Friedrich H. Hofmann

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Friedrich H. Hofmann (born March 13, 1934 in Chemnitz ) is a German , teacher , philatelist and local researcher .

After passing his Abitur at the Friedrich-Engels High School in Chemnitz studied Hofmann from September 1952, the Humboldt University of Berlin mathematics. He completed his studies with the state examination for teaching at the upper level. From February 1, 1957, he was employed as a teacher at the Ernst Schneller High School in the Erzgebirge district town of Aue . For political and ideological reasons (rejection of Marxist ideology) he was transferred to a middle school in September 1958, and from September 1, 1960 he was a full-time teacher at the Aue District Adult Education Center. With the political change in 1990 he was appointed director of the extended high school in Aue, which emerged from the Ernst Schneller high school. After its conversion to the Clemens-Winkler-Gymnasium Aue, he was its headmaster from 1992 until he retired at the end of the 1998/1999 school year. He lives in Schwarzenberg / Erzgeb.

Hofmann has been a member of the board of directors of the “Forschungsgruppe Kursächsische Postmeilensäulen ” association founded in 1964 , in which he is involved in the preservation and restoration of these cultural monuments of Saxon postal history . From 1979 he published numerous books and essays on the postal history of the western Ore Mountains. For his work on the postal system in Schwarzenberg in the 20th century, he was awarded a certificate of honor at the Saxon State Prize for Local Research in 2012.

Works (selection)

  • Postal history of the city of Schwarzenberg (Erzgeb.). From the beginning until 1945. Schwarzenberg 1979. DNB 820356379
  • Postal history of Johanngeorgenstadt. With a short description of the city's history. Schwarzenberg 1983. DNB 850003725
  • Rittersgrün & Breitenbrunn. From the history of both places and their postal system. Rockstroh: Aue 2006. ISBN 3-937190-07-4
  • Schwarzenberg in the Ore Mountains. The city and its postal system in the 20th century. Rock straw: Aue 2009. DNB 1003378234
  • The postal history of Eibenstock. Around 300 years of Post from 1701 to 2009. (Am Auersberg 5) City administration: Eibenstock 2012. ISBN 978-3-9815145-1-3

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Short biography at www.sachsen-lese.de, accessed on June 1, 2013.
  2. ↑ The winners of the Saxon State Prize for Local Research have been announced
personal data
SURNAME Hofmann, Friedrich H.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German philatelist and local researcher
DATE OF BIRTH March 13, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Chemnitz