Castle friends of both Basel
Under the name of Castle Friends of both Basels there is an association under Swiss law that is dedicated to castle lore as well as history , architecture and archeology from antiquity to modern times .
goals and tasks
The association of "Castle Friends of both Basel" promotes knowledge of castle lore and history
- the organization of lectures, short presentations and excursions as well as through
- Supporting efforts to preserve the castles and ruins in the Basel region and to research them scientifically.
The “ Castle Friends” run the Swiss Castle Archives , which includes a library of castle history , which was completed in the mid-1990s, documentation by castle history experts Eugen Dietschi-Kunz , Max Alioth and Eugen Probst , scientific materials from Werner Meyer , a collection of newspaper articles as well as plan and image material. The library is located in the Baselland Cantonal Library ; the book holdings can be researched in the online catalog under the signature BF . The castle archive is located in the state archive of the canton of Basel-Landschaft .
history
Already in 1894/95 was in Basel , a loose association founded that had the search for ruins in the area of Basel to the goal. At the height of the third epoch of the Heimatstil , the Association of Castle Friends of both Basels was formed on September 19, 1931 as a spin-off from the Swiss Castle Association founded in 1927 . Although there were only a dozen members at the beginning, the association immediately started supporting several projects. So could z. B. the ruins of Farnsburg and the ruins on the Wartenberg and later also the Bottmingen Castle benefit from this support.
The work of the association shifted very strongly to motivation and knowledge transfer when, in the second half of the 20th century, state organizations also took over the preservation work for castles and palaces. During this time, thanks to the motivation and support of Eugen Dietschi-Kunz at the annual meeting of castle friends in 1943, the establishment of the Swiss Castle Archives was tackled: self-procured material was soon supplemented by the handover of entire collections of material from well-known castle experts.
From 1949 to 1958, the association published the series of the Burgenfreunde both Basels . The members of Christian Adolf Müller , Eugen Dietschi Kunz and Alvin Edward Jäggli published in monographs or reprints over the Rötteln Castle , the castle Rotberg , on Monvoie and ruin Sternberg .
organization
The business of the Association of Castle Friends of both Basel is managed by the President and a board of directors:
- The President is responsible for the Association of Castle Friends of both Basle and for the Swiss Castle Archives.
- The board members support the president in the operational management of the association in the departments of members, events, bookkeeping etc. The castle archive is looked after by the archives commission, a committee of the board.
President
- Max Ramstein (first chairman from 1931)
- August Hégéle
- Werner Meyer (known as Burgen-Meyer )
- Andrea Frost-Hirschi
- Doris Huggel
- Christoph Philipp Matt
- Jan Müller
Events
The Castle Friends of both Basels organize an annual program of excursions, lectures and discussion evenings in order to promote knowledge transfer, to build up the networking necessary to support castle-oriented projects and to cultivate sociability. Thanks to the support of government agencies such as cantonal archeology, individual municipalities and private castle owners, these events can provide insights into buildings that are otherwise locked. Castles and palaces are not only dealt with in the architectural and historical area, but information about life, culture and art of the Middle Ages is also conveyed.
literature
- Werner Meyer: Castles from A to Z, Burgenlexikon der Regio. Anniversary edition for the 50th anniversary of the Castle Friends of both Basel, Basel 1981.
- Doris Huggel, Verena Bider, Liselotte Meyer, Christoph Matt: From the Swiss Castle Archives. Anniversary publication for the 75th anniversary of the Castle Friends of both Basel, Basel 2006, ISBN 3-033-00627-2 .