Rudolph Moshammer

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Rudolph Moshammer with dog Daisy, 2004

Rudolph Hans Albert Moshammer (born September 27, 1940 in Munich ; † January 14, 2005 in Grünwald , district of Munich ) was a German fashion designer , author and owner of a boutique on Maximilianstrasse in Munich .

Due to his eccentric appearance in public - until 1993 at the side of his mother - Moshammer became known nationwide from the 1980s. His trademarks included an extravagant wig and a Yorkshire terrier called "Daisy" . Moshammer's murder in Grünwald and his funeral in 2005 attracted a lot of media coverage.

Life

Moshammer's father Richard was the Munich director of Württemberg fire insurance . During the time of the economic miracle , the family was initially very well off financially and lived in a representative company apartment on Widenmayerstrasse in the Lehel district . In 1956, however, the father had to change jobs and eventually became unemployed, which he tried to hide from the family. As a result, he became addicted to alcohol. At times the family was unable to pay the rent for their apartment ( Leopoldstrasse 20) and lived in fear of becoming homeless . Fearing the drunk father, who, according to the son's later testimony, threatened the family's "extinction", Moshammer and his mother Else (* January 21, 1908 - August 10, 1993) moved into their own apartment on Agnesstrasse in Schwabing . The father became homeless and died a few years later.

Moshammer attended elementary school on Herrnstraße and then completed an apprenticeship at the Munich Sabel Commercial School as a retail salesman with an apprenticeship at the Munich fabric wholesaler Ernst & Knecht . An internship at Christian Dior in Paris is mentioned in the press . In the 1960s, Moshammer worked as a salesman in fashion retail. He has never completed an apprenticeship as a tailor . According to the biographer Torsten Fricke, Moshammer received financial support from the Munich real estate dealer Walter Käßmeyer (1929–2014), his classmate Angela Opel and the Krupp heirs Arndt von Bohlen and Halbach (1938–1986). In 1968, Moshammer opened the “Carnaval de Venise” boutique on Maximilianstrasse 14 in Munich, in which Käßmeyer held a 50 percent stake and Moshammer signed Gerd Käfer for its inauguration . Moshammer quickly made a name for himself in the fashion scene with his business and was economically successful until the early 1990s. Moshammer initially ran the fashion business with his mother, with whom he had a close relationship until her death in 1993. Together with her, who was characterized by purple-colored hair, Moshammer performed at public events in Munich. In 1993 he had a mausoleum built for them on Munich's Ostfriedhof , based on his own designs .

With prêt-à-porter fashion, which, according to critics, was not designed by Moshammer himself, but rather bought in, he managed to win over a number of international and financially strong customers. As customers were among others Arnold Schwarzenegger , Carl XVI. Gustaf von Sweden, Friedrich Karl Flick , Thomas Gottschalk , Siegfried & Roy , Roberto Blanco and José Carreras mentioned . In later years, the sale of ties made up a large part of the business. In 1996 Moshammer launched a collection of bags and accessories produced by a Bielefeld leather goods manufacturer.

The boutique on Maximilianstrasse was closed a few days after Moshammer's death and has been home to a Blancpain shop since autumn 2005 . In addition to his fashion activities, Moshammer was the owner of Munich's oldest restaurant, the Gasthaus zur Hundskugel in the old town of Hackenviertel, from 1983 onwards .

As an omnipresent cult figure in Munich, Rudolph Moshammer sometimes had a bizarre influence on the cityscape.

Moshammer was known in Munich for his social commitment. In the summer of 2000, for example, he founded the foundation “Light for the homeless”, which was renamed to Rudolph Moshammer Verein Licht für Homeless eV after his death and has since been headed by a lawyer. He supported the Munich street newspaper BISS . He also took on an active sponsorship for a withdrawal center for alcoholics . For many years he invited the homeless in the city and the surrounding area to a big Christmas dinner, at which he gave them personally every time. In 2000, Moshammer was awarded the Martin's coat by the radio editors of the Sankt Michaelsbund for his commitment .

Moshammer sometimes played smaller film roles, for example in several Tatort episodes ( In the Heart of Ice Age (1995) together with Rio Reiser ) or the film 666 - Don't trust anyone you sleep with! (2002). He took on a theatrical role in the Munich Little Comedy at the Max II Monument . With the band Münchner Zwietracht and the title Teilt Freud und Leid he took part in the 2001 German preliminary round of the Eurovision Song Contest . In 1997 Moshammer played himself in a German McDonald’s commercial, and in 2004 he was seen in a Nescafé commercial.

