Friedrich Wilhelm Singer

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Friedrich Wilhelm Singer (born June 18, 1918 in Arzberg (Upper Franconia) ; † September 15, 2003 in Weiden idOPf. ) Was a general practitioner, local researcher and folklorist for the Fichtelgebirge region .

Life

After graduating from the Jean-Paul-Gymnasium in Hof , he began studying medicine at the University of Vienna in 1939 , which he completed in 1943 with a doctorate at the Charles University in Prague . During his internship at the city hospital in Eger , he devoted himself to the history of the local health care system. As a result of his research, he published his first fundamental historical work in 1948: The health system in Alt-Eger - Medical- historical achievements of a free imperial city . From 1945 to 1950 Singer was an assistant doctor at Marktredwitz Hospital , then he settled as a general practitioner in his hometown of Arzberg, where he practiced for more than thirty years.

Memorial stone in Arzberg in front of the park named after Singer
Memorial plaque for FW Singer on the house where he was born at the shaft near Arzberg.

In addition to practicing his profession, Singer worked tirelessly as a local researcher, folklorist , researcher of prehistory and early history , linguist , archivist and editor of local history writings. The newspaper supplement Sechsämterland , which he founded in 1950 together with the local newspaper, the Sechsämter Neuesten Nachrichten , made it to the last issue of the series, which appeared on March 10, 1990, on 1420 consecutively numbered pages with more than 600 articles from his pen. In addition, he provided numerous monographs and a large number of articles in the various periodicals , such as the archive for the history of Upper Franconia , the Siebenstern , the Kulturwarte , the Upper Palatinate home and the home calendar for the Fichtelgebirge, Franconian Forest and Vogtland .

Singer died in 2003. Until recently he worked on the edition of the Vogtsrechnung of the Hohenberg-Wunsiedel office from 1421/22 . The first copies were sold at his funeral.

Works (selection)

  • The health system in Alt-Eger - Medical-historical achievements of a free imperial city , Marktredwitz 1948
  • Das Altstraßenstück Gefrees-Eger , in: Archive for the history of Upper Franconia (ArchGOfrk) 43 , 1963, pp. 77–117
  • Arzberger Wortböichl , 1st edition, Arzberg 1970/71
  • The desert "Forchheim" in the Kohlwald near Arzberg (Upper Franconia) , in: ArchGOfrk 51, 1971 , pp. 5-37
  • The Brunnenwastl tells - From the life of the community Schlottenhof , Schlottenhof 1973
  • Arzberger picture book , Arzberg 1974
  • On the building history and furnishings of the old Arzberg church , Arzberg 1979
  • Six-office Kloaida cabinet , Arzberg 1979
  • Home on the Hohe Warte - history of the Bavarian rural community Thiersheim , Thiersheim 1982
  • Customs of the dead in the Sechsämterland , Arzberg 1982
  • with Georg Pöhlein: Fichtelgebirge: the granite horseshoe. Oberfränkische Verlagsanstalt, Hof 1983, ISBN 3-921615-54-2
  • Notes on the folklore of the Fichtelgebirge , Arzberg 1985
  • Limits and constitution of the Margravial Brandenburg judges office Hohenberg, Die Freistatt Vol. I , Hohenberg / Eger 1985
  • From the city and court of Arzberg, Die Freistatt Vol. III , Hohenberg / Eger 1986
  • The land register of the six offices from 1499 , Wunsiedel 1987
  • Wedding in the Sechsämterland - A study of folklore in the Fichtelgebirge , Arzberg / Hohenberg ad E. 1988
  • Egerland-Sechsämterland - Comments on the history of a German-German border, Die Freistatt Vol. VI , Hohenberg / Eger 1988
  • The annual balance 1626 of the Hohenberg an der Eger domain , in: ArchGOfrk 68 , 1988, pp. 149–170
  • Birth and baptism in the Sechsämterland , Hof / Saale 1992
  • Life in front of the Hohenberg Orthaus in the 16th century, Die Freistatt Vol. IX , Hohenberg / Eger 1992 (co-author Elisabeth Jäger)
  • From the shaft of local history and folklore, Die Freistatt Vol. XIII , Hohenberg / Eger 1993
  • Arzberger Wortböichl - A six-departmental phrasebook , 2nd increased edition, Arzberg / Hohenberg ad E. 1994
  • The emergency book of fiefdom from 1360 , Arzberg / Hohenberg ad E. 1996
  • Old poverty in Sechsämterland , Arzberg 1997
  • The doctors Christian and Dr. August Tuppert in Wunsiedel - Medical historical information from practice diaries (1842–1866) and autobiographical notes In: AGOFr 78, 1998 , pp. 327–376
  • Alexander von Humboldt and the little mountain town of Arzberg , Arzberg 1999 (co-authors: Erwin Weiss, Wilhelm Kießling, Franz Jahnel)
  • The Vogtsrechnung of the Burggraeflich-Nürnberg and Margravial-Brandenburg offices of Hohenberg-Wunsiedel from 1421/22: Organization and function of a state authority in the late Middle Ages. The Free City Vol. XVIII , Hohenberg / Eger 2003

Honors

Singer has received a number of honors for his wide-ranging activities. In 1965 he was elected by the Society for Franconian History as a member. In 1975 he was appointed honorary member of the Historical Association for Upper Franconia . In 1982 Singer received the medal "For exemplary home care" from the Bavarian State Association for Home Care. In 1988 he was honored with the culture prize of the Fichtelgebirgsverein .

literature

  • FGV culture award for Elisabeth Jäger and Dr. Friedrich W. Singer - Laudation from District Administrator Dr. Peter Seisser . In: Der Siebenstern - Association magazine of the Fichtelgebirgsverein e. V., No. 3/1988, pp. 95-98

Web links

Commons : Friedrich Wilhelm Singer  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Culture Prize of the Fichtelgebirgsverein eV , Fichtelgebirgsverein eV
personal data
SURNAME Singer, Friedrich Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German chronicler and local researcher
DATE OF BIRTH June 18, 1918
PLACE OF BIRTH Arzberg (Upper Franconia)
DATE OF DEATH September 15, 2003
Place of death Pastures idOPf.