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The Weimar Republic, the Third Reich, the post-war period: Eleonore Czemper experienced all of this and built a life for herself in Höhenkirchen.
Here she is beaming on her 100th birthday.
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Eleonore Czemper (née Bußjäger) was a native of Höhenkirchen.
She was born here, she lived here, she died here at the blessed age of 101, and she rests here in the Höhenkirchner church cemetery.
Höhenkirchen
– Eleonore Czemper was born on June 4, 1922.
This chronological classification shows that the deceased lived through all the ups and downs of the Weimar Republic, the Third Reich, the post-war period and today's Federal Republic of Germany.
Her parents came from Munich to Höhenkirchen in 1917, where they purchased house number 52 in what is now Hirschwinkelstrasse 1.
Here Eleonore was born as the last of six children.
A house built from rubble stones
After school and a commercial apprenticeship, she worked at the Otto Heck paper wholesaler in Munich, Karlstrasse 40, which fell victim to a bomb attack in February 1945.
During the Third Reich she met her husband Hermann, who was born in Gelsenkirchen.
The couple married on July 15, 1941 during the war.
Between April 1948 and December 1949, the Czempers built their own house on Hirschwinkelstrasse, which the deceased lived in until 2020, before she moved to the local senior center.
They got the property from Eleonore's parents.
In Munich, the Czempers were assigned a piece of land or a rubble house where they could knock stones that someone would bring to Höhenkirchen for them.
“It was difficult, but we grew into the good times,” she once said.
Beautiful young woman: Eleonore Czemper in 1944 at the age of 22.
She worked for the community for many years, then moved to the forestry office and finally to the forestry department in Höhenkirchen.
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Worked for many years in the town hall and the forestry department
Daughter Edith was born in 1950.
In 1946, the mayor of Höhenkirchen at the time, Sebastian Kössler, brought Eleonore Czemper into the municipal office.
There was only an old typewriter and an iron stove, which didn't heat the cold and drafty house in winter, she once told the Münchner Merkur.
“A few years ago someone asked me which department I worked for in the town hall.
I had to laugh a lot, there were only two of us and we took care of everything,” said Eleonore Czemper.
She remained loyal to the community until 1962.
Between 1966 and 1977 she worked at the Höhenkirchen Forestry Office and then at the Forestry Directorate in Höhenkirchen until her retirement on July 1, 1982.
She lovingly cared for her husband
In 1996, her beloved husband Hermann suffered a severe stroke, which left him dependent on care throughout his life.
Eleonore lovingly looked after her Hermann, who closed his eyes forever on September 20, 2005.
In addition to art embroidery, the 101-year-old also used to read a lot.
She was annoyed that her eyes no longer wanted to play along at the end.
“But what can you expect when you’re 100 years old?
I'm just glad I still have my mind," she said in 2020.
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Relatives remember her kind nature and her great knowledge
Her great-nephew Otto Bußjäger fondly remembers his great-aunt: “Aunt Lore retained her always positive and cosmopolitan attitude to life until the end.
We will remember her as a cheerful and lovable aunt with an enormous wealth of knowledge and a reliable advisor.” Bußjäger’s wife Alexandra notes that the deceased was “incredibly interested in the present and all current topics”.
“You could talk to her about everything, from handicrafts to agriculture to world politics.” They both shared a love of crocheting, knitting and sewing.
“I always had to bring my works to her so that she could admire them or find mistakes.” A fulfilled life, the obituary said, has now come to an end.