Geigerfränzje

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The Geigerfränzje , actually Franz Josef Schneider (* April 30, 1893 , † April 6, 1962 ) was a Mainz musician and original. In the period after World War II, he earned his living playing the violin.

Life

Schneider was born as the son of a day laborer in Mainz . Until the end of the Second World War he lived in the Middle Bleiche and worked as a fitter at the iron foundry Römheld on Rheinstrasse. After the war he lived in a splinter trench at the old school in Mombach . Later he moved into a small, poor brick hut in the former pig farm and changed his life. He followed his calling and from now on he played the violin for the entertainment of his contemporaries and for a modest livelihood. “I fiddle to make desserts!” In the dreary post-war period he always tried to bring joy to people, especially children. He infected the others with his zest for life. Although the people at that time itself had little, he rarely had no mite go away.

The Mombacher Carneval association "Die Bohnebeitel" put a living memorial to the city and also to the Geigerfränzje for the 2000 year celebration of Mainz in 1962. During the traditional opening game of all their meetings, the Geigerfränzje was ceremoniously unveiled on a pedestal and then it fiddled full of fervor ...

The instrument from the Geigerfränzje had been lost to a niece in Karlsruhe since 1993 and only reappeared after research. The original violin by Geigerfränzje was handed over to Klaus G. Koop as part of a benefit event on the occasion of Geigerfränzje's 111th birthday, who in turn has been playing the role of Geigerfränzje at the Mainz Carnival since 1995 and became famous for his virtuoso musical performances.

monument

On the occasion of the hundred-year incorporation of Mombach into Mainz, the city of Mainz donated a Geigerfränzje monument. It was ceremoniously unveiled on September 26, 2008, but it is made of bronze and not iron, which would have matched the resume.

literature

  • Wolfgang Balzer: Mainz: personalities of the city history. Kügler Publishing House, Ingelheim 1993
  • Volume 3: Business people, epochal pioneers, builders, fast nights, eccentrics, originals. ISBN 3-924124-05-1

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personal data
SURNAME Geigerfränzje
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schneider, Franz Josef (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German musician and solo entertainer
DATE OF BIRTH April 30, 1893
DATE OF DEATH April 6, 1962