Franz Weissebach

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Memorial plaque for Franz Weißebach on the city wall in the Trier palace garden

Peter Franz Weißebach (born July 18, 1860 in Trier ; † November 10, 1925 there ) was a German privateer , co-owner of the Kanzemer Berg winery (today: Othegraven winery ), a Trier rogue and founder of the Trier palace gardens . The Franz Weißebach Prize is named after him.

Life

Weißebach was the son of the winery owner Julius Weißebach and his wife Anna Maria Schoemann. His aunt was Anna Weißebach . Weißebach was a co-owner of his parents' winery Kanzemer Berg, which was continued as the "Weißebach Erben" winery, and was a privateer because his brother Karl managed the joint winery.

During Weißebach's lifetime, the city of Trier showed an interest in converting the former parade ground at the Electoral Palace near the center into a garden, but the city lacked the money. Weißebach then made the city of Trier his heiress in his will. However, the rogue bequeathed his assets with earmarking: The money from the sale was to be used for the construction of a crematorium in the city cemetery, which was unthinkable in the strictly Catholic Trier of that time (see " Cremation "). The only way out was an additional provision in the will: Should the Trier city council refuse to build the crematorium for five years, the funds could be used for a public garden. The city council put the construction of the crematorium on its agenda every year for five years and, just as predictably, voted against it every year in the so-called “crematorium debate”. After the last refusal, the assets could finally be used to create the palace garden. The Weißebach estate contained three loads (around 1,000 liters each) of his wine "Kanzemer Berg", the 1921 vintage known as the "century wine" because of its outstanding quality. called.

In his will, Weißebach had specified an earth burial for himself , which took place in an honorary grave of the grateful city of Trier at the Trier main cemetery . In the city wall in the palace garden, a memorial plaque was attached to the donor.

Franz Weissebach Prize

Since 1988, the prince guild of the city of Trier (a carnival society) has awarded the Franz Weißebach Prize in Trier in 1987. The award goes to people who combine humor with social commitment.

Award winners

literature

  • Rudolf M. Gall: The Trier founder Franz Weißebach. In: New Trierisches Jahrbuch 1989, pp. 87–91.
  • Rudolf M. Gall: Weißebach, Peter Franz. In: Heinz Monz (Hrsg.): Trier Biographical Lexicon. Landesarchivverwaltung, Koblenz 2000, ISBN 3-931014-49-5 , p. 498.
  • Jung, Hermann: Unforgettable "crematorium wine". A reminder sheet to smile about from the dark days of Trier. In: Rheinische Bauernzeitung. 34. Koblenz 1980, 8, pp. 451-452.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ winner of the Franz-Weisse Bach Prize

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personal data
SURNAME Weissebach, Franz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Weißebach, Peter Franz (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German privateer and patron
DATE OF BIRTH July 18, 1860
PLACE OF BIRTH trier
DATE OF DEATH November 10, 1925
Place of death trier