Jupp Flohr

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Jupp Flohr (right) on a board with the Weindorf mayor

Josef "Jupp" Flohr (born February 13, 1904 in Koblenz ; † November 19, 1958 there ) was a German carnivalist , dialect poet and actor .

Life and work

Jupp Flohr grew up in his parents' house on Görgenstrasse in Koblenz, which was completely destroyed in the air raids on Koblenz . His father ran a bakery and so he also learned the bakery trade.

Flohr was one of the outstanding personalities in the Koblenz Carnival and from 1930-1939 President of the “Great Koblenz Carnival Society”. He was instrumental in the fact that in 1934, for the first time after the First World War , a Rose Monday parade took place in Koblenz. In 1939 he was Prince Carnival as “Jupp dä Flohribus” . In 1948 he wrote the Büttenmarsch “Mir Kowelenzer Bärjerschleit” (Wir Koblenzer Citizens'), which is still played and sung in Koblenz carnival sessions today. From 1934 to 1936 Flohr was mayor of the wine village .

Flohr was particularly committed to maintaining the Koblenz dialect and wrote several books in dialect and in High German. His most famous dialect poem is “Mei Järjegass” (Meine Görgengasse). He campaigned for the construction of the Schängelbrunnen, inaugurated in 1941 . As a conférencier , he went on tours throughout Germany and recorded records in which he sang about the Rhine and wine .

Flohr also worked as an actor and stood u. a. with Heinz Rühmann in front of the camera. After the Second World War he was also seen on television .

Filmography

literature

  • Wolfgang Schütz: Koblenz heads. People from the city's history - namesake for streets and squares. Verlag für Werbung Blätter GmbH, Ed .: Bernd Weber, Mülheim-Kärlich 2005 (2nd revised and expanded edition), p. 171f.

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personal data
SURNAME Flohr, Jupp
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Flohr, Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German carnivalist, dialect poet and actor
DATE OF BIRTH February 13, 1904
PLACE OF BIRTH Koblenz
DATE OF DEATH November 19, 1958
Place of death Koblenz