In an interview with Stern magazine , Moshammer said he had owned a total of four dogs named Daisy , one after the other . The last daisy was the female Yorkshire Terrier Irina de Pittacus, who was born on September 20, 1993. At the age of four months it - always adorned with a bow on its head - became a trademark of the extravagant designer and was repeatedly seen on television at his side. In 2005 she had a short guest appearance in the RTL series Unter uns . Moshammer dedicated a book and a website to the bitch. She was also the namesake for a dog care range designed by Moshammer. Moshammer also designed a dog clothing collection.

From autumn 2002, Moshammer appeared on the home shopping channel HSE24 and initially sold dog care products and finally men's cosmetics under his name. In 2003 he designed a costume for the Holiday-on-Ice Show Diamonds .

In addition to his appearance with his dog, other distinctive features of Moshammer were his elaborate black wig with two forehead curls in the style of King Ludwig II of Bavaria , whom he adored, and a narrow black mustache . Another characteristic were his three Rolls-Royce : A Rolls-Royce Silver Seraph , in which the fashion designer took his future killer home, a Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow , and a Rolls-Royce Silver Dawn , all of which were auctioned after his death .

Death and legacy

Moshammer's grave, January 23, 2005
The Moshammer mausoleum in Munich's Ostfriedhof , 2013

Moshammer was strangled with a power cable on the night of January 14, 2005 in his twin house in the Munich suburb of Grünwald . His chauffeur found the body early in the morning and immediately called the police. Moshammer's death affected many people. The house and business were besieged for days by people laying flowers and lighting candles.

The following day the police arrested 25-year-old Herisch A., who soon after confessed to the crime. The Iraqi Kurd had lived in Germany as an asylum seeker from 2001 . The man's DNA traces found at the scene of the crime had been compared with the DNA analysis file of the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA), in which the criminal who had no criminal record was stored. He had given in a saliva sample in 2004 in connection with two dangerous assault and sexual offense proceedings .

According to the indebted and mentally ill offender, Moshammer approached him near Munich Central Station and promised him “2000 euros wages for sexual services ”. In the house of Moshammers there was a dispute between the two about payment, whereupon Herisch A. strangled the fashion designer. According to the investigation, "it seemed to have been part of the fashion designer's habit to go looking for young men several times a week, always with one of his Rolls-Royces". Moshammer himself never publicly discussed his homosexuality . The media coverage of Moshammer's death has been criticized in part as homophobic .

Moshammer's lawyer Lutz Libbertz firmly rejected rumors about alleged debts. Moshammer's long-standing business partner, Walter Käßmeyer (* 1928; † 2014), was named as the main heir in the will. He owned the house on Maximilianstrasse in which Moshammer's boutique was located. The inventory from the boutique was auctioned on eBay . In the will, a number of legacies were arranged, which Käßmeyer had to fulfill as an inheritance. Moshammer's chauffeur and bodyguard, Andreas Kaplan (* 1959; † 2016), received an annuity and an apartment in the Harlaching district and took care of Moshammer's dog. Kaplan had looked after the animal before. Daisy died on October 24, 2006 at the age of 13. Moshammer's housekeeper had also been mentioned in the will. A portion of Moshammer's cash fortune and the proceeds from the sale of a Napoleon Bonaparte shirt that Moshammer had once purchased went to his association, Light for the Homeless . The BISS association received the money that was made from the sale of Else Moshammer's jewelry and Rolls-Royce automobiles. Käßmeyer's nephew moved into the house in Grünwald in 2010. The Gasthaus zur Hundskugel had a mortgage . The tenant, who had received a lease for life from Moshammer, gave up in 2011.

After the forensic autopsy, Moshammer's corpse was transferred to the Institute for Pathology at the Schwabing Clinic and preserved there by Alfred Riepertinger using the " Modern Embalming " method .

After a memorial service in the Allerheiligen-Hofkirche near his boutique and a funeral procession through the city, Moshammer was buried on January 22, 2005 in a mausoleum next to his mother in Munich's Ostfriedhof . The broadcaster Sat.1 had the exclusive rights to broadcast the celebrations on television. The media criticized the funeral as an event seeking effects, staged like a “state funeral”. A number of celebrities such as Senta Berger , Ottfried Fischer , Patrick Lindner , Petra Schürmann , Antje-Katrin Kühnemann , Roberto Blanco , the Jacob Sisters and Karl-Heinz Wildmoser attended the funeral; however, others who had sought his presence during Moshammer's lifetime did not appear. Politicians did not attend the funeral either. Despite, or perhaps because of, his eccentricity, Moshammer was a favorite of the "common people" who accompanied him in large numbers on his last journey.

