Ludwig Stemmer
Ludwig Wilhelm Stemmer (born September 14, 1828 in Pfronstetten , † March 2, 1908 in Stuttgart ) was a German doctor and priest. He founded tourism in Lauterbach (Black Forest) and was made the first honorary citizen there in 1891.
Life
Born as the son of a butcher and innkeeper in the Swabian town of Pfronstetten, Ludwig Stemmer attended the Latin school in Reutlingen until 1844 and passed the Abitur examination at the Konvikt grammar school in Ehingen in 1848 . He then began studying Catholic theology at the Eberhard Karls University and Wilhelmsstift in Tübingen , but dropped out after a year and studied medicine, first in Tübingen and from 1852 in Freiburg im Breisgau and for a short time in Paris . After the medical state examination in 1855 he first became a general practitioner in Munderkingen and in 1856 came to Schramberg as a district doctor . There the liberal doctor founded the gymnastics club together with others in 1858 and became its first chairman. In 1859 he married the Swiss Calvinist Rosalie Bühler (1839–1871), with whom he had four children, two of whom died in their first year of life.
Ludwig Stemmer had been working in Stuttgart since 1870, where, as a fashion doctor, he attracted a clientele of high-ranking patients, primarily with homeopathic healing methods. After his wife's untimely death, he raised the two children alone and turned his life inside out in the 1880s.
In 1883 he resumed studying theology and was ordained a priest in 1884. From 1884 he settled in Lauterbach, where he combined the priesthood with the work of doctor. In addition to homeopathy , Stemmer turned more and more to cold water therapy and in the summer of 1889 did detailed studies with Sebastian Kneipp in Wörishofen before setting up his own cold water institute in Lauterbach in 1891. He brought a large number of important patients from the nobility, the high clergy and the upper class to Lauterbach. Its activities can be seen as a trigger for opening up the municipality to tourism. A whole "spa district" at the eastern entrance to the village with several hotels was created in the previously insignificant community. For his services, Ludwig Stemmer was named Lauterbach's first honorary citizen in 1891 .
Stemmer died in Stuttgart in 1908 and was buried in the Fangelsbach cemetery. In Lauterbach, two chapels that Stemmer had built remember the honorary citizen: the "Stemmer Chapel" right next to his former living and guest house "Siebenlinden" and the wooden "Bergkapelle" on the hill above the Lauterbach valley, as well as a plaque from his The year of death 1908 and a community-owned building, the "Dr. Stemmer House", which houses the volunteer fire brigade .
literature
- Richard Schitterer: Dr. Ludwig Stemmer (1828–1908), sketch for a life picture , 2nd edition Schramberg 1985 (also online see Weblink No.2)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Schwarzwälder Postillon, Official & Gazette for Schramberg and the surrounding area , November 30, 1889, p. 1
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Stemmer, Ludwig |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Stemmer, Ludwig Wilhelm (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German doctor and priest |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 14, 1828 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pfronstetten |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 2, 1908 |
| Place of death | Stuttgart |