Karl Féaux de Lacroix

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Karl Féaux de Lacroix

Karl Féaux de Lacroix (born August 5, 1860 in Paderborn ; † November 12, 1927 in Arnsberg ) was a Westphalian homeland researcher who, among other things, examined the history of Arnsberg and the Sauerland .

Life

His father was the high school teacher and scientific author Bernhard Joseph Féaux . The son passed his Abitur at the Laurentianum grammar school in Arnsberg and studied classical philology . He completed the probationary year necessary for admission to higher education in Münster . He then worked as an educator in the household of a duke in Rome . Back in Germany, he first worked at the Realprogymnasium in Gelsenkirchen-Schalke before moving to the Laurentianum grammar school in Arnsberg in 1886. In 1903 he was appointed (high school) professor. Since 1924 he lived in retirement.

Various works on local and regional history come from Féaux de Lacroix, including a guide through Arnsberg that has been reissued for decades. His story Arnsbergs first appeared in 1895. His story of the high hunt in the Sauerland and Wittgenstein is considered a standard work. He also wrote numerous smaller contributions. Because of his services to regional history, he became a member of the Historical Commission for Westphalia .

He was also one of the founders of the Sauerland Mountain Association together with Ernst Ehmsen in 1891 against the background of the hiking movement . For decades he was editor of the club magazine.

Féaux de Lacroix was honored by the Prussian king with the fourth class red eagle order . On November 9, 1926, he received honorary citizenship of the city of Arnsberg.

His grave is in the Eichholzfriedhof . On October 29, 1933, five years after his death, a simple bronze memorial plaque was attached to his house at Hellefelderstrasse 9, where he lived and died. The plaque bears the words: “In this house / worked and died / the honorary citizen and historian / of the city of Arnsberg / Prof. Karl Féaux de Lacroix / born. August 5, 1860 in Paderborn / died Nov. 12, 1927 in Arnsberg. / Sauerländer Heimatbund / 1933. “In Arnsberg, the Féauxweg is also named after him.

  • Gravestone Karl Féaux de Lacroix Eichholzfriedhof Arnsberg

  • Féauxweg in Arnsberg

  • Obituary in the Central-Volksblatt

  • Obituary in the Sauerland

Works

literature

  • The historian of the Sauerland. Karl Féaux de Lacroix. In: De Suerlänner 1960 p. 7

Web links

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personal data
SURNAME Féaux de Lacroix, Karl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Faux de Lacroix, Carl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German historian
DATE OF BIRTH August 5, 1860
PLACE OF BIRTH Paderborn
DATE OF DEATH November 12, 1927
Place of death Arnsberg