On November 2, 2005, the trial of the confessed perpetrator began in Munich. While the prosecution tried to interpret the act as treacherous murder , the defense lawyers pleaded manslaughter. Herisch A. was sentenced on November 21, 2005 to life imprisonment for murder and robbery resulting in death. The court found it proven that he had maliciously strangled Moshammer, out of greed and with the intention of robbing him. The jury also recognized that the guilt was particularly serious , so that early release from prison - even with good conduct - after 15 years is very unlikely. The appeal filed by the defendant was rejected in mid-2006 by the Federal Court of Justice in Karlsruhe as "obviously unfounded".

In 2018 Moshammer was included in the so-called Sky of Fame in the Passagen am Stachus .

Stage works

The first stage work about Rudolph Moshammer was the Kammersingspiel Daisys König by Thomas Thalhammer (script and direction) and Meinhard Rüdenauer (music), commissioned by the Austrian producer Michael Kaden, to be premiered on February 15, 2007 at the Munich Oberanger Theater . Rudolph Moshammer was played by the actor Alexander Kerbst . The 3-person musical showed any fictional and real (public) moments from Moshammer's life, with equipment reduced to a minimum, without following a chronology.

This was followed by the Moshammer Opera by Ralph Hammerthaler ( libretto ) and Bruno Nelissen (music) at the Neuköllner Oper in Berlin, which premiered on August 23, 2007.

In 2012 the work Die Strasse was presented in the theater of the Münchner Kammerspiele . The town. The attack by Elfriede Jelinek , which deals with the myth of Munich's Maximilianstrasse , premiered . There is u. a. Moshammer's death themed.

Discography

In 2000 the CD Moshammer's Classics - My life and my feelings was released . On this CD Rudolph Moshammer speaks about topics that determine his life. The stories are accompanied by Moshammer's favorite classical works.

Rudolph Moshammer recorded two singles with the group Münchner Zwietracht ; together they took part in the German preliminary decision for the Eurovision Song Contest 2001 :

  • Moss Hamma (2000)
  • Shares joy and sorrow (2001)

In 2001 he also recited the text "Liebes-Lied" from the album Bis an alle Sterne by the Rilke project , on which other well-known people such as Nina Hagen , Hannelore Elsner and Otto Sander also participated.

parody

Günter Grünwald parodied the fashion designer during Moshammer's lifetime . After Moshammer's death, Grünwald stopped using the character for a few years (see Grünwald Friday Comedy of October 16, 2009).

Works

Movies

  • BR documentation: Rudolph Moshammer, 1975
  • Lifelines : Moshammer - Live your own dream. Documentation by Bernd Dost, Germany, 2001, 45 minutes
  • You are not alone - farewell to Rudolph Moshammer . Documentary about Moshammer's funeral, Germany, 2005, 17 min., Director: Nikias Chryssos & Toke Constantin Hebbeln
  • Rudolph Moshammer - the lonely death of the fashion designer. TV documentary, Germany, 2010, 45 min., Written and directed: Danuta Harrich-Zandberg and Walter Harrich, production: Hessischer Rundfunk , series: Die große Kriminalfälle (season 8; episode 1), first broadcast: July 5, 2010, ARD
  • The great Rudolph , feature film, Germany / Czech Republic, 2018, 88 min., Script and director: Alexander Adolph , production: Producers at Work
  • Lifelines : Rudolph Moshammer - what's left of the dream , documentary by Stefanie Illinger, Germany, 2018, 45 minutes

literature

  • Torsten Fricke: Rudolph Moshammer. The biography. Universitas-Verlag, Munich, 2005, ISBN 3-8004-1472-4
  • Henrik Müller: Up close. A very personal obituary for Rudolf Moshammer. Vehling, Graz 2005 ISBN 3-85333-116-5
  • Andreas Kaplan, Nina Rücker (arrangement): Mosi, Daisy and me. His chauffeur Andreas tells. 2. unchangeable Ed., Anderbeck-Verl., Anderbeck 2005, ISBN 3-937751-26-2
  • Dirk Wilke: Extravagance as a trademark, Rudolf Moshammer: The difficult lucky child. In: Parliament No. 46, November 8, 2004 ( online ( Memento of October 11, 2009 in the Internet Archive ))

