Florian Speer

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Florian Speer (born February 25, 1953 ; † January 17, 2012 ) was a German historian and archivist .

Life

Speer received his doctorate in 2000 from the Bergische Universität Wuppertal . He worked as a freelance historian in the fields of monument preservation , genealogy , economic history , archive management , commemorative publications and church history . He was a board member of the Wuppertal department of the Bergisches Geschichtsverein , in whose series he published numerous articles.

Speer was also known for his extensive studies on the history of the world's oldest piano manufacturer still in production, Ibach, and on the use of forced labor in his hometown of Wuppertal .

Publications

Monographs

  • Rud. Ibach Sohn - the world's oldest piano manufacturer. Erfurt 2006, ISBN 3-89702-941-3 .
  • Foreigners on 'work assignment' in Wuppertal. Civilian workers, forced laborers and prisoners of war in World War II. Wuppertal 2003, ISBN 3-87707-609-2 .
  • Pianos and grand pianos from the Wupperthale. Instrument making in the Wupper region and the Lower Rhine during the 19th century using the example of the organ and piano building family Ibach . Dissertation, Bergische Universität Wuppertal 2000 ( full text ).
    • under the title: Ibach and the others. Rheinisch-Bergischer piano making in the 19th century (= contributions to the history and local history of the Wuppertal , volume 39). Wuppertal 2002, ISBN 3-87707-587-8 .
  • Vorwerk & Co. and its workers in World War II - report on the situation of forced laborers in a commercial enterprise. Wuppertal 2000, ISBN 3-00-005735-8 .
  • History of church life in Budberg. Rheinberg 1997 (= writings of the city of Rheinberg on history and local history , volume 10).
  • Instrument making and architecture - about the involvement of architects and artists in the manufacture of extraordinary cases for grand pianos and upright pianos using the example of the Rud company. Ibach son (1996). Documentation for the exhibition.

Editing with his own contributions

  • The Mohammedan Movement in Egyptian Sudan , lecture by Professor Dr. E. Dagobert Schoenfeld. New edition with annotations based on the original from 1904, Wuppertal 2008, ISBN 978-3-8370-2635-1 .
  • (Ed. With Sigrid Lekebusch): Churches and places of worship in Barmen (= churches and places of worship in Wuppertal , volume 2) (= contributions to the history and local history of the Wuppertal , volume 43), Wuppertal 2008, ISBN 978-3-87707-721- 4 .
  • Ernst von Hesse-Wartegg: Tunis - Land and People , Newly published as a reprint of the edition from 1882, Wuppertal 2007, ISBN 978-3-8370-0729-9 .
  • E. Dagobert Schoenfeld: From the barbarian states. An adventurous research trip through Libya and Tunisia around 1900 , newly published, Wuppertal 2007, ISBN 978-3-8334-9703-2 .
  • Address book of the Wuppertal districts for the year 1834 . Excerpts from photomechanical reprint from Lord Mayor Rüttger Brüning's official address book for Rhineland-Westphalia for the benefit of poor sick people , edited by Goswin Krackrügge, Elberfeld 1834. Edited with notes from the editor and an introductory article by Uwe Eckardt (= contributions to the history and local history of the Wuppertal , volume 42 ), Wuppertal 2006, ISBN 3-8334-6169-1 .
  • (Ed. With Jörg Hentzschel-Fröhlings and Guido Wärme ): Society - Region - Politics. Festschrift for Hermann de Buhr, Heinrich Küppers and Volkmar Wittmütz , Norderstedt 2006, ISBN 3-8334-4138-0 .

Articles in collective works

  • Garbage history in Wuppertal (Festschrift text except technical texts). In: Garbage history in Wuppertal - 100 | 50 | 30. Wuppertal 2006, ISBN 3-00-019280-8 , ed. from the waste management company mbH Wuppertal .
  • Thank you Dear Father: The preacher Karl Großkortenhaus (1875–1941). In: Society - Region - Politics. Festschrift for Hermann de Buhr, Heinrich Küppers and Volkmar Wittmütz , Norderstedt 2006, ISBN 3-8334-4138-0 , pp. 234-274.
  • From the construction of the first community building of the Concordia zu Barmen civil society 1816–1818. In: Art and Architecture. Festschrift Prof. Dr. Hermann J. Mahlberg . Wuppertal 1998, ISBN 3-928766-32-5 , pp. 32-40.

Essays

  • Instrument making magazine - musik international: Ibach - 211 years of piano and grand piano building in family tradition. 9/10 2005, pp. 56-57.
  • Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung : The greatest agony of forced laborers at Vorwerk in Litzmannstadt was constant hunger. (Reprint of the summary from the book: Vorwerk & Co and its workers in World War II ), in: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , March 7, 2000, p. 26.
  • History in Wuppertal : When the garbage celebrates its birthday. 2006.
  • History in Wuppertal: From “Leichenstrasse” to Alemannenstrasse. “Micro-history” at the cemetery church. 2005.
  • History in Wuppertal: Sofie's healing hands. From an early naturopathic clinic in Elberfeld. 2000.
  • History in Wuppertal: Heimatschutzstil - Notes on a style phenomenon in architecture at the turn of the century. 1997.
  • History in Wuppertal: To the medieval church in Schöller. 1993.
  • Yearbook Kreis Wesel : Of legally forbidden marital joys, a combative bride and an animal lover. 1997.
  • Yearbook Kreis Wesel: Because of the severely torn coffee drinking. 1996.
  • Yearbook of the Wesel district: legally sworn alchemist. 1995.
  • Yearbook Kreis Wesel: How the Budbergers got a new teacher. 1994.
  • Yearbook Kreis Wesel: A criminal case in 1615. 1993.
  • Yearbook of the Wesel district: 700 years of the Empelmann or Impelmann farm near Repelen. 1992.
  • Bergische Blätter : Architektur und Klavierbau , edition of March 2, 1996.
  • Romerike Berge : 100 years ago: A trace of blood and rubble - " Bergischer Tornado " 1906 , 1/2007.
  • Romerike Berge: 175 years of Vorwerk & Sohn. 4/2002.
  • Romerike Berge: Ibach piano factory celebrates its 200th anniversary. 1/1996.
  • Polis - magazine for architecture, town planning and monument preservation : Richard Meier and the music. 2/1996.
  • Rheinische Post , Moers-Rheinberg edition "Der Grafschafter": Tax collectors shot dead in dispute , edition of December 28, 1992.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Obituaries in the Westdeutsche Zeitung of January 28, 2012 ( Online 1 ( Memento of the original from March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this note. and Online 2 ( Memento of the original from March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this note. ) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / wz.pipeline.de @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / wz.pipeline.de
personal data
SURNAME Speer, Florian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German historian and archivist
DATE OF BIRTH February 25, 1953
DATE OF DEATH 17th January 2012