Franz Zobel

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Bronze sculpture by Franz Zobel on the church square in Salzgitter-Bad. Sculpture by the sculptor Sabine Hoppe (* 1961)

Franz Zobel (born December 29, 1889 in Lehrte , † May 24, 1963 in Salzgitter ) was a German city school councilor, cultural department head and local researcher. He was instrumental in setting up the Salder Castle Municipal Museum in Salzgitter.

Life

The Zobel, who comes from a miner's family, attended elementary and middle school in Lehrte. It followed from 1904 to 1907 at the Kgl. Preparatory school in Diepholz trained as a primary school teacher. Then Zobel attended the Kgl. Teachers' seminar in Northeim . After passing the state examination in 1910, he was employed as a teacher at the old town school in Salzgitter-Bad in 1911. The school service was interrupted by participation in the First World War in Infantry Regiment No. 74 . Zobel was discharged from military service due to an injury sustained in September 1914. He taught in Salzgitter until 1947, most recently as rector. In 1948 he was elected by the City Council of Salzgitter as City School Councilor and Head of Culture. He left the service in December 1954.

Even before he started teaching, Zobel did local history research. He took over the honorary posts of home keeper, nature conservation officer , archive keeper and supervisor of the soil antiquities for the Goslar district . Due to his membership in the Masonic Lodge Zur Bruderkette am Salzborn , which he co-founded in 1924 , these offices were withdrawn from him after 1933. Zobel was the initiator and chairman of the Aviation Association Bad Salzgitter and the surrounding area and co-founder of the local association Salzgitter of the Association of War Disabled . On July 24, 1924, a “Heimattag” took place in Salzgitter under Zobel's direction. In 1943 he took over the maintenance of the local homeland for Salzgitter again by being part of the cultural affairs department of the town of Salzgitter, which was founded in 1942, in charge of matters relating to local culture. After the end of the Second World War , Zobel helped to build up the cultural life of the young town of Salzgitter by initiating and promoting cultural associations. These included the Kulturkreis founded in 1946, the Association for Art and Science and the Salzgitter Orchestra Association.

Establishment of the Salzgitter Municipal Museum

Salder Castle , Salzgitter Municipal Museum

After reaching the age limit, Zobel was commissioned in 1955 to set up a municipal museum, an archive and a local library in Salder Castle . He had compiled folklore and cultural history as early as the 1920s. The museum was officially opened on December 14, 1962. Zobel died in Salzgitter a few months after it opened in May 1963.

Honors

In 1960, Zobel was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit 1st Class by President Friedrich August Knost . Franz-Zobel-Strasse in Salzgitter was named after him.

Fonts (selection)

Flechsig's obituary contains a list of around 50 Zobel's local history publications from 1925 to 1963. In addition, from 1922 to 1930 and from 1946 to 1963 numerous smaller articles appeared in the newspaper supplements Die Brunnenstube and Harz-Heimat , in the trade journal Die deutsche Glocke , in the Hanover school newspaper and in the daily newspapers of the city of Salzgitter.

  • The story of the barons of Kniestedt on Kniestedt. Carl Witt publishing house, Salzgitter 1926.
  • The home book of the district of Goslar. Goslar 1928.
  • The legends of the district of Goslar. Goslar 1936.
  • The city of Watenstedt-Salzgitter: An overview of its natural, cultural and historical conditions. Salzgitter 1949.
  • The problems of the idea of ​​home in the area of ​​the new industrial city of Watenstedt-Salzgitter. Salzgitter 1951.
  • The Ratskeller in Salzgitter. Appelhans Verlag, Salzgitter 1953.

literature

  • Werner Flechsig : Franz Zobel † (obituary). In: Braunschweigische Heimat. 49, 1963, pp. 60-64.
  • Heinz Mollenhauer : Franz Zobel and the new local history museum in the castle of Salzgitter-Salder. In: Braunschweigische Heimat. 46, 1960, p. 57 f.
  • Ursula Wolff: Franz Zobel (December 29, 1889 - May 24, 1963) - educator and local history researcher . In: Salzgitter-Jahrbuch 11, 1989, pp. 4–22.
  • Ursula Wolff: Zobel, Franz Hermann Wilhelm. In: Horst-Rüdiger Jarck , Günter Scheel (ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon - 19th and 20th centuries . Hahnsche Buchhandlung, Hannover 1996, ISBN 3-7752-5838-8 , p. 674 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Heinz Mollenhauer: Franz Zobel and the new local history museum in the castle at Salzgitter-Salder. In: Braunschweigische Heimat. 46, 1960, p. 57 f.
  2. ↑ Ursula Wolff: Franz Zobel (December 29, 1889 - May 24, 1963) - educator and local researcher . In: Salzgitter-Jahrbuch 11, 1989, p. 6
  3. ↑ Ursula Wolff: Franz Zobel (December 29, 1889 - May 24, 1963) - educator and local researcher . In: Salzgitter-Jahrbuch 11, 1989, p. 6
  4. ↑ Ursula Wolff: Franz Zobel (December 29, 1889 - May 24, 1963) - educator and local researcher . In: Salzgitter-Jahrbuch 11, 1989, p. 11
  5. ^ Heinz Mollenhauer: The Federal Cross of Merit for Franz Zobel, Salzgitter. In: Braunschweigische Heimat. 47, No. 1, 1961, p. 27 f.
  6. ↑ Werner Flechsig: Franz Zobel † (obituary). In: Braunschweigische Heimat 49, 1963, pp. 60–64.
personal data
SURNAME Zobel, Franz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Zobel, Franz Hermann Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German city school councilor, head of culture and local history researcher
DATE OF BIRTH December 29, 1889
PLACE OF BIRTH Taught
DATE OF DEATH May 24, 1963
Place of death Salzgitter