Franz Moroder
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Franz Moroder Lenèrt (4 September 1847 – 13 May 1920) was an Austrian politician and poet. He was the first mayor of Urtijëi in Val Gardena, a merchant, a scholar of Ladin history as well as a strong promoter of the Ladinian language.[1]
He was the son of Jan Matie Moroder (1802-1849), a merchant from Ancona operating in Urtijëi, and Marianna Perathoner Lenert.[2] Franz Moroder was educated in Urtijëi, Brixen and Trento,[3] he later worked as a shopkeeper in Trento and Bolzano until he completed his commercial education. He worked with several merchants operating in Val Gardena, Saint Petersburg, London and Paris.[4] Due to his work, he was able to fluently speak both English and French. He translated some poems from English to Ladinian and he also wrote a French translated version of his book titled La Val Gardena. The book was never published and hence only the original manuscript remains today.[5]
In 1875 he married his cousin: Marianna Moroder, who was the daughter of the painter Josef Moroder-Lusenberg. He had 14 children, one of whom was Rudolf Moroder-Lenert. He also had a daughter Adele Moroder, who married a distant relative and famous painter Ludwig Moroder.[6]
Franz Moroder wrote several poems in Ladin and composed some violin ballads that were published in Leipzig.
