Ignaz Perner

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Grave of Ignaz Perner in the old southern cemetery in Munich. Location
The bronze bust modeled by the sculptor Michael Wagmüller on Perner's grave

Johann Ignaz Perner (born July 3, 1796 in Ebersberg , † February 16, 1867 in Munich ) was a Bavarian lawyer and is considered one of the pioneers of the worldwide animal protection movement .

Perner came from a humble background - he was born the tenth child of a court usher - but, after graduating from high school in 1812 at the (today's) Wilhelmsgymnasium in Munich, he still managed to go to Landshut University , where he joined the Corps Bavaria and reconstituted it in 1817 from his Corp brother Rector Mittermaier from the Karzerhaft was dismissed. Even as a young man he achieved considerable wealth.

In 1842 he founded one of the world's first animal protection associations in Munich , which was quickly followed by numerous others at home and abroad.

Perner's grave site with a by sculptor Michael Wagmüller is modeled bronze bust on the old southern cemetery in Munich (burial ground 37 - row 13 - 34th) Location . In Munich, as in his hometown Ebersberg, a Ignaz-Perner-Strasse commemorates this important pioneer of animal welfare.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Max Leitschuh: The matriculations of the upper classes of the Wilhelmsgymnasium in Munich , 4 vol., Munich 1970–1976; Vol. 3, p. 237.
  2. ^ Kösener corps lists from 1960, 104, 45
  3. Sebastian Sigler, Friendship and Tolerance, pages 95 to 103