Royally Privileged Lichtenfels Sniper Society

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Royally Privileged Lichtenfels Sniper Society
purpose Shooting society
Chair: Erwin Kalb
Establishment date: 1810
Seat : Lichtenfels
Website: Official website

The Royal Privileged Sniper Society Lichtenfels is a shooting club in Lichtenfels in Upper Franconia . It goes back to the Lichtenfelser Schützengemeinschaft, which was founded in 1413. Today all shooting disciplines come together in the shooting society, from muzzle loaders , westerns, carbines to small-caliber and air rifle shooting . Since 2008 there is also an own archery department .

history

15th – 18th centuries - origin and prehistory

The oldest news about the Lichtenfels riflemen is in the Bamberg State Archives . The Bamberg Ratsmorialbuch for the period from 1470 to 1527 contains, among other things, the literal entry for 1500: "Landtschießen anno 1500 zu Bamberg". In addition, invitations to many aristocrats from the Bamberg region and 56 cities are listed, including Lichtenfels, Staffelstein , Seßlach , Scheßlitz , Weismain and Kunstat . Heintz Mulner von Lichtenfels , Christoffel Hann von Staffelstein , Eberhard Schutz and Adam Putner took part in this shooting . It is also mentioned that “the protection of Staffelstein won 11/2 guilders”.

1811–1818 - forerunners of today's society

Today's "Royal Privileged Sniper Society Lichtenfels" was founded on July 2, 1811 with the establishment of a rifle regulation and the election of an upper rifle master and a lower rifle master. The founders were "Landrichter Schell", "Pfarrer Schauer", "Kaplan Wittmann" and the "Landgerichtarzt Krappmann". The city of Lichtenfels was represented by Mayor Greiner, the Landwehr by "Captains Silbermann and Zeder", "Oberleutnant Krug" and "Leutnant Würstlein"; Officials and citizenship were further embodied by the "forest assistant Loeser", the "drawing master Heße" and the "citizen Zech". As the secretary, "Stadtschreiber Wagner" wrote the founding minutes laid down in the "Golden Book".

1818–1840 - The journey of the gunmen to the organized rifle guild

The makeshift shooting range built in 1811 was demolished in 1827. A shooting house was built at the same location, which served as a meeting place for the shooting society. In 1828 a shooting range was added. In the land register of the city of Lichtenfels, which was newly created in 1832, the city of Lichtenfels was noted as the owner of the shooting range and the entire Angers.

In 1834 a new head of the association was found in the merchant and councilor Johann Baptist Silbermann. In 1834, 74 men from Lichtenfels and the immediate vicinity rejoined the society, which had steadily lost members in the previous years. Silbermann erected a one-story, elongated, four-window building on the Anger with its own funds, facing Coburger Strasse, which served as the new rifle house. It has been preserved to this day and represents the antechamber of today's rifle house. The shooting society was officially re-established by Silbermann on May 29, 1834. After the shooting in 1834, the shooting society had 74 members. In 1839, "His Excellency Mr. District President Baron von Andrian" and some officers were guests of honor at the shooting festival.

1840–1910 New shooting club Club anniversaries

The notarial certification of August 19, 1864 confirms the donation of 0.13 days of floor space by the tax community of Lichtenfels to the shooting company for a new shooting house. The Franco-German War of 1870/71 brought significant obstacles to club life. The shooting festival was suspended in 1870 and the shooting house served as a club hospital from September 18, 1870 to March 31, 1871. From July 13th to 17th, 1884, the shooting society celebrated its 50th anniversary. The founding year of the society was 1834, although the shooting society was never completely abandoned even in the rather inactive years from 1817 to 1834. In 1897 the shooting house was connected to telephone traffic and the fairground was lit with incandescent gas.

On the occasion of the introduction of the new civil code in 1900, the legal position of the Schützengesellsdiaft was discussed again. Landesschützenmeister H. von Dall'Armi, Munich, announced on March 7, 1900, based on his briefing at the Ministry of Justice, that the general shooting regulations for the Königreidl Bavaria of August 25, 1868 would remain in effect. According to Section 2, Paragraph II of these Rules and Regulations, the Lichtenfels company also possessed the rights of a corporation that were acquired by law. The honorary title "Royal Priv. Sniper Society" could now be used with good reason. From 1904 the name appears officially in the company files and in the marksman's seal.

In 1902 an industry and price shooting was carried out for the first time. 24 shooters took part in this. The general assembly of April 28, 1902 dealt in detail with the plan to build a hall. District construction technician Graebner was entrusted with the preparation of the plans and cost estimates. The prerequisite for starting the work was the sufficient subscription of the construction sum by the members through share certificates. The amount of 1,000 marks was added to the reserve fund for the planned new building; In 1903 another 500 marks followed for this fund. After setting up a stand of their own, on November 27, 1906 it was possible for the first time to shoot with a socket in the shooting house.

On the occasion of the centenary of the Kgl. Privileged sniper society was celebrated from July 9th to 14th, 1910, the conventional free shooting larger than usual.

First and Second World War

The First World War ended all practical activities of the shooting society for more than four years. In the first half of December 1914, the shooting house was confiscated by the army administration and set up as a military hospital to accommodate wounded warriors.

When Hitler came to power in 1933, society was brought into line in accordance with the guidelines of the National Socialist German Workers' Party. Value was placed on keeping the old name "Royal Private Sniper Society". However, since the new circumstances made the royal privilege practically ineffective, the name "Priv. Sniper Society Lichtenfels" was initially introduced, as it were, provisionally.

