Lorenz Birngruber
Lorenz Wilhelm Karl Birngruber (born August 23, 1885 in Bamberg , † October 11, 1966 in Söcking (Starnberg) ) was a Bavarian ministerial official.
Career
The carpenter Birngruber did military service as a deputy officer during the First World War . On September 4, 1916, he was seriously wounded and lost his eyesight in the Battle of Verdun . During the following hospital stays, he acquired the basic terms of Braille . Together with other war blind people, he developed the retraining method for war blind people.
In mid-1918 he entered the Bavarian civil service. He initially worked in the State Ministry of Military Affairs and, after its dissolution, in the State Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare . In 1923 he became a civil servant and then worked as a clerk in the field of war blind welfare until he retired.
In 1924 he initiated the establishment of the Bavarian War Blind Foundation. She acquired the Schormerhof in Söcking , which was expanded into a rest home for the blind. For many years, Birngruber was the head of the sanatorium and chairman of the Bavarian Association of the War Blind .
Honors
- August 1, 1955: Cross of Merit (Steckkreuz) of the Federal Republic of Germany
- August 23, 1965: Bavarian Order of Merit
source
- Federal Archives B 122/38470
- Walter Bartl: Bayreuth City Archives . Finding aids. Requests for the issuance of marriage certificates 1875–1915. P. 48, pdf
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Birngruber, Lorenz |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Birngruber, Lorenz Wilhelm Karl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German ministerial official |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 23, 1885 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bamberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 11, 1966 |
| Place of death | Söcking (Starnberg) |