Franz Toenniges

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Franz Toenniges (born September 27, 1923 in Frankenstein in Silesia ; † April 19, 2008 in Kürten ) was a German calligrapher , graphic artist and local researcher .

Life

Toenniges attended the Collegium Seraphicum in Neisse and the Matthias Gymnasium in Breslau in his Silesian homeland . After the expulsion , he continued his training in graphics, calligraphy and heraldry at the Cologne factory schools in 1946 . He then initially worked as a commercial artist in Switzerland . He soon started working in foreign advertising at Bayer AG . Since 1976 he lived with his wife Käthe in Kürten. She died in 2004. Both had a daughter, who died at the age of eleven.

Toenniges had decreed in his will that his entire estate should go to the therapeutic educational children's village Biesfeld , foundation Die gute Hand .

Areas of interest

His life was accompanied by numerous exhibitions, the creation of greeting cards and calligraphic single sheets and support on various occasions, such as B. at the writing circle in the cultural heritage Cologne Cathedral, the letter of honorary citizenship for the composer Karlheinz Stockhausen , or the laying of the foundation stone certificate of the Katholikentagssiedlung in Longerich . He also kept memories of his Silesian homeland, especially the Frankenstein district, alive in many lectures, publications and exhibitions.

Awards

Fonts

  • A Silesian monastery in the focus of Prussian history , Kürten 1981
  • The Kürtener Sagenschatz , Heider-Verlag, Bergisch Gladbach 1984
  • Beloved home 700 years of German history in the Silesian district of Frankenstein , Busche Verlag, Dortmund 1985
  • 700 years of the city of Frankenstein in Silesia (Silesian Foundation), Hanover 1986
  • St. Hedwig, the patroness of Silesia Apostolic Visitature for the Archdiocese of Breslau, Münster 1990
  • For the sake of the truth , Leverkusen 2001
  • Mit Gott und der Feder, An Autobiography , Kürten 2006

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Intimate insights into a life Bergische Landeszeitung from February 4, 2010
  2. ↑ a b Francis Toenniges: "Graphic - calligraphy - Local History" exhibition at the Martin-Opitz Library, Herne ( Memento of 11 August 2007 at the Internet Archive )
  3. Jump up to the Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger estate from February 7, 2010

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personal data
SURNAME Toenniges, Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German calligrapher
DATE OF BIRTH September 27, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH Frankenstein , Province of Lower Silesia
DATE OF DEATH April 19, 2008
Place of death Kürten