Erich Lorenz (local history researcher)

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Karl Alfred Erich Lorenz (born October 5, 1894 in Annaberg ; † January 13, 1981 in Annaberg-Buchholz ) was a German local historian, folklorist and chronicler.

Lorenz put together a unique collection of biographies from prominent Ore Mountains and Vogtlanders, which comprised around 30,000 people. This so-called Lorenz Collection was kept in the Saxon State Office for Ore Mountains and Vogtland Folk Culture in Schneeberg until 2006 and has since been in the Saxon State Office for Museum Affairs in Chemnitz. In the Kulturbund der DDR he was a. a. active as the founder of the numismatics group in Annaberg and wrote a chronicle of the cultural association of his hometown from the beginning until around 1965. For several years he headed the local cultural association group. As a miner for SDAG Wismut , he was one of the first members of the circle of writing workers in the Erzhammer cultural center.

Lorenz also wrote several poems in High German and Erzgebirge dialect, some of which were set to music. He worked for the Sächsische Heimatblätter , the calendar Sächsische Gebirgsheimat , the Auerbacher Kreisspiegel and the predecessor magazines of the Erzgebirgische Heimatblätter .

He was the uncle of the philosopher, genealogist and local researcher Wolfgang Lorenz .

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SURNAME Lorenz, Erich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lorenz, Karl Alfred Erich (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German local historian, folklorist and chronicler
DATE OF BIRTH October 5, 1894
PLACE OF BIRTH Annaberg
DATE OF DEATH January 13, 1981
Place of death Annaberg-Buchholz