Günter Felke

Günter Michael Felke (* November 4, 1929 in Laufersweiler; † 22 March 2005 in Mainz ) was a German entrepreneur, numismatist and promoter of culture in the Hunsrück.

Life

Günter Felke was born as the youngest son of the Hunsrück entrepreneur Michael Felke and his wife Maria, born colonel in the community Laufer hamlet in the Hunsrück. Shortly after his birth he moved with his family to neighboring Sohren, where his father built a Möbeproduktionsunternehmen. He attended Duke Johann -Gymnasium in simmering, which he left early in 1948 to take up his work in his father's furniture Felke works. Together with his two older brothers, Aloys and Walter Felke he was the junior partner alongside his father the company. From 1970 he took over with his brothers, the successor of his father as managing director and succeeded his uncle Franz Felke in the position of Technical Director.

In addition to the leadership of the family business, Günter Felke dealt with the history of the Palatinate and Mainz numismatics since 1960. As a collector of Roman, medieval and modern florins of the Rhineland, he handed collections of historical exhibits at the Villa Romana in Veldenz, the Hunsrück- simmering museum and a museum in Heidelberg. Especially about Veldenz Felke wrote several treatises on the coinage. In 1980 he became a member of the Bavarian Numismatic Society. In 1981 Günter Felke his first book about the history of gold coins heimatlicher The coins of the Dukes of simmering on the 1989 copiously illustrated book he published The gold coinage of the Rhenish electors 1346-1478. In 1984 he co-founded the Palatine Numismatic Society.

Günter Felke engaged later reinforced as a promoter in culture and education for young people in their school education. A foundation bearing his name presented to students of the Herzog- Johann -Gymnasium in simmering annually the Günter - Felke Prize for outstanding performances of different subjects.

Günter Felke was married and the father of three children.

Günter Felke Foundation

The Günter Felke Foundation was founded on 10 October 1989 by Günter Felke. It lends since 1990 their prices at Duke Johann -Gymnasium in simmering to students with outstanding achievements. For now included the award achievements in the fields geography, history, music, visual arts and German, which expanded after extended encouragement to all secondary school subjects. A Board of Trustees decides annually on the accomplishments and awards the prizes until 2004., Under the supervision of Günter Felke Between 1990 and 2009, the Günter - Felke Foundation awarded 305 prizes to young people in 1317 and awarded to date prize money totaling around 100,000 euros (as of 2009 ). The price is supported among others by the full proceeds by Günter Felkes Book Release The gold coinage of the Rhenish electors.

Honors

For outstanding achievements in the promotion of art and culture in the Hunsrück 1987 he received an honorary shield and 1994, the badge of honor of the city of simmering. In January 2000, it drew the city from the honorary citizenship. Him the Order of Merit of the State of Rhineland -Palatinate was presented in 2001 by the Rhineland- Palatinate Minister President Kurt Beck.

Publications

• The coins of the Counts of Veldenz, contribution to the publication " The district Bernkastel 1968", district Bernkastel 1968
• The coins of the Dukes of simmering, 1981
• The gold coinage of the Rhenish electors 1346-1478. Mainz, Trier, Cologne, Pfalz, coin- center, Köln 1989, ISBN 3-9800233-7-0
• New acquisition of two interesting coins for the museum simmering, Hunsrücker Heimatblätter No. 73, Vol 28, simmering 2000