Elsa Blöcher

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Elsa Blöcher (born October 1, 1900 in Wallau (Lahn) ; † June 2, 1995 there ) was a German teacher , historian and author .

Life

Elsa Blöcher was born as the third daughter of the modeller (model making for foundries) Ludwig Blöcher. He was busy at the Ludwigshütte . From 1907 she attended the elementary school in Wallau, then until 1915 the Selekta of the city school in Biedenkopf . In 1921 she made the upper secondary school in Kassel , the High School and then earned by attending a one-year seminar class, the instructor for middle and higher schools for girls. After working as a private tutor for three years , she began studying history , German and geography in Frankfurt in 1925 . In 1926 she moved to the Philipps University of Marburg , where she worked in 1931 with the salt works and salt trade in the Wetterau, with especially Berücks. from Nauheim in the 17th u. 18th century to Dr. phil. received his doctorate .

After teaching in Frankfurt am Main , at the Elisabeth School in Marburg until the autumn break of 1935 and in Wiesbaden , she returned to her parents' house in Wallau in 1940 and took up a position as a study assessor at the “State High School for Boys” in Biedenkopf, where she up to on her retirement , most recently as director of studies and deputy headmistress of the Lahntalschule .

After the Second World War , she became involved in researching the history of the Hessian hinterland , became a board member in 1948 and chairwoman of the Hinterland history association in 1953 (until 1985) and thus editor of the Hinterland history sheets and, in 1968, second chairwoman of the association for Hessian history and regional studies . In the 1950s she began to publish essays and books on the history of the country.

Honors and honorary positions

Works

  • Salt pans and salt trade in the Wetterau, with esp. Berücks. from Nauheim in the 17th u. 18th century Giessen 1931, DNB  571836666 (dissertation).
  • The hinterland, a home book . Stephani, Biedenkopf 1981, DNB  820377600 (first edition: 1953).
  • Obituary Reinhold Fuhr . In: Journal for Hessian History and Regional Studies (ZHG) . tape 64 , 1953, pp. 156 .
  • On the history of Biedenkopf, festival book for the 700th anniversary of the city of Biedenkopf . Biedenkopf 1954.
  • From the history of the hinterland . In: Hessen - People and Space - The Biedenkopf district . 1965.
  • Ludwig Blöcher - modeller at the Hessen-Nassau Hüttenverein . In: Seib, Gerhard (ed.): Studies on artistic iron casting . Marburg 1970, DNB  540031887 .
  • The carpenter in the hinterland and his bar inscriptions . In: Hessian research on historical regional and folklore . Issue 11. Neumeister, Kassel 1975, ISBN 3-925333-06-1 .
  • The town book of Biedenkopf 1324–1530 . In: Journal for Hessian History and Regional Studies (ZHG) . tape 85 , 1975, pp. 25-88 .
  • Biedenkopf in old views . European Library, Zaltbommel / Netherlands 1976.
  • Do you still know them ... that of Biedenkopf . European Library, Zaltbommel / Netherlands 1983, ISBN 90-288-2425-1 .
  • Contributions to the history of the hinterland: collected essays . Ed .: Hinterland History Association. Stephani, Biedenkopf 1985, DNB  551358521 (2 volumes).

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SURNAME Blocher, Elsa
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German teacher, historian and book author
DATE OF BIRTH October 1, 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH Wallau (Lahn)
DATE OF DEATH June 2, 1995
Place of death Wallau (Lahn)