Günter Felke

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Günter Felke

Günter Michael Felke (born November 4, 1929 in Laufersweiler ; † March 22, 2005 in Mainz ) was a German entrepreneur , numismatist and cultural promoter in the Hunsrück .

Life

Günter Felke was born as the youngest son of the Hunsrück entrepreneur Michael Felke and his wife Maria, née Oberst, in the municipality of Laufersweiler in the Hunsrück. After his birth, he and his family moved to neighboring Sohren , where his father set up a furniture production company. He attended the Herzog-Johann-Gymnasium in Simmern , which he left prematurely in 1948 to take up work in his father's Felke furniture factory . Together with his two older brothers Aloys and Walter Felke , he ran the company as a junior manager alongside his father. From 1970 he and his brothers succeeded their father as managing director and followed his uncle Franz Felke in the position of technical director .

In addition to managing the family business, Günter Felke has been concerned with the history of Palatinate and Mainz numismatics since 1960 . As a collector of Roman, medieval and modern florins from the Rhineland, he handed over collections of historical exhibits to the Villa Romana in Veldenz , the Hunsrück Museum Simmern and a museum in Heidelberg . Felke wrote several treatises on coinage specifically about Veldenz. In 1980 he became a member of the Bavarian Numismatic Society. In 1981 Günter Felke published his first book on the history of local gold coins, The Coins of the Dukes of Simmern , which was followed in 1989 by the comprehensive illustrated book The Gold Coins of the Rhenish Electors 1346–1478 . In 1984 he was a co-founder of the Palatinate Numismatic Society.

Günter Felke later became more involved as a promoter in culture and education for young people in their school education. A foundation with his name awards students of the Herzog-Johann-Gymnasium in Simmern the Günter-Felke-Preis every year for outstanding achievement in various subjects.

Günter Felke was married and the father of three children.

Günter Felke Foundation

The Günter Felke Foundation was established on October 10, 1989 by Günter Felke. Since 1990 she has been awarding her prizes at the Herzog-Johann-Gymnasium in Simmern to students with outstanding achievements. Initially, the award included services in the fields of geography, history, music, visual arts and German, which, following increased popularity, expanded to include all high school subjects. A foundation board of trustees decides annually on the services and awards the prizes, until 2004 under the supervision of Günter Felke. Between 1990 and 2009, the Günter Felke Foundation awarded 305 prizes to 1,317 young people and has so far awarded prize money totaling around 100,000 euros (as of 2009). The price is supported, among other things, by the full proceeds from Günter Felke's book publication The Gold Coins of the Rhenish Electors .

Honors

For special achievements in the promotion of art and culture in the Hunsrück he received the badge of honor in 1987 and the badge of honor of the city of Simmern in 1994. In January 2000, the city awarded him honorary citizenship. In 2001 he was awarded the Order of Merit of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate by the Rhineland-Palatinate Prime Minister Kurt Beck .

Publications

The gold coins of the Rhenish electors
The coins of the Counts of Veldenz
  • The coins of the Counts of Veldenz , contribution to the publication "Der Kreis Bernkastel 1968", Kreisverwaltung Bernkastel 1968
  • The coins of the Dukes of Simmern , 1981
  • The gold coins of the Rhenish electors 1346–1478. Mainz, Trier, Cologne, Pfalz , Münz-Zentrum, Cologne 1989, ISBN 3-9800233-7-0
  • New acquisition of two interesting coins for the Simmern Museum , Hunsrücker Heimatblätter No. 73, vol. 28, Simmern 2000

Web links

Commons : Günter Felke  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Profiles from the Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis , Volume 1, Rollf-Heiko Buyny, Boppart 1994, ISBN 3-924718-62-8
  2. ↑ Villa Romana Veldenz ( Memento of the original from November 28, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Kulturland.rlp.de, Ministry of Education, Science, Further Education and Culture @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kulturland.rlp.de
  3. ↑ Coin minting ( Memento of the original from April 10, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Hunsrück Museum Simmern @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.hunsrueck-museum.de
  4. ^ Profiles from the Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis , Volume 1, Rollf-Heiko Buyny, Boppart 1994, ISBN 3-924718-62-8
  5. ^ Profiles from the Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis , Volume 1, Rollf-Heiko Buyny, Boppart 1994, ISBN 3-924718-62-8
  6. ↑ “A unique work created in a passionate restlessness” - Günter Felke presents his new book and his foundation for high school students in Simmern , Rhein-Zeitung of October 12, 1989
  7. ↑ Günter Felke Foundation ( Memento of the original from July 14, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / hjg-sim.de
  8. ↑ Dr. Wolfgang Heinemann: Simmerns Weg zum Bildungszentrum des Hunsrücks , 2009, page 191-219, ISBN 978-3-9810654-3-5
  9. ↑ Günter Felke received the town's honorary sign, reception in the town hall - thanks for donations of coins , Hunsrücker Zeitung No. 169, 25./26. July 1987
  10. ↑ Merits recognized - badge of honor from the district town for Günter Felke , Hunsrücker Zeitung No. 272, November 24, 1994
  11. ^ Freedom of citizenship for Günter Felke , Rhein-Zeitung of December 16, 1999
  12. ↑ When the Spitzweck still cost 3 Pfennig, Günter Felke's love for the Simmerner Gymnasium began in 1940 and culminated in a foundation named after him - now he became an honorary citizen of Simmern , Rhein-Zeitung of 29./30. January 2000
  13. ↑ Role model given by merit , Rhein-Zeitung from 3./4. November 2001
  14. ^ Günter Felke - cultural sponsor and entrepreneur died , Rhein-Zeitung from March 26, 2005
personal data
SURNAME Felke, Günter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Felke, Günter Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH November 4, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Laufersweiler
DATE OF DEATH March 22, 2005
Place of death Mainz