At the rifle festival, the company's 125th rifle festival, in 1935, team fights in small-caliber sport were held for the first time. All formations of the NSDAP as well as all organizations and clubs involved in shooting sports were called on . The SA, the labor service, the railway protection, the SS, the aviation corps, the postal protection and the motor corps associations took part in this team shooting. In addition, for the first time, the political formations of the NSDAP, both the Jungvolk and the Hitler Youth, as well as the Labor Front and several storm detachments, took part in the traditional exodus.

From February to August 1940, a state rifle battalion occupied the rifle house. In December 1940, parts of the Inf.-Batl. Hermann a. This troop also used the shooting ranges. On April 3, 1941, the Hermann battalion left the city again. In 1945 the rifle house was looted, especially by the many Eastern workers. The German police forces were decommissioned and powerless. The looting was accompanied by the loss of numerous old, valuable records and documents. The stock of the rifle archive, which was kept in a fire-proof steel cabinet, was also lost.

From July 26, 1945, the rifle house was used as a mass accommodation to accommodate refugees and at the same time the second mayor Johann Unrein was appointed as trustee for the shooting house. The Priv. At that time, the sniper society no longer existed officially and was without legal representation. This changed on April 29, 1948 with the formation of the "Lichtenfels Society". The society described itself as non-profit and apolitical. On November 6, 1948, the new association was entered in the register of associations for Lichtenfels at the Lichtenfels District Court. On December 15, 1949 the Priv. The sniper society is again entered in the register of associations under its old name.

The Schützenanger

Today's Schützenanger was still called Schiffanger around 1730 (excerpt from a Lichtenfels land plan around 1730). When rifle festivals were celebrated in Lichtenfels every year from 1811, the Anger assumed the importance of a fairground. It is not clear when the name “Schießanger” became the official name. On a city map from 1841, which was created in preparation for the construction of the railway, the area is still referred to as "common area". In 2007 the main committee of the Lichtenfels city council decided to rename the "Schießanger" to "Schützenplatz".

The emblem of the shooting society

Up until 1866, only general marksmen's emblems were found on letters of invitation and in newspaper advertisements, which were apparently chosen at random. Only on the new rifle house built in 1864 is there a rifle emblem carved in sandstone on the front gable. The emblem consisted of a target with a rifle hat and a wreath of honor, and rifles crossed behind the target. Today's emblem came from the anniversary year 1985 and was designed by the then second marksman, Alfred Brandmeier.

The rifle flags

Members used to swear allegiance to the club flag before they were accepted. Adapted to modern times, it has now become more of a kind of identification mark for an association. On September 19, 1869, the whole city took to the consecration of the newly acquired rifle flag. This flag was restored in 2010 through donations from members.

The original flag from 1869 has not been carried during the parades for several decades due to its sensitivity. The former mayor of Lichtenfels, Dr. Baptist Hofmann, who was also a long member of the association committee, therefore donated a new rifle flag in 1975. It was consecrated during a ceremony at the Schützenfest on July 12, 1975 in the Lichtenfels town hall and presented to the society.

Personalities

The founders from 1810

The founding members included:

The honorary marksmen

  • Krauss, Udo (* July 31, 1883 in Lichtenfels, † July 4, 1954 in Lichtenfels): appointed honorary marksman in 1950, honorary citizen of the city of Lichtenfels and senior manager of the Heinrich Krauss company, wicker and upholstered furniture factory in Lichtenfels . First and second marksman master from 1924 to 1936. From 1948 to 1949 first marksman master. From 1950 to 1954 honorary marksman master.
  • Krautheim, Wilhelm (born March 4, 1902 in Neuensorg near Kemnath , † February 9, 1971 ): appointed honorary marksman on March 3, 1960, mayor and merchant of Lichtenfels. From 1937 to 1945 and from 1956 to 1966 first marksman master. Honorary marksman since 1960 and honorary member since 1967.
  • Brandmeier, Alfred (born January 31, 1931 ), appointed honorary marksman master on March 28, 1996, second marksman master from 1983 to 1988. First marksman master from 1989 to 1994.

Honorary members

  • Dr. Baptist Hofmann - received honorary membership in the shooting society at the general assembly in 1976, after having been active in the committee for more than 30 years and after 1945 intensely campaigning for the interests of the society, also to regain the title of "royally privileged" .

The discs of honor

literature

  • Eva-Maria Allert: The Lichtenfelser Schützenfest , Lichtenfels, Meranier-Gymnasium, 1977.
  • Günter Dippold : From Schiffanger to Schützenplatz , Lichtenfels 2007.
  • Walter Heins: History of the Coburg Rifle Society Festschrift - "600 Years Coburg Rifle Society" , Coburg, Veste-Verl., 1954.
  • Jäck: The Lichtenfelser Schützenfest in 1811 . In: Bamberg and its surroundings (Bamberg State Archives).
  • Royally Privileged Sniper Society : Yearbooks of the Royal Privileged Sniper Society Lichtenfels for the years 1947–1980 (City Archives).
  • Royal Privileged Sniper Society : Protocol book of the Royal Privileged Sniper Society Lichtenfels 1957-1985.
  • Royal Privileged Sniper Society : Chronicle on the occasion of the 175th anniversary of the re-establishment in 1985.
  • Royally Privileged Sniper Society : 575th anniversary , Lichtenfels, 1988.
  • Heinrich Meyer: Chronicle of the royal private sniper society Lichtenfels 1810-1860 , Lichtenfels, 1960.
  • Robisch: The Lichtenfels riflemen in the 19th century.

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