, among others: Hilde Domin , Hasso Gehrmann and his wife Signe, a student of the goldsmith Käthe Ruckenbrod , Hanna Grisebach , August Grisebach , Will Grohmann , Gustav Friedrich Hartlaub , Brigitte Heiliger-Kramm , Bernhard Hoetger , Eugène Ionesco , Jens Christian Jensen , Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler , Gert Kalow , Georg Kolbe , Willibald Kramm , Max Laeuger , Klaus Mugdan , Hanna Nagel , Emil Nolde and his wife, Bruno Paul , Hans Pfitzner , Georg Poensgen , Richard Riemerschmid , Edwin Scharff , Josef Scharl and Wilhelm Schnarrenberger .

The Edwin Scharff Museum in Neu-Ulm owns two bronze sculptures of Franz Moufang's parents, a bust of Wilhelm Moufang senior and a relief of his wife Julie Stutzmann from around 1920.

Late years

Franz Moufang family grave in the Heidelberg mountain cemetery (Section D). His aunt Anna Marie Probst née Moufang, one of his father's two sisters, Wilhelm Moufang senior, also rests here. After Dr. jur. Franz Moufang, his heirs abandoned the burial site. Since then she has been maintained and looked after in a sponsorship.

Franz Moufang's mother Julie Moufang née Stutzmann with her sister Marie Stutzmann on the left in a photo from around 1880

Grave of Franz Moufang's grandparents, Friedrich Stutzmann ∞ Eugenie Stutzmann née Boyssel, on the Heidelberg Bergfriedhof (Dept. D), in the professors' row

The tomb of Marie Stutzmann, aunt of Franz Moufang and his brothers, adorns the oldest grave of the family, where the great-grandfather Pierre Boyssel from Toulouse found his final resting place in 1861 . Bergfriedhof Heidelberger (Dept. D), in the professorial row

Franz Moufang lived alone for about five years after losing his first wife. Then he met another woman, another musician, the pianist Margarete Stange. He was happily married to her in his second marriage for over 15 years. During the years of his widowhood, he had regularly attended art exhibitions, lectures, theater and, above all, chamber music concerts. He also had two important trips during these years when he was just under his mid-70s. With an overland comfort coach to Andalusia , where the aesthetics of the Moorish architecture overwhelmed him and, almost to call it a counterpoint , a journey, also with an overland comfort coach , on the way to the north, to the traces of the history of Scotland .

After his remarriage, Moufang was able to share such beautiful experiences again for many years in solidarity. Franz Moufang found his final resting place in the Heidelberg Bergfriedhof in the family grave next to his aunt Anna Maria Probst, née. Moufang. The first wife of Franz Moufang, Margret Moufang, nee also rests in this tomb. Joeres. The life data of his second wife, Margarethe Deta Moufang, born in Hamburg. Schwanfeldt, used Rod, are carved into the tomb. The grave complex is located in Department D, a few grave sites away from the family grave of his parents Wilhelm Moufang and Julie Moufang, née. Stutzmann, brother Fritz, who died early, and brother Nicola Moufang.

Fonts

• The age of majority in Germany . 86 pages, DIN A4 . Dissertation to obtain the award of the honor of Dr. jur. of the High Law Faculty at the Ruperto Carola , Heidelberg. 1923.

Honors

• Iron Cross (1914) 2nd class
• Order of the Zähringer Löwen Knight's Cross II. Class with oak leaves and swords
• Zähringer lion

• See also List of Wars and Battles in the 20th Century

Quotes on the personality of Franz Moufang

From the features section of the RNZ on the occasion of Franz Moufang's 75th birthday in 1968

• Quote from Josef von Golitschek: “ It was part of his self-chosen task to contribute to the cultural life of his hometown with his own efforts, a perfect example of what is praised today with the pleasant word" citizens' initiative "- and so rarely practiced. "

• Quote Josef von Golitschek: “ His example, the example of a man who always stayed in the background and yet worked tirelessly. "

• Quote from Josef von Golitschek: “ As a small thank you for lifelong efforts and a greeting to a lovable person to whom so many feel connected in friendship. "

From the feature section of the RNZ on the death of Franz Moufang in 1984

• Quote Heide Seele: “ Dr. Franz Moufang was a personality in whom inner noblesse and outer habitus came together. Until his death he took an active part in political and cultural events, did not let physical infirmities get him down and thus made it clear what the spirit can do about matter . "

• Quote Heide Seele: “ When we met Franz Moufang with his lovable wife in Handschuhsheim , then the conversations always revolved around the latest, the value or worthlessness of the last theater production, an exhibition, a concert. Moufang knew his way around the cultural sector, and this is where he made invaluable contributions to the city of Heidelberg. "

• Quote from Heide Seele: “ He was a warm-hearted contemporary who cared about everything and tried to ignore his 91 years - as far as possible. We have lost a good friend in Franz Moufang. "

The Franz Moufang Collection

The Franz Moufang Collection mainly contains works from the graphic works of the artists listed. The list of names could not include all artists who are represented in the Franz Moufang Collection and who, according to Moufang's criteria, were representative of the development of the visual arts of the 20th century.

