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Key	BIB36531
Reference type	Book
Title	Konsul Schwarz : Bankier, Bürger & Bahá'í in Stuttgart und Bad Mergentheim
Author	Ettlich, Guido
Year	2018
Date	2018/11
Publisher	Erzählverlag
Place published	Berlin
Issue	7.
ISBN	9783947831081 (hardcover) 9783947831036 (softcover)
Abstract	Why was not this moment of contemporary history recorded earlier? The Bahá'í community in Germany is over one hundred years old, but the work of its co-founder, the consul and commerce councilor Albert Schwarz (1871-1931) from Stuttgart and honorary citizen of Bad Mergentheim, is almost forgotten. Now Guido Ettlich honors his extraordinary achievements in culture and religion as well as in business and finance. The author describes by way of example how the First World War not only disintegrated a centuries-old monarchist era, but that entire concepts of life had to be redesigned. On the basis of Albert Schwarz's commitment to promoting the economy and culture, Guido Ettlich describes a world marked by great unrest and a new quest for worldwide understanding and humanity. Born into a wealthy entrepreneurial family in Stuttgart, Consul Albert Schwarz (1871-1931) - like many others - was a very child of his time: a middle-class, career-oriented and ambitiously oriented towards the customs of the Württemberg nobility. Between the military and patronage he maintained connections with the highest circles as a Norwegian consul and Württemberg commercial councilor. He was as connected to the Stuttgart Kunstverein as the veteran associations. The spa Mergentheim would be without his commitment, not what it is today. The Albertquelle in Bad Mergentheim is named after him. And then Albert Schwarz was far ahead of his time. Together with his wife Alice, he adopted the Bahá'í Faith before the First World War. As the first elected chairman of the young German Bahá'í community, he contributed significantly with his knowledge and ability to the establishment of the Bahá'í religion in Germany. Today, it is a public corporation and is represented in over one hundred communities. Albert Schwarz opened up a new world through membership of the Bahá'í community. Orientals were often guests at Schwarz as well as believers from the USA. The highlight was the visit 'Abdu'l-Bahá (1844-1921), son of the founder and head of the community, in Stuttgart and the surrounding area. From the highly decorated lieutenant colonel of the reserve in the field artillery regiment 65 to the membership in the German peace society Bertha v. Suttners was a long way for Consul Albert Schwarz. In his biography, Guido Ettlich gives a detailed account of the life of this almost forgotten century man. By the way, the author designs in detail and appropriately a broad picture of the social and cultural history of the state of Württemberg from the founding of the empire to the appearance of National Socialism. The author Guido Ettlich has been working in cooperative banking for more than 25 years, his private passion is for history as well as intellectual issues. As a member of the Bahá'í community in Germany, he gained access to contemporary witnesses and private archives, which revealed a hitherto untold story about an almost forgotten century man. He lives with his family in Kronberg im Taunus. The 428-strong work appears in two outfits
Notes	Cover title: Konsul Albert Schwarz : Bankier, Bürger & Bahá'í in Stuttgart und Bad Mergentheim.
Language	German
Keywords	SCHWARZ, ALBERT; BIOGRAPHY; GERMANY; STUTTGART; BAD MERGENTHEIM
Number of pages	425, [1]
Edition	Erste Auflage

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