Franz Meier was born on September 29, 1847, in Ulm-Renchen, Baden. He played for 16 years with the band of the Fifth Baden Infan ... 193 additonal characters for paid subscriptions ... e founded the first amateur band association in Germany, the Breisgau-Markgrafler-Musikverband, in 1892. He died on December 15, 1921 in Freiburg.