Braunschweig Historical Society
| Braunschweigischer Geschichtsverein eV | |
|---|---|
| purpose | Promotion of historical awareness and a regional identity of today's region between Harz and Heide and Harz and Weser. |
| Chair: | Brage bei der Wieden |
| Establishment date: | May 6, 1901 |
| Number of members: | > 550 (as of 2015) |
| Seat : | 38302 Wolfenbüttel |
| Website: | bs-gv.de |
The Braunschweigischer Geschichtsverein was founded on May 6, 1901 as the "History Association for the Duchy of Braunschweig" . Today it has over 550 members. The aim of the association is to promote historical awareness and a regional identity in today's region between Harz and Heide and Harz and Weser.
history
On May 6, 1901, a branch association of the Harz History Association, namely the local association for history and antiquity for Braunschweig and Wolfenbüttel, founded the "History Association for the Duchy of Braunschweig" .
The association already had 260 members when it was founded. Among them were the then Secret Archives Council and first chairman of the newly formed association Paul Zimmermann from Wolfenbüttel , the Brunswick city archivist and secretary of the Heinrich Mack association and Paul Jonas Meier , director of the Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum .
Today there is a close cooperation with the historical seminar and the historical commission for Lower Saxony and Bremen .
The first chairman of the association is Brage Bei der Wieden , head of the Lower Saxony State Archives - Wolfenbüttel location , other board members are: Walter Hagena, Sascha Köckeritz and Werner Arnold. Honorary members are: Richard Moderhack †, Günter Scheel †, Manfred RW Garzmann and Horst-Rüdiger Jarck . Members of the advisory board are: Annette Boldt-Stülzebach, Hans-Henning Grote, Christian Lippelt, Jochen Luckhardt , Henning Steinführer , Heike Pöppelmann , Thomas Scharff and Cecilie Hollberg . The honorary advisory board is formed by: Manfred RW Garzmann, Dieter Lent , Wolfgang Milde †, Gerhard Schildt , Gerd Spies , Klaus Webendoerfer † and Mechthild Wiswe †.
Other personalities
Chair:
- Paul Zimmermann , Privy Councilor for Archives, 1901–1924
- Hermann Voges , archive director, 1924–1938
- Hermann Kleinau , State Archives Director, 1938–1945
- Werner Spieß , City Archives Director, 1946–1956
- Friedrich Knost , President of the Braunschweig administrative district, 1956–1968
- Carl Düvel , President of the Braunschweigische Staatsbank, 1968–1970
- Wilhelm Pleistern , Director General of Norddeutsche Landesbank, 1970–1977
- Rudolf Törner , member of the board of the Norddeutsche Landesbank, 1977–1982
- Günter Scheel , Ltd. Archive director, 1982–1994
- Horst-Rüdiger Jarck , Ltd. Archive director, 1994–2008
Publications (selection)
The association is the publisher of various, sometimes regularly appearing publications on the regional and home history of the area between the Harz , Lüneburg Heath and Weser , such as the Braunschweigischer Magazin and the Braunschweigischer Jahrbuch , which has been published since 1902 (Volumes 1 to 14 under the title Yearbook of the History Association for the Duchy of Braunschweig ) or the sources and research on Braunschweig national history .
Important publications in recent years are:
- Horst-Rüdiger Jarck , Dieter Lent et al. (Ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon - 8th to 18th century . Appelhans Verlag, Braunschweig 2006, ISBN 3-937664-46-7 .
- Horst-Rüdiger Jarck , Günter Scheel (Ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon - 19th and 20th centuries . Hahnsche Buchhandlung, Hannover 1996, ISBN 3-7752-5838-8 .
- Horst-Rüdiger Jarck , Gerhard Schildt (ed.): The Braunschweigische Landesgeschichte. A region looking back over the millennia . 2nd Edition. Appelhans Verlag, Braunschweig 2001, ISBN 3-930292-28-9 .
- Hans-Ulrich Ludewig , Dietrich Kuessner : "So everyone should be warned" - The Braunschweig Special Court 1933–1945. Langenhagen 2000, ISBN 3-928009-17-6 .
- Gudrun Fiedler , Hans-Ulrich Ludewig: Forced Labor and War Economy in the State of Braunschweig 1939–1945. Braunschweig 2003, ISBN 3-930292-78-5 .
- Ulrich Menzel , The stirrup holders and their wages. Hitler's naturalization in Braunschweig set the course on the way to power and the modernization of the Braunschweig region. Appelhans Verlag, Braunschweig 2020, ISBN 978-3-944939-84-1
See also
literature
- Richard Moderhack : On the founding of the Braunschweigischer Geschichtsverein 60 years ago. In: Braunschweigisches Jahrbuch. Volume 42, Waisenhaus-Buchdruckerei, Braunschweig 1961, pp. 154–155 ( tu-braunschweig.de ).
Web links
- Official website
- List “Braunschweigisches Jahrbuch 1902 – heute” on archiv-vegelahn.de
- Digitized yearbooks of the Braunschweigisches Geschichtsverein from 1902 - on the publication server of the TU Braunschweig
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b bs-gv.de
- ↑ Richard Moderhack: On the foundation of the Braunschweigischer Geschichtsverein 60 years ago. In: Braunschweigisches Jahrbuch. Volume 42, Braunschweig 1961, p. 154.
- ↑ The association goal description on bs-gv.de
- ↑ Richard Moderhack: On the foundation of the Braunschweigischer Geschichtsverein 60 years ago. In: Braunschweigisches Jahrbuch. Volume 42, p. 155.
- ^ Richard Moderhack: Braunschweigische Landesgeschichte at a glance. In: Sources and research on Brunswick history. Volume 23, Braunschweig 1976, p. 58.
- ↑ Honorary Advisory Board
- ↑ Joseph König : Wilhelm Pierter †. In: Braunschweigisches Jahrbuch. Volume 58. Wolfenbüttel 1977, p. 138 ( tu-braunschweig.de )
