Bergischer History Association

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Bergischer Historisches
Verein (BGV)
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purpose Research into the regional and local history of the Bergisches Land and its neighboring regions, publication and communication of research results as well as preservation of monuments and dialects
Chair: Thomas G. Halbach
Establishment date: 1863
Number of members: approx. 4000
Seat : Wuppertal
Website: www.bgv-habenverein.de

The Bergische Historical Society eV ( BGV ) with approximately 4000 members of the largest German regional historical association with the seat of Gesamtverein currently in Wuppertal , also one of the oldest clubs of its kind. It was on 13 June 1863 in Elberfeld (now Wuppertal) founded.

Purpose of the association

The association is dedicated to researching the regional and local history of the Bergisches Land and its neighboring regions, the publication and communication of its research results and the preservation of monuments and dialects .

The BGV consists of an association of 15 legally independent local history associations, which it leads as departments of the entire association. These departments are Burscheid , Erkrath , Haan , Hückeswagen , Niederwupper- Leverkusen (including Monheim, Langenfeld and Leichlingen), Oberberg , Overath , Radevormwald , Cologne on the right bank of the Rhine , Remscheid , Rhein-Berg ( Bergisch Gladbach ), Solingen , Velbert - Hardenberg , Wermelskirchen and Wuppertal .

history

Office of the association in Wuppertal

Co-founders and personalities of the association were among others Karl Wilhelm Bouterwek , Wilhelm Crecelius and Adolf Werth .

The Overath department was added as the 14th department in 1979. In 2017, the history and local history association Rechtsrheinisches Köln was added to the BGV as the 15th department. The number of members of the entire association increased by 330 to 4000.

On September 9, 2018 (Open Monument Day), the Wuppertal office was opened in the Kolkmannhaus .

List of chairmen

The first chairmen of the association, later of the entire association, were:

Magazines and series of publications of the association and the departments

  • Main club
    • Journal of the Bergisches Geschichtsverein (since 1863)
    • Bergische Forschungen - Sources and research on Bergische history, art and literature (since 1925)
    • Romerike Berge - magazine for the Bergisches Land (together with the Schlossbauverein Burg ) (since 1950)
    • Monthly publication of the Bergisches Geschichtsverein (1894–1920)
    • Communications from the Bergisches Geschichtsverein (1932–1933)
    • Bergische Blätter (1924–1935)
  • Haan department
    • Contributions to local history
    • Small contributions to home and local history
    • Sources on the Haaner story
    • Home poet
  • Hückeswagen department
    • Leiw Heukeshoven
  • Niederwupper department
    • Niederwupper - Historical Articles
  • Oberberg department
    • Contributions to the history of Oberberg
    • Materials and sources on regional history
  • Overath Department
    • Archera - Contributions to the history of the Overath community (since 1980)
  • Radevormwald department
    • Series of booklets on the history of Radevormwald
  • Rhein-Berg department
    • Home between Sülz and Dhünn
    • The Bensberger messenger
    • Series of publications by the Rhein-Berg department
  • Solingen department
    • Homeland
  • Velbert-Hardenberg department
    • Velbert - Historical Articles
  • Wermelskirchen department
    • Wermelskirchen - Contributions to our history
  • Wuppertal department
    • History in Wuppertal
    • Contributions to the history and local history of the Wuppertal
    • Contributions to the preservation of monuments and the cityscape of the Wuppertal
    • Notifications from the Wuppertal City Archives , the Historical Center and the Bergisches Geschichtsverein, Wuppertal Department
  • Cologne right bank department
    • Our Porz (1960–1974)
    • Cologne on the right bank of the Rhine - yearbook for history and regional studies (since 1976)

literature

  • 125 years of the Bergischer Geschichtsverein 1863–1988. Festschrift on the occasion of the club's anniversary. Schlossbauverein Burg an d. Wupper et al. a., Solingen u. a. 1988 ( Romerike Berge. 38, 2/3 = special issue, 1988, ISSN  0485-4306 ).
  • Stefan Gorißen: Science and Citizenship. Review of the beginnings of the Bergisches Geschichtsverein in the 19th century. In: Romerike Berge. Journal for the Bergisches Land. 63rd year, 2013, issue 2, ISSN  0485-4306 , pp. 18-23.
  • Horst Sassin: The Bergisches Geschichtsverein 1933–1945. In: Journal of the Bergisches Geschichtsverein (ZBGV). 100, 2002-2004 (2006), ISSN  0067-5792 , pp. 161-256.
  • Horst Sassin: "... and this is how we get into the right channel". The Bergisches Geschichtsverein 1933–1945, additions. In: Journal of the Bergisches Geschichtsverein (ZBGV). 101, 2005-2007 (2008), pp. 171-201.

Web links

Wikisource: List of digitized volumes of the journal of the Bergisches Geschichtsverein  - sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 75 years Niederwupper department of the Bergisches Historisches Verein. In: leverkusen.com. September 14, 2013. Accessed June 5, 2018 (source: Bergischer Geschichtsverein).
  2. ↑ The Oberberg department itself, as can be seen on its homepage bgv-oberberg.de, includes the following communities in its area: Bergneustadt , Engelskirchen , Gummersbach , Nümbrecht , Reichshof , Lindlar , Marienheide , Morsbach , Waldbröl , Wiehl , Windeck and Wipperfürth .
  3. ↑ Romerike Berge. Journal for the Bergisches Land. Edited by the Schloßbauverein Burg an der Wupper and the Bergisches Geschichtsverein. 67th year, issue 2/2017, ISSN  0485-4306 .
  4. ^ Uwe Eckardt : An association writes history - 150 years of the Bergischer Geschichtsverein. In: Romerike Berge. 63rd year, issue 2/2013, ISSN  0485-4306 .