Max Ackermann Adam Antes Alexander Archipenko Ernst Barlach Eduard Bargheer Willi Baumeister Max Beckmann Herbert Boettger Georges Braque Alexander Calder Heinrich Campendonk Marc Chagall Salvador Dalí Robert Delaunay Otto Dix Jean Dubuffet Josef Eberz Max Ernst Lyonel Feininger Conrad Felixmüller Hasso Gehrmann Alberto Giacometti HAP Grieshaber Juan Gris Erich Heckel Bernhard Hoetger Ferdinand Hodler Karl Hofer Horst Janssen Igor of Yakimov Alexej von Jawlensky Wassily Kandinsky Ida Kerkovius Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Paul Klee Käthe Kollwitz Oskar Kokoschka Willibald Kramm Alfred Kubin Max Laeuger Fernand Leger

Wilhelm Lehmbruck El Lissitzky Kazimir Malevich Franz Marc Marino Marini Frans Masereel Ewald Mataré Henri Matisse Joan Miró Felix Müller Otto Mueller Hanna Nagel Ernst Wilhelm Nay Emil Nolde Pablo Picasso Max Pechstein Serge Poliakoff Hans Purrmann Alexander Rodchenko Will Sohl Edwin Scharff Rudolf Scharpf Josef Scharl Oskar Schlemmer Karl Schmidt-Rottluff Georg Schrimpf Kurt Schwitters Hans Fischer-Schuppach Kurt Schwitters Jean Tinguely Toulouse-Lautrec Maria Uhden Max Unold Maurice Utrillo Hans Thoma Albert Weisgerber Marianne von Werefkin Fritz Winter Gustav Wolf Ossip Zadkine

Exhibitions

• International prints of the 20th century from a private collection in Heidelberg . Heidelberg Art Association. 1962.
• 20th century art from a private collection in Heidelberg . Heidelberg Art Association. 1965.
• 20th century artist posters . The Heidelberger Kunstverein is showing the Dr. Franz Moufang. 1968.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Heidelberg City Archives, Dr. Franz Moufang Head of Office.
2. ↑ Document death notice published in the Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung on January 28, 1989, advertised by the widow Minnie Moufang and her daughter Barbara Kempe, document Heidelberg City Archives, ZGS 2 155.
3. ↑ Hardy, Edmund Georg Nicolaus in NDB German Biography Archive Link ( Memento of the original from February 21, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
4. ↑ Landscape and Forestry Office of the City of Heidelberg, Bergfriedhof (Heidelberg) Steigerweg.
5. ↑ ^{a b} Heidelberg City Archives, Franz Moufang family records.
6. ^ Heidelberg City Archives, Franz Moufang family documents and the Feuerlein family association, Conradi tribe [1]
7. ↑ RNZ . Edition of Friday, April 19, 1968. Features. Dr. Franz Moufang 75 years old. Author Josef von Golitschek, Section I. World War.
8. ↑ Dr. jur. Franz Moufang Law Firm Curriculum Vitae City Archives Heidelberg.
9. ↑ RNZ . Edition of Friday, April 19, 1968. Features. Dr. Franz Moufang 75 years old. Author Josef von Golitschek, Section II. World War.
10. ↑ Quote: Josef von Golitschek.
11. ↑ Quote: Hasso Gehrmann .
12. ^ The guest books of Nicola Moufang
13. ↑ Heidelberg City Archives Documents Head of Department Dr. Franz Moufng.
14. ↑ Hanna Grisebach Article The Dr. Franz Moufang . Author Hanna Griesebach. in The Artwork . Christmas double issue November / December 1957.
15. ↑ As commented by the national press in national and international newspapers and by UNESCO , they were deeply shocked that this important baroque building, which designed the western wall of the Heidelberg Kornmarkt , was razed during the tenure of Mayor Reinhold Zundel .
16. ↑ RNZ . Edition of Friday, April 19, 1968. Features. Dr. Franz Moufang 75 years old. Paragraph after 1945. Author Josef von Golitschek.
17. ↑ In the first decade after the war one could only celebrate privately, there were no public venues that would have been suitable, and of course there was also a lack of money. Having a suitable apartment was an extraordinary stroke of luck, almost a luxury. In addition, the American occupying powers had confiscated villas and town houses . See also Wiki article Heidelberg paragraph: After the Second World War .
18. ↑ Quote: Christoph Vierneisel architect, civil servant at the building authority of the city of Heidelberg. His parents were close friends of the Franz and Margret Moufang family and were not absent from any major family occasion.
19. ↑ This handmade paper was produced in the Moufangschen paper factory in Ober-Schmitten , [2]
20. ↑ Here is a web link to the Edwin Scharff Museum, for which unfortunately no Wikipedia article exists: [3]
21. ↑ See also: Heidelberg City Archives. ZGS 2/155. Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung. Issued June 15, 1984. Features. The city owes him a lot. On the death of the former cultural advisor Franz Moufang. Author Heide Seele.
22. ↑ RNZ . Friday 19th April 1968 issue . Features section. Caption: From the collection of Dr. Franz Moufang , the Heidelberger Kunstverein has been showing an exhibition of artist posters from the 20th century since Wednesday. We reported on the opening, at which curator Jens Christian Jensen spoke introductory words. Photo: Bacon.

Web links

• Franz Moufang in http://www.s197410804.online.de/Zeiten/1945.html
• Franz Moufang in http://www.albert-gieseler.de/dampf_de/firmen1/firmadet11264.shtml
• Franz Moufang in http://www.antikbuch24.de/buchdetails_6465671.html
• Franz Moufang in http://www.bildindex.de/obj02510924.html#%7Chome
• DAI Heidelberg http://www.dai-heidelberg.de/content/index_ger.html
• http://www.augsburger-allgemeine.de/neu-ulm/Verschollener-Scharff-id4063676.html