German Society for Army Studies

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German Society for Heereskunde
(DGfHK)
purpose "Scientific research and documentation of the German and international armed forces"
Chair: Frank Wernitz
Establishment date: 1898
Number of members: 600
Seat : Berlin
Website: www.heereskunde.de

The German Society for Heereskunde ( DGfHK ) e. V. ( Society for Heereskunde until 1952 ) is a non-profit association for the care and study of the cultural and historical development of the German and international armies.

Purpose of the association

The society serves the scientific research of military history and military history . In particular, she deals with their formation , uniforms , equipment, armament and administration. The society seeks to achieve this purpose through working meetings, excursions and lectures for its members as well as the publication of the Zeitschrift für Heereskunde . In addition to the scientific exchange in the magazine, the work of the society takes place primarily in the regional working groups (Berlin, Dresden, Hamburg, Hanover, Munich, Münster, Roßlau) and at the annual conferences.

history

The Society for Heereskunde eV was founded on December 1, 1898 in the Berlin Künstlerhaus in Bellevuestrasse . Its early members included artists, writers, officers , army and uniform experts, and military historians . These include the history painter Richard Knötel , who later became Field Marshal August von Mackensen , who as a founding member also became honorary chairman, and the history painter Louis Braun from Munich. The first chairman was Adalbert Mila , the author of the history of clothing and equipment for the royal Prussian army . The first membership directory from 1899 showed 37 people. The first publication medium for communications from the company was the magazine Ueberall .

Initially, the company's activities were mainly limited to the Berlin area, but in the years after the First World War it expanded its work to all of Germany. Many members from abroad also gave the society an international reputation. The association continued to exist in the years of the Third Reich . In 1938, after the so-called " Anschluss " of Austria , the Austrian Society for Heereskunde was transferred to German society. Before that, the Heereskunde magazine had been published jointly for many years . The Society's magazine was published until 1944. At the end of the Second World War, the Society for Heereskunde initially ceased its activities. A critical reappraisal of one's own history in the times of National Socialism has not yet taken place.

Only in 1952 did former members meet again in the Federal Republic to exchange views and ideas. In January 1953, the magazine for military science appeared again. In 1991, the company met again in Potsdam for the first time after it was re-established . In 1997 there was intensive cooperation with the Austrian Society for Heereskunde. For the 100th anniversary in Berlin-Spandau , the special exhibition "Spandau Military City" was curated. Today the society has almost 600 members at home and abroad. The chairmen of the society in the Federal Republic of Germany included Herbert Knötel (1952–1957, then honorary chairman), Werner Hahlweg (1962–1986), Arnold Wirtgen (1986–1998), Joachim Niemeyer (1998–2002) and Rolf Wirtgen (2002 -2012). The current chairman (since 2012) is the military historian Frank Wernitz .

Publications

  • German Society for Heereskunde eV (Hrsg.): The old Prussian army. Appearance and Nature, 1713–1807 . 9 volumes, Biblio-Verlag, Bissendorf 1970 ff., ISBN 3-7648-0187-5 .
  • Joachim Niemeyer , Georg Ortenburg (ed.): The Chur-Braunschweig-Lüneburg Army in the Seven Years War. The “Gmunden magnificent work” . On behalf of the German Society for Heereskunde eV, Vogel, Beckum 1976.
  • Klaus-Peter Merta, Lars-Holger Thümmler (ed.): The military of the Saxon duchies in Thuringia, 1806–1866 . Commissioned by the German Society for Heereskunde eV, Potsdam 1996.
  • Georg Ortenburg (Ed.): The military of the Landgraviate of Hessen-Kassel between 1783 and 1789 . On behalf of the German Society for Heereskunde eV, Potsdam 1999.
  • Jürgen Kraus : The field-gray uniform of the German army from 1907 to 1918 . 2 volumes, ed. by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Heereskunde eV on the occasion of its 100th anniversary, Biblio-Verlag, Osnabrück 1999, ISBN 3-7648-2533-2 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b World Guide to Scientific Associations and Learned Societies . 8th edition, KG Saur, Munich 2002, p. 97.
  2. ^ Statutes of the German Society for Heereskunde eV dated May 19, 2001 (accessed on May 29, 2014)
  3. ↑ Editorial collective: The German-language press: A biographical-bibliographical handbook . KG Saur, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-598-11710-8 , p. 560.
  4. ^ Frank Wernitz, Joachim Niemeyer : Dr. phil. Arnold Wirtgen ( Memento of the original dated February 22, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Obituary). In: Zeitschrift für Heereskunde , issue 452, p. 103. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.deutsche-heereskunde.de
  5. ^ Contact , Deutsche Gesellschaft für Heereskunde, accessed on May 29, 2014.