Arnold Güttsches

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Friedrich Arnold Güttsches (born May 27, 1904 in Krefeld , † May 6, 1975 in Cologne ) was a director of the Historical Archives of the City of Cologne .

biography

After graduating from high school, Güttsche studied law in Bonn , then history and German studies in Cologne. From 1932 he worked as a research assistant at the Historical Archive of the City of Cologne. Promotions failed due to objection from the NSDAP .

During the Second World War , Güttsches worked as an employee of the archive manager Erich Kuphal in relocating the archives and important cultural assets of the city of Cologne in order to protect them from destruction by the Allied bombing attacks. At his instigation, among other things, the Romanesque wooden doors from Sankt Maria im Capitol were relocated to Crottorf in Siegerland.

In 1948 he was appointed city archivist and in 1960 archive director, in 1969 he retired.

Güttsches held high offices in the Cartell Association of Catholic German student associations; from 1957 to 1963 he was chairman of the CV old gentlemen's association. He was an original member of the KDSt.V. Ascania zu Bonn , whose Philistine senior he was from 1948 to 1958. In 1956 he was involved in the organization of the Cologne Catholic Day. Güttsches was awarded the Order of St. Gregory (1956) and the Federal Cross of Merit 1st Class (1969).

Güttsches was married to Maria Margareta Barbara Heinen since 1931. He died in 1975 at the age of 70 in a Cologne hospital.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Death certificate No. 1059 from May 7, 1975, registry office Cologne East. In: LAV NRW R civil status register. Retrieved June 26, 2018 .
  2. ^ Society for student history and student customs registered association (Hrsg.): CV manual. 3rd expanded edition, Regensburg 2000, ISBN 3-922485-11-1 , p. 470
personal data
SURNAME Güttsches, Arnold
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Güttsches, Friedrich Arnold (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German director of the Cologne City Archives
DATE OF BIRTH May 27, 1904
PLACE OF BIRTH Krefeld
DATE OF DEATH May 6, 1975
Place of death Cologne