Franz Winkelmeier

Franz Meier angle (known as giant of Lengau or giant of Fried Castle - Lengau; * April 27, 1860 in Lengau; † August 24, 1887 ibid ) was reportedly with a height of 2.58 meters, the greatest man of his time and one of the greatest people history.

Life

Franz angle Meier (now Schneider Bauer) was born the son of a mercenary family in Lengau No. 23. Two years later the parents angle Meiers bought the Schöscharngut in sub - Ereneck No. 1 between Fried Castle and Lengau. In Fried Castle Franz angle Meier attended elementary school. Up to the age of 14 he had grown normally.

Angle Meier appeared on October 6, 1881 in Braunau am Inn to the public. As a result, it was found pushed by an enterprising Fried Burger Schneider, the " giant" - as he was called soon - in Lower Austria, Styria, Carinthia, Gorizia, Trieste, Fiume, Hungary and Transylvania. In the summer 1885, he appeared in Tyrol and from 1 September to 30 November, he was at the Concordia Theatre in Berlin to see ( the later Apollo Theatre ). The tall grenadiers Kaiser Wilhelm were beside him only dwarfs. After angle Meier had shown in many German cities, he was admired in Paris in the theater Folies Bergère. On November 9, 1886, he was engaged by R. Rosinsky to London. On 22 June 1887, he was presented to Queen Victoria. Immediately after his return, Franz angle Meier died of pulmonary tuberculosis.

His grave is in the cemetery of Lengau. At the inn " Zum Riesen " in Fried Castle memorabilia are on display.

The physician Rudolf Virchow surveyed angle Meier 1885 in Berlin and was its size with 2,278 meters at. Whether angle Meier at this time was still growing, is unclear.