Max Förderreuther

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Max Förderreuther's grave with a bust in the Evangelical Cemetery in Kempten

Max Förderreuther (born November 10, 1857 in Bamberg , † February 11, 1933 in Kempten (Allgäu) ) was a senior studies director and museum and home curator of the Allgäu .

Life

Max Förderreuther, the son of a railway engineer and later a member of the board of directors, was born in Bamberg in 1857 . From 1861 to 1863 he lived with his parents in Würzburg . After that, his father was transferred to Munich for professional reasons . There Förderreuther attended the Maxgymnasium and studied at the Technical University .

In 1881, the Probst Commercial Councilor in Immenstadt in the Allgäu was looking for a tutor and found what he was looking for at Förderreuther. So Förderreuther came to the Allgäu for the first time. For his employment exam in 1884, Förderreuther wrote about "The Augsburg merchants in the Bavarian duchies during the first half of the 15th century", this work was published as a program of the secondary school in Kempten for the school year 1891/92. After several years as a substitute teacher and assistant, Förderreuther came to Ludwigshafen am Rhein in 1886 and in 1891 to the royal secondary school with commercial department in Kempten . At this school he became professor in 1898 and rector in 1909. He stayed there until 1911. In that year he was appointed to the Rupprechts-Kreisrealschule in Munich and in 1916 to Bayreuth . During these years Förderreuther was also appointed a corresponding member of the Geographical Society of Munich . In 1913 the teacher was made an honorary member of the Allgäu Historical Association .

After his professional career, Förderreuther retired to Kempten and took the position of caretaker of the local history museum. The Allgäu local history museum was opened in 1925. In the same year Förderreuther was included in the list of honorary citizens of the city of Kempten and portrayed by Otto Keck . There is also a chalk drawing by Andor Ákos in the city archives .

In 1933 Max Förderreuther died in the Allgäu local history museum, a symbolic place for Förderreuther. In the morning of the same day, he gave Otto Merkt a manuscript of a temporary museum catalog. In addition to his memorial grave in the Evangelical Cemetery, there is also a path in Kempten that reminds of Förderreuther .

Performance and works

Mayor Merkt referred to Max Förderreuther as "home nurse of the Allgäu". Förderreuther wrote a large number of publications relating to Kempten and the surrounding area. In addition to “Allgäu Alps. Country and people. "Wrote Förderreuther in Kösel publishing the story" From the Allgäu. Stories for young and old. ”It was published in 1924. Together with Martin Kellenberger , Förderreuther wrote the “Kemptner Heimatbuch” in 1927. It was dedicated to the city of Kempten and handed over to the city's schoolchildren over several years to say goodbye to their school days. Förderreuther was also a member of what is now known as the Kempten Heimatverein .

Fonts (selection)

  • From the history of the peoples. 3 volumes. Kösel, Munich 1909–1915 ( digitized version ).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Wolfgang Haberl: Allgäu, Ausserfern, Kleinwalsertal, Bregenzerwald. Lexicon of the Euregio via salina. Verlag Tobias Dannheimer, Kempten, 2002, ISBN 3-88881-038-8 , pp. 90f.

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personal data
SURNAME Förderreuther, Max
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Senior teacher, museum and local curator
DATE OF BIRTH November 10, 1857
PLACE OF BIRTH Bamberg
DATE OF DEATH February 11, 1933
Place of death Kempten (Allgäu)