Fritz Verdenhalven

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Fritz Gerhard Verdenhalven (born July 3, 1911 in Verden (Aller) ; † October 10, 1993 ) was a German librarian, local historian and genealogist .

Life

Fritz Verdenhalven attended a school in Verden and then until 1930 the secondary school in Lüneburg . In Hamburg he completed an apprenticeship as an export merchant. Due to the high unemployment in the Weimar Republic , he did voluntary labor service . From 1934 he joined the Reichswehr as a professional soldier and fought as such in World War II . Verdenhalven was wounded shortly before the end of the war. After being a prisoner of war, he worked for the Minden district government as an interpreter and later as a librarian. In 1947, the Lippische Punktationen moved the seat of the district government to Detmold , and that is how Verdenhalven came to Lipperland in 1948. In the same year he took up a position at the Lippische Landesbibliothek , switched to the Detmold district government as a librarian in 1956 and finally worked at the Detmold State Archives from 1968 until he retired on October 1, 1976 .

He died on October 10, 1993 at the age of 82 after a serious illness.

Works

As an active member of the Natural Science and History Association for the State of Lippe , Fritz Verdenhalven has published numerous articles in the periodical Lippische Mitteilungen from history and regional studies . Further works appeared as special publications of the NHV, in collaboration with the Lippisches Heimatbund or independently.

  • Salbuch der Grafschaft Lippe from 1614 to around 1620, Münster 1969 (in collaboration with Herbert Stöwer)
  • The residential areas in the Detmold administrative district, Detmold 1963
  • Family history dictionary, Neustadt ad Aisch 1964
  • Old measures, coins and weights from the German-speaking area, Neustadt ad Aisch 1968
  • Small historical city name key for Germany and the former German areas, Neustadt ad Aisch 1970
  • Name changes of former Prussian communities from 1850–1942, Neustadt ad Aisch 1971
  • The Lippe Landschatzregister from 1535, 1545, 1562, 1572, Münster 1971
  • The old and new municipalities in the Detmold administrative district after the municipal reorganization has been completed, as of January 1, 1975. Detmold 1975
  • Civil register of the city of Driburg 1681 to 1877 (studies and sources on Westphalian history, volume 15), Paderborn 1975 (in collaboration with Hans-Walter Wichert)
  • Barntrup's residents in 1776 and their family history links. The city of Barntrup, Göttingen, celebrated its 600th anniversary in 1976
  • Detmold in old views, Zaltbommel / Netherlands 1977 (in collaboration with Peter Veddeler)
  • Civil register of the city of Detmold from 1635 to 1885 (Lippische Geschichtsquellen, Volume 7), Detmold 1977
  • Detmold at that time, Lemgo 1979
  • The emigrants from the Principality of Lippe (until 1877), collected and processed from unprinted and printed sources, Detmold 1980
  • War diaries and letters from officers of the Lippe battalion from the Napoleonic era (Lippische Geschichtsquellen, Volume 14), Lemgo 1985
  • Citizens' register of the city of Lügde from 1726 to 1858 (Lippische Geschichtsquellen, Volume 20), Detmold 1992
  • Terms, dates, facts and events on East Westphalian-Lippe regional studies and history, Detmold 1993
  • The emigrants from the Principality of Lippe (1878-1900), collected and processed from unprinted and printed sources, Bielefeld 1995
  • The Diarium Lippiacum of the bailiff Anton Henrich Küster 1731 (Lippische Geschichtsquellen, Volume 22), Detmold 1998 (in collaboration with Hanns-Peter Fink)

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personal data
SURNAME Verdenhalven, Fritz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Verdenhalven, Fritz Gerhard (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German librarian, local historian and genealogist
DATE OF BIRTH July 3, 1911
PLACE OF BIRTH Verden (Aller)
DATE OF DEATH October 10, 1993