Forum Stadt - network of historic cities

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Forum Stadt - Network of historic cities eV is a city network founded in 1960 and based in Esslingen . The aim of the non-profit association is to preserve, develop and network historical cities and communities. He is active in Germany, Italy, Austria and Switzerland and publishes the quarterly scientific journal Forum Stadt .

membership

The number and geographical location of the member cities is not limited. Ordinary members are cities and municipalities with historical buildings. Supporting members are natural and legal persons who support the work of the network. Acceptance is decided upon by the board. The association has full members in Germany, Italy, Austria and Switzerland.

Goal and tasks

Forum Stadt is an independent network of experts from science and community practice with the aim of maintaining urban renewal. It supports cities and municipalities with historical buildings in promoting urban renewal, monument preservation and interdisciplinary urban research, especially urban history research and urban sociology. The association organizes the annual conference.html international city conference . He publishes the trade journal Forum Stadt every quarter . Every year, it awards the Otto Borst Prize for the promotion of young scientists and the Otto Borst Prize for urban renewal . He gives information, advises and expresses himself in statements.

history

The aim of the network was already in the founding year 1960 to convey the achievements of imperial cities as pioneers of modern democracy. Encouraged and founded by the historian Otto Borst (* July 30, 1924 in Waldenburg; † August 22, 2001 in Esslingen am Neckar), the organizational form of one was formed in 1965 as an association of 16 former imperial cities from Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria and Rhineland-Palatinate Association as a working group for imperial city historical research, preservation of monuments and civic education eV In 1977 it was renamed to Arbeitsgemeinschaft Die alten Stadt eV, from 2010 to Forum City - Network of Historic Cities eV The city of Esslingen has chaired the network since 1973 and has the office. It celebrated its 50th anniversary in Potsdam in 2010. The association is financed through membership fees and donations.

construction

The organs of the association are the board of directors, the general assembly and the main committee. Since 2008, a branch manager has been running the business on behalf of the board of directors, and the board of directors has been supported by a permanent scientific board of trustees, whose members are from interdisciplinary urban research, urban sociology, urban development and monument conservation. these are

  • Harald Bodenschatz , Berlin
  • Theresia Gürtler Berger, Lucerne
  • Tilman Harlander , Stuttgart
  • Johann Jessen, Stuttgart
  • Robert Kaltenbrunner, Bonn and Berlin
  • Klaus Jan Philipp, Stuttgart.

Otto Borst Prize

Forum Stadt - Network of Historic Cities eV has been awarding the Otto Borst Prize every year since 2004, in memory of Otto Borst, the founder of the network and the magazine. The prize is awarded alternately every year for outstanding achievements in the field of practical urban renewal and urban research to promote young scientists.

magazine

The association publishes the quarterly scientific journal Forum Stadt . It bears the subtitle quarterly magazine for urban history, urban sociology, monument preservation and urban development . The magazine emerged in 1964 from the Esslingen studies published by Otto Borst as the “Yearbook for the History of the Upper German Imperial Cities”. It has been published quarterly since 1974, initially as a magazine for urban history, urban sociology and monument preservation , from 1978 under the title Die alte Stadt , since 2010 as Forum Stadt . The editorial board includes the members of the Scientific Board of Trustees. The magazine has so far been published in conjunction with:

Personalities

Otto Borst founded the network and worked from 1965 to 1974 as its scientific secretary, who was responsible for the organization and content planning. His successor as general secretary and later as managing director was August Gebeßler (1929–2008), the former president of the Baden-Württemberg State Monuments Office, from 1994 to 2008.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Forum City - Network of historic cities eV In: Bundesstiftung Baukultur . June 11, 2016 ( bundesstiftung-baukultur.de [accessed June 28, 2017]).
  2. ↑ Otto Borst Prize . In: Federal Foundation for Building Culture . September 14, 2016 ( bundesstiftung-baukultur.de [accessed June 28, 2017]).
  3. ^ Catalog of the German National Library. Retrieved June 28, 2017 .
  4. ^ Forum Stadt: Editorials. Retrieved June 28, 2017 .
  5. ^ Catalog of the German National Library. Retrieved June 28, 2017 .
  6. ↑ Compare the authority data set GND 7740971-1 in the catalog of the German National Library