Robert Frohn

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Robert Frohn (born January 8, 1913 in Neuss am Rhein , † December 21, 1991 in Cologne ) was a German educator, historian and local politician (CDU).

Life

Robert Frohn was a member of the Bund New Germany since 1923, from 1930 to 1932 group leader in Neuss. After graduating from high school in 1932, he joined the Elder League and was a group leader in the Cologne student group. He worked for the magazines "Burg", "Leuchtturm" and "Werkblätter". After the end of the war, he got involved in the establishment of the Elder League in Cologne and was the head of the Palatinate. From 1948 to 1950 he was the first director of the men's ring and from 1959 to 1962 President of the Catholic German Academic Union .

Robert Frohn studied history (Dr. phil.) At the University of Cologne and was a high school teacher. From 1953 to 1975 he was director of the Municipal New Language High School Cologne for boys and girls, Schaurtestrasse in Cologne-Deutz .

In 1945 Frohn was one of the re-founders of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany in Cologne and city councilor for the city of Cologne from 1970 to 1979. He had been chairman of the Cologne theater community since 1978. He has published numerous articles, essays and books on the history of the city of Cologne and in 1989 became an honorary member of the Heimatverein Alt Köln eV

In 1958 Robert Frohn was appointed Knight of the Papal Knightly Order of the Holy Sepulcher by Cardinal Grand Master Nicola Cardinal Canali and invested in the Order Church of St. Andrew's Basilica on December 6, 1958 by Lorenz Jaeger , Grand Prior of the German Lieutenancy . Most recently he held the rank of Grand Cross Knight.

Fonts

  • 1958–1961: 6 volumes on Selected Sources on Cologne City History
    • Volume 1: Sources on the history of Cologne in Roman and Frankish times , JP Bachem 1958, together with Otto Doppelfeld
    • Volume 2: Sources on the history of Cologne in the Middle Ages , JP Bachem 1958, together with Herbert Knauf
    • Volume 3: Sources on the history of Cologne in modern times: 1486-1793 , JP Bachem 1959, together with Helmut Lobeck, Arnold Güttsches
    • Volume 4: Sources on the history of Cologne in modern times: 1794-1918 , JP Bachem 1960, together with Konrad Schilling
    • Volume 6: Sources on the history of Cologne in modern times: 1945-1960 , JP Bachem 1960, together with Peter Joseph Hasenberg
  • Cologne Diary 1944–1946 , Cologne 1969
  • Cologne 1945–1981. From a heap of rubble to a metropolis. Experienced history. , Cologne 1982
  • Illustrated history of the city of Cologne (11th edition), Bachem Cologne 1990, ISBN 3-7616-0973-6 (1st edition 1958), together with Arnold Stelzmann

such as

  • Robert Frohn: Erbe des Abendlandes: Textbook of history for higher schools. The Modern Era (Volume 3.1), Schwann Düsseldorf 1952
  • Robert Frohn, Eugen Ewig , Anton J. Gail: Erbe des Abendlandes: Textbook of history for higher schools. The Modern Era (Volume 3.4), Kösel-Verlag 1953
  • Robert Frohn: Erbe des Abendlandes: Textbook of history for higher schools. The Occident (Volume 2), Schwann Düsseldorf 1954

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Rolf Eilers: Does not erase the spirit: The Bund New Germany in the Third Reich , Grünewald 1985, p. 265
personal data
SURNAME Frohn, Robert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German teacher, historian and local politician (CDU)
DATE OF BIRTH January 8, 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH Neuss on the Rhine
DATE OF DEATH December 21, 1991
Place of death Cologne