Fritz Hofmann (home nurse)

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Fritz Hofmann grave in the St. Zeno cemetery in Bad Reichenhall

Fritz Hofmann (* 1925 in Bergen im Chiemgau ; † October 12, 2008 ) was the town caretaker of Bad Reichenhall and was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit for his achievements .

Life

Hofmann was born in Bergen in 1925. Immediately after his return from captivity , he became the youngest member of the works council in the mining industry in Bavaria for the employees of Saline Reichenhall , for which he then worked for more than 40 years. In addition, he was active in local politics for 30 years as a city ​​councilor of Bad Reichenhall, at times also as 3rd mayor .

Home care

From the 1950s onwards, Hofmann began to offer guided tours through the historical source construction of the old salt works Bad Reichenhall and to deal with the city's history . The first essays on local history published in the local press led to contacts with Salzburg scientists, who encouraged him to delve even more into the history of Reichenhall - employed full-time at the Saline, he focused on the history of salt and its processing in Reichenhall . He published numerous papers on it and gave many lectures. In 1965 he founded the “Association for Local History Bad Reichenhall and Surroundings e. V. “, of which he was chairman for over 35 years. This association made it possible " to solve homecare tasks more easily" and to initiate projects such as a museum reopening, the renovation of parts of the city wall and many small monuments.

An official confirmation of already existing competencies took place in 1968 with his appointment as city home keeper , which was later expanded to include the office of museum custodian of the city ​​museum . In 2002 he resigned from both offices due to age.

Awards

bibliography

Non-fiction

  • Fritz Hofmann: Your Garrison Bad Reichenhall , Merkur-Verlag Baden-Baden, 1967
  • Fritz Hofmann: 125 years of health resort, Bad Reichenhall from 1846–1971. Private printing . State Spa administration - Bad Reichenhall, Bad Reichenhall 1971.
  • Fritz Hofmann: 40 years of the garrison town of Bad Reichenhall , Wiedemann-Druck, Bad Reichenhall, 1974
  • Fritz Hofmann: Bad Reichenhall in old views , European Library - Zaltbommel / Netherlands 1978
  • Fritz Hofmann: The Bad Reichenhall Years of Horror , wdv-Verlag, 1979
  • Fritz Hofmann: History of the Bad Reichenhall Garrison , Ortmann-Druck Mitterfelden, 1983
  • Fritz Hofmann: Reichenhall Salt Library in five volumes, City of Bad Reichenhall 1995
    • Volume I: From owners, councilors, judges, carers, workers at the Bad Reichenhall salt works, the nationalization by the duke and from the mountain court to the establishment of the BHS
    • Volume II: On the Bavarian salt system
    • Volume III: The supply of the Berchtesgaden, Reichenhall, Traunstein and Rosenheim salt pans with firewood
    • Volume IV: The brine springs of Bad Reichenhall
    • Volume V: From medieval salt boilers to modern salt works - a historical and technical outline
  • Fritz Hofmann: Bad Reichenhall as it used to be. Sutton Verlag, Erfurt 1999, ISBN 978-3-89702-145-7 .

Editorships

  • Bad Reichenhall in old views . European Library, Zaltbommel (Netherlands) 1978.

Co-author, collaboration

  • Church and parish of St. Zeno through the centuries (1136–1986) . Parish office, Bad Reichenhall 1986.
  • Alt- Bad Reichenhall - pictures of an old saltworks and spa town . Metz, Tübingen 1989. ISBN 978-3-921580-82-0 .
  • The prevented Alpine fortress - the end of the Second World War in the Berchtesgaden, Bad Reichenhall, Salzburg area . Plenk, Berchtesgaden 1996. ISBN 978-3-927957-00-8 .

literature

Remarks

  1. ^ A b c Johannes Lang: Fritz Hofmann † - a life for local history . In: The Powder Tower. Issue 2008, Laufen 2009. PDF file with 37 pages, pp. 4–6.
personal data
SURNAME Hofmann, Fritz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German city nurse in Bad Reichenhall
DATE OF BIRTH 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Bergen (Chiemgau)
DATE OF DEATH October 12, 2008