Gregor Hövelmann

Gregor Hövelmann (born November 5, 1930 in Emmerich ; † April 26, 1986 in Geldern ) was a German teacher , historian and archivist .

Life

After graduating from high school in his hometown Emmerich, Hövelmann studied German language and literature and history in Münster and Freiburg im Breisgau, among others with Franz Petri, and in 1958 passed the first state examination for higher education . After his legal clerkship in Wesel and Krefeld , Hövelmann worked as a teacher at the Collegium Augustinianum Gaesdonck from 1960 to 1969 . In 1969 he took up the post of district archivist for the district of Geldern ; after the amalgamation of the districts of Geldern and Kleve in 1975, Hövelmann was the district archivist of the (enlarged) district of Kleve until his death in 1986.

During his teaching activities and then primarily as a district archivist, Hövelmann published numerous essays and articles in addition to a few monographs and was also the editor or publisher of a number of books.

Major works

• as editor together with Paul Dyckmans and Kurt Abels : Niederrheinische Kirchengeschichte . Kevelaer: Butzon & Bercker 1965.
• History of the district of Geldern. Part 1: 1816-1866 . Geldern district, Geldern 1974.
• as editor: From Wachtendonk to Kevelaer. New contributions to Geldrischen history . Historical association for Geldern and the surrounding area, Geldern 1978.
• as editor: Jews in Geldern. With further contributions to Geldrischen history . Historical association for Geldern and the surrounding area, Geldern 1982.
• as editor together with Heinrich Steinbring : 250 years of Klevisches Kataster. Studies on the history of cartography and surveying and cadastral systems on the Lower Rhine . Boss, Kleve 1984.
• Moritz Graf von Spiegelberg (1406/07 - 1483). Canon in Cologne, provost in Emmerich, patron and benefactor . Butzon & Bercker, Kevelaer 1987.
• On the regional history of the Lower Rhine. Collected Posts . Historical association for Geldern and the surrounding area, Geldern 1987.
• in addition, numerous essays, articles, reviews, etc.

literature

• Kurt Abels et al. a .: Epitaph for Gregor Hövelmann. Contributions to the history of the Lower Rhine dedicated to the friend . Keuck, Geldern 1987. (Contains a biographical sketch by Heinz Eichelmeyer and a detailed bibliography of Hövelmann's writings by Stefan Frankewitz .)

Web links

• Literature by and about Gregor Hövelmann in the catalog of the German National Library