Gerhard Reiche

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Gerhard Reiche (* 1920 in Osterwieck ; † 2014 ) was a German archivist and genealogist . He gained national fame through the compilation of numerous family books for places in what is now the Harz district .

Life

Gerhard Reiche was head of the Wernigerode City Archives until the first half of the 1970s. Then he devoted himself increasingly to the development of local family books; primarily from places in the Osterwieck parish , which later became part of the Halberstadt parish.

Works (selection)

A large number of Gerhard Reiche's works are only available as typewritten manuscripts, which are administered in the Central Office for Genealogy at the Leipzig State Archives and in the Saxony-Anhalt State Archives , Wernigerode .

  • with Ewald Seyffarth: The old families of the village Veckenstedt in the county of Wernigerode 1630 to 1774. Copy of the manuscript , Osterwieck, 1984.
  • The families of the Pabstorf parish in recent times, compiled on the basis of the parish registers of the Protestant parish in Pabstorf 1876–1949. Copy of the manuscript , Osterwieck, 1987.
  • with Ewald Seyffarth: Family book for the Dorf Bühne for the period from Anno 1656. Copy of the family cards, Osterwieck, 1994.
  • The families of the village of Wülperode, 1652 to 1983; shown on the basis of the church registers of the Evang. Municipality of Wülperode [Osterwieck], self-published by the author, 1995.
  • Family book for the village of Rohrsheim, compiled on the basis of the church books of the Evangelical Community of SS. Matthaei et Marci zu Rohrsheim for the period from the year 1763 , [Osterwieck], self-published by the author, 1995.
  • with Ewald Seyffarth and Hubert Wendt: Family book for the village of Berßel, compiled on the basis of the church books of the Evangelical Community of Berßel for the period from the year 1592 , [Osterwieck], self-published by the authors, 1995.
  • with Ewald Seyffart: Family book for the village of Deersheim, compiled on the basis of the church registers of the Evangelical Congregation in Deersheim for the period from the year 1627 , [Osterwieck], self-published by the authors, 1995.

Honors

  • Honorary citizen of the city of Osterwieck

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Stand designations in old church registers of the Osterwieck church district
personal data
SURNAME Rich, Gerhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German archivist and genealogist
DATE OF BIRTH 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH Osterwieck
DATE OF DEATH 2014