Web links

Commons : Rudolph Moshammer  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Five years after the murder. Rudolph Moshammer - "Mosi's" myth is fading , Die Welt , January 12, 2010
  2. ↑ Lifelines. Rudolph Moshammer: What remains of the dream. Bayerischer Rundfunk, September 17, 2018, accessed on September 21, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Joachim Kronsbein: Corset for the soul . In: Der Spiegel . tape 43 , October 21, 1991 ( spiegel.de [accessed September 21, 2018]).
  4. ^ No time for the birds of paradise , sueddeutsche.de, May 17, 2010
  5. ^ Mosi legacy secretly buried , bild.de, January 9, 2015
  6. ↑ Mosi - a bird of paradise and fashion guru , died five years ago , sueddeutsche.de, January 12, 2010
  7. ^ "A kind of living Neuschwanstein" , wdr.de, January 14, 2010
  8. ↑ Cared for with animals: Rudolph Moshammer and Daisy live and exclusively at Home Shopping Europe , ots.at, August 19, 2002
  9. ^ "Holiday on Ice" For Rudolph Moshammers everything is just "dreamlike" , faz.net, November 4, 2003
  10. ↑ "He played something for everyone" Moshammer - the well-known stranger , n-tv.de, September 27, 2015
  11. ↑ Three Moshammer Rolls Royce auctioned off. Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger , July 15, 2005, accessed on January 13, 2020 .
  12. ↑ The guest who brought death , merkur.de , September 8, 2014
  13. ↑ Munich's most spectacular murders: Rudolph Moshammer was strangled with this cable. In: focus.de. November 15, 2012, accessed September 25, 2018 .
  14. ^ A b Moshammer murderer: Lifelong for Herisch A. , stern.de, November 21, 2005
  15. ↑ Moshammer murder case cleared up "He had no chance" , faz.net, January 16, 2005
  16. ^ Mosi's last secrets , stern.de, November 2, 2005
  17. ↑ Moshammer murder case cleared up "He had no chance" , faz.net, January 16, 2005
  18. ↑ homosexuellen-milieu.de : special page of the BLSJ on the criticism of the use of the expression "homosexual milieu"
  19. ^ The legacies of the fashion retailer , sueddeutsche.de, May 10, 2010
  20. ^ Moshammer's apartment sold , bild.de, January 21, 2016
  21. ↑ Ulrich Meyer: A dog's life in glamor. Der Tagesspiegel , October 25, 2006, accessed on October 26, 2018 (detailed biography): "died on Tuesday in Munich"
  22. ↑ Wolfgang Görl: Prinzregententortensüß . In: Süddeutsche Zeitung . October 26, 2006, ISSN  0174-4917 , p. 10 : "Constriction of the windpipe ... the epitome of cuteness, a} cuddly toy, sweet as a Prince Regent cake "
  23. ^ Munich: Real estate dealer inherits "Mosis" assets , spiegel.de, May 21, 2005
  24. ↑ New life in the murder villa , sueddeutsche.de, May 17, 2010
  25. ↑ The difficult legacy of an artificial character , sueddeutsche.de, May 17, 2010
  26. ↑ On the anniversary of the death of Munich fashion czar Moshammer: A golden heart that leaves traces , Abendzeitung, January 14, 2015
  27. ↑ Alfred Riepertinger: My life with the dead: A taxidermist tells, Heyne 2012 ( online , accessed December 31, 2012).
  28. ↑ Final resting place: Moshammer is buried next to his mother. In: Spiegel.de. January 17, 2005, accessed September 23, 2018 .
  29. ↑ Moshammer's grave: The mausoleum of the court shoemaker. In: Sueddeutsche.de. May 17, 2010, accessed September 23, 2018 .
  30. ↑ Moshammer burial: "Like a state funeral" , January 18, 2005
  31. ↑ Life imprisonment for the murder of Moshammer , faz.net, November 21, 2005
  32. ^ Judges confirm judgment in the Moshammer trial , tagesspiegel.de, July 20, 2006
  33. ↑ Heaven of the Stachus Passagen. Sky of Fame: The winners have been announced . At: Abendzeitung München , January 22, 2018 (accessed September 19, 2018)
  34. ↑ program ARD de-ARD Play-Out-Center Potsdam, Potsdam Germany: alpha-retro: 1975 - portrait of Rudolph Moshammer. Retrieved February 23, 2019 .
  35. ↑ Simply Moshammer ( Memento of the original from August 26, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Article dated August 24, 2018, accessed August 26, 2018. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.stimme.de
  36. ↑ Rudolph Moshammer - What remains of the dream . Retrieved August 26, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Moshammer, Rudolph
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mosi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German fashion designer, author and owner of a boutique on Maximilianstrasse in Munich
DATE OF BIRTH September 27, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich
DATE OF DEATH January 14, 2005
Place of death Grünwald