History association for Grevenbroich and the surrounding area
| History Association for Grevenbroich and the Surrounding Area eV (Grevenbroich History Association) |
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| purpose | Research and presentation of the history of the city of Grevenbroich |
| Chair: | Friedrich Schmitz |
| Establishment date: | 1977 |
| Number of members: | 250 |
| Seat : | Grevenbroich |
| Website: | geschichtverein-grevenbroich.de |
The history association for Grevenbroich and surroundings e. V. is an association in Grevenbroich that is dedicated to researching and communicating regional history. It was founded in 1977 and has about 250 members.
founding
With the municipal reorganization, today's city of Grevenbroich was created in 1975, into which various formerly independent municipalities and cities had merged. Closely related to this is the founding of the Grevenbroich History Association.
On March 23, 1977, at the suggestion of the then head of the Grevenbroich Adult Education Center, Wilhelm Lauth, interested citizens met for a preparatory discussion. The aim was formulated: After the regional reform has been completed, the new city of Grevenbroich would like to try to secure the historical holdings in all city districts in order to arrive at a written account of the city's history. At the founding meeting on October 31, 1977, the 27 founding members elected Wilhelm Lauth as chairman, Friedrich Schmitz as managing director and Hans-Dieter Schnorrenberg as treasurer of the association.
activities
The history association regularly offers lectures and excursions on the history of Grevenbroich, the surrounding area and topics from the surrounding area. Members and interested parties meet about once a month for lecture evenings, and the semester program traditionally ends with an excursion into the surrounding area, such as to Münster , Liège or the German-Dutch border area. Since Friedrich Schmitz took over the management of the History Friends in 1996, historical bike tours, picture and film evenings have been added to the offer.
In 2000, the History Working Group was founded, which offers hands-on history four times a year and covers the archaeological topics of the city's history, such as the Roman and Franconian settlement of the region. In 2006, the family research working group was added, which deals with classic genealogy as well as biographical approaches to history. The association has set up its own extensive research library on Grevenbroich and Rhenish regional history, which is open to interested parties and can be used in the Grevenbroich city archive. A regional history section can be borrowed from the Grevenbroich city library.
Series of publications
The activities of the association are supplemented by its own series of publications, the contributions to the history of the city of Grevenbroich . Works, both collections of articles and monographs on the history of Grevenbroich, are published at irregular intervals. The first volume appeared in 1979, meanwhile (as of December 2015) a total of 24 volumes have been published in the series. In addition to a history of the Grevenbroich school system (Volume 4), essays on the Grevenbroich history were published.
Since 1996, the history association has started to present so-called district stories , which is how collections of articles on the history of Wevelinghovens (1996), published on the occasion of the 900th anniversary of the place, as well as depictions of the history of Hemmerden (1999), von Kapellen (2001) and von Frimmersdorf were created (2001). In 1999 the work of the Kruchen Foundation in Wevelinghoven by Wolfgang Dietz was published in the series , and in 2006 the association presented for the first time an overall presentation of Grevenbroich's history under the title Grevenbroich. The history of the city . The author was Hans Georg Kirchhoff from Dortmund , who was supported by the archaeologist Jost Auler . On the occasion of the publication of the city's history, the external appearance of the contributions, especially the layout, was modernized and the format changed.
Awards
For his special merits in researching and conveying history, the first chairman, Dr. Friedrich Schmitz was awarded the Rheinlandtaler of the Rhineland Landscape Association in 1994 and in 2004 the association received the home award of the Neuss District Home Association .
Recent developments
Today the history association is headed by Friedrich Schmitz as first chairman, who also acts as editor of the articles , Cornelia Schulte as second chairman, Thomas Wolff as managing director and Achim Kühnel as treasurer. There are good contacts to numerous friendly associations and archives in the surrounding area, as well as to the universities in Cologne and Bonn . For the Luther year 2017, the history association for Grevenbroich and the surrounding area participated in the brochure What do you believe? World religions in Grevenbroich of the Sparkassenstiftung in the Rhein-Kreis Neuss, which was awarded the DAVID of the Sparkassenstiftung on March 15, 2017 in Berlin .
Publications (selection)
- Horst Kandt: Stone grave crosses from three centuries in the city of Grevenbroich. Grevenbroich 1980 (Contributions to the history of the city of Grevenbroich, Volume 2).
- Hubert Cames: History of the Grevenbroich School System. Grevenbroich 1982 (Contributions to the history of the city of Grevenbroich, Volume 4).
- Wilhelm Lauth (ed.): The chronicle of the Oberbach family. Grevenbroich 1991 (Contributions to the history of the city of Grevenbroich, Volume 9).
- Jakob Tups: The chronicle of the history association in newspaper reports. Grevenbroich 1995 (Contributions to the history of the city of Grevenbroich, Volume 11).
- 900 years of Wevelinghoven published by the Grevenbroich History Association. Grevenbroich 1996 (Contributions to the history of the city of Grevenbroich, Volume 12).
- On the history of Hemmerden published by the Grevenbroich History Association. Grevenbroich 1999 (Contributions to the history of the city of Grevenbroich, Volume 13).
- Wolfgang Dietz: The Kruchen Foundation in Wevelinghoven 1866-1998. Grevenbroich 1999 (contributions to the history of the city of Grevenbroich, Volume 14).
- Chapels (Erft) . Edited by the Grevenbroich History Association. Grevenbroich 2001 (Contributions to the history of the city of Grevenbroich, Volume 15).
- Frimmersdorf through the ages. Edited by the Grevenbroich History Association. Grevenbroich 2005 (Contributions to the history of the city of Grevenbroich, Volume 16).
- Hans Georg Kirchhoff: Grevenbroich - the city history. From prehistoric times to the French Revolution . With the collaboration of Jost Auler. Grevenbroich 2006 (Contributions to the history of the city of Grevenbroich, Volume 17).
See also
Web links
- Literature ed. from the history association for Grevenbroich and the surrounding area in the catalog of the DNB
- Homepage of the history association
- Homepage of the city of Grevenbroich