Albert K. Hömberg

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Albert K. Hömberg

Albert Karl Hömberg (mostly Albert K. Hömberg or Albert Hömberg , internationally also Hoemberg ; born February 3, 1905 in Witten , † January 29, 1963 in Telgte ) was a German historian .

Life

Albert Karl Hömberg was born on February 3, 1905 as the son of the textile merchant Heinrich Hömberg in Witten. On his father's side, his roots extend to Fredeburg in the Sauerland . His father had moved from there to Witten before Albert was born. During Hömberg's youth, the family regularly spent their holidays with their relatives in Fredeburg.

After leaving school, Hömberg first studied natural sciences , mathematics and physics . During this time he was already busy researching and presenting history. In 1928 the town history of Fredeburg became the first object of his historical interest. Due to illness, he changed his studies in 1930. In Berlin , under Professor Walther Vogel , he became a specialist in settlement history during his student days . In 1936 he received his doctorate from the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Berlin with a dissertation on the history of settlements of the upper Sauerland as a doctor of philosophy (Dr. phil.) . He then received a grant from the German Research Foundation .

In 1938 Albert Hömberg married his Canadian friend Elisabeth Sims. In 1939 his son Philipp R. Hömberg was born, who later worked as a prehistorian. Two years later his second son H. Peter Hömberg and in 1944 his daughter A. Beata Hömberg were born. From 1936 to 1939 Hömberg contributed to the Historical Atlas for Germany . In the war years from 1940 to 1945 he served as a private in the Luftwaffe . During this time his brother Heinrich was sent to a concentration camp . Albert K. Hömberg, who himself was an opponent of the Nazi state, was taken prisoner of war for one year in 1945 . His wife published the book "Thy People, My People" five years later. In it she described the last days of the war in the Münsterland.

Hömberg then lived in Münster on orders from the Historical Commission for Westphalia . In 1952 he completed his habilitation as a private lecturer at the University of Münster , where in 1962 the first chair for national history was established for him. In the same year until his death in 1963, Hömberg was first chairman of the Historical Commission for Westphalia .

Albert K. Hömberg died in Telgte at the age of 57.

Fonts

  • The emergence of West German corridor forms , Ebering, Berlin 1935.
  • Basic questions in German settlement research , Ebering, Berlin 1938.
  • Settlement history of the upper Sauerland , Aschendorffsche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Münster 1938.
  • Grafschaft, Freirafschaft, Gografschaft , Aschendorffsche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Münster 1949.
  • History of the Comitate of the Werler Count House. In: Westphalian magazine . Journal of patriotic history and archeology , 100th volume, Regensberg, Münster 1950.
  • The medieval parish system of Cologne's Westphalia. In: Westphalia. Booklets for history, art and folklore , Volume 29, Book 1, Aschendorffsche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Münster 1951.
  • The emergence of the Westphalian free counties as a problem of medieval German constitutional history. In: Westphalian magazine. Journal of Patriotic History and Archeology , 101/102. Volume, Regensberg, Münster 1953.
  • The Veme in their temporal and spatial development , 1955.
  • Home chronicle of the Olpe district , archive for German home care, Cologne 1958.
  • History of the city of Fredeburg , city administration, Schmallenberg 1962.
  • Westphalia and the Saxon Duchy , Aschendorff, Münster 1963.
  • Ecclesiastical and secular regional organization (parish system and court system) in the original parish areas of southern Westphalia , Aschendorffsche Verlagbuchhandlung , Münster 1965 (manuscript published in 1950 after the author's death).
  • Westfälische Landesgeschichte , Mehren & Hobbeling, Münster 1967 (lecture manuscript published after the author's death).
  • Economic history of Westphalia , Mehren & Hobbeling, Münster 1968 (lecture manuscript published after the author's death).
  • Historical news about noble residences and manors in the Duchy of Westphalia and their owners , 20 volumes, Historical Commission for Westphalia, Münster 1969–1979 (collection of material published after the author's death).

literature

  • Elisabeth Sims Hoemberg (wife of Albert K. Hömberg): Thy People, My People . JM Dent, London 1950.
  • Alfred Bruns (Red.): Schmallenberg heads . Published by the Schmallenberg-Holthausen Slate Mining Museum. Slate Mining Museum, Schmallenberg-Holthausen 1985 (= Publications of the Slate Mining Museum on State History , 7), (erroneously referred to as Volume 6), p. 46 ff.
  • Wilfried Reininghaus : Albert K. Hömberg (1905–1963). A Westphalian regional historian and opponent of the Nazi state . In: Stefan Gorißen (ed.): Honorary office and patronage. Foundations of civil society in historical change . Aschendorff, Münster 2005, ISBN 3-402-09235-2 (= Westphalian research. Journal of the Westphalian Institute for Regional History of the Regional Association of Westphalia-Lippe , 55), pp. 535–557.
  • Werner Freitag : State history in upheaval. The example of Albert K. Hömberg . In: Stefan Gorißen (ed.): Honorary office and patronage. Foundations of civil society in historical change . Aschendorff, Münster 2005, ISBN 3-402-09235-2 , (= Westphalian research. Journal of the Westphalian Institute for Regional History of the Regional Association of Westphalia-Lippe , 55), pp. 559-567.
  • Norbert Scheele (ed.): The correspondence between Albert K. Hömberg and Norbert Scheele, 1932–1962. From the workshop of the Westphalian state and local history. A contribution to the history and historiography of South Westphalia. Kreuztal 2007.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Wilfried Reininghaus: Professor Dr. Albert K. Hömberg (1905-1963) in Sauerland No. 1/2005 p. 37 ( Memento of the original from April 29, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 5.9 MB) accessed on October 15, 2010. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.sauerlaender-heimatbund.de
  2. ^ DNB entry Beata Hömberg , accessed on October 15, 2010
  3. ↑ Wn.de - Julia Gottschick: Canadian described the last days of the war in Münsterland on May 5, 2015, accessed on January 6, 2016.
  4. ^ Historical Commission, LWL , accessed on October 15, 2010.
personal data
SURNAME Hömberg, Albert K.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hömberg, Albert Karl (full name); Hömberg, Albert; Hoemberg, Albert K.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German historian
DATE OF BIRTH February 3, 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH Witten
DATE OF DEATH January 29, 1963
Place of death Telgte