Franz Hoffmeister

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Franz Hoffmeister

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A fountain in memory of Franz Hoffmeister and Theodor Pröpper at Balve

Franz Hoffmeister (22 March 1898 – 27 March 1943) was a German Roman Catholic priest and the founder of the Sauerländer Heimatbund and Festspiele Balver Höhle.

Life

Hoffmeister was born in Ramsbeck. He was consecrated to a Roman Catholic priest by bishop Hähling von Lanzenauer in 1924.

References

In German

• Theodor Pröpper, Franz Hoffmeister. Leben und Werk, Verlag Bonifatius Druckerei, Paderborn 1949