Hans-Rudolf Manger

Hans-Rudolf Manger (born June 23, 1908 in Frankfurt am Main ; † January 23, 1993 in Fahrstedt ) was a German industrial clerk and family researcher.

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Manger was the son of a genealogist father who died during the First World War when his son was six years old. His grandfather wrote the entry on the Manger family in the 32nd volume of the German Gender Book and made his grandson familiar with genealogical work.

Manger worked as an industrial clerk for various companies in southern Germany and also dealt with genealogy here. active in southern Germany and also worked genealogically there.

Because of his wedding, he moved to Dithmarschen in 1931 and started working there genealogically based on the ancestors of his wife who had lived in Harlingerland . In 1914 he was on vacation in the parents' house of the East Frisian genealogist and pastor Ludwig Janssen (1888–1971), who became an important helper. Both worked very productively in the field of East Frisian family research and heraldry and became close friends.

From 1952 Manger worked in the family research group of the East Frisian landscape and took over the management in 1964. For this he had a broad knowledge in all areas of genealogy and related topics and was able to organize well due to his professional experience. He knew how to inspire his employees and was considered extremely hard-working. He constantly expanded the journal "Sources and research on East Frisian family history and heraldry" and added first publications of previously unpublished sources and research reports. He received and answered search queries and in particular enabled lively contacts between the editorial team, subscribers and readers of the magazine.

Manger wanted to preserve the clarity and diversity of his magazine and therefore published “supplements” on individual topics. With his help, the nationally renowned “East Frisian Ancestral Lists” and “East Frisian Local Family Books” were created. As a particular concern, he wanted to strengthen and expand the working group for family research in the East Frisian landscape. He always organized well-founded, well-founded conferences, which he personally attended, the experts and laypeople gave suggestions and which often resulted in further works and books. Manger worked hard to maintain and expand the work group's book inventory. He owned his own family research library, which after his death received the East Frisian family research as requested.

In retirement, Manger suffered increasingly from vision loss. Friends and family members helped him so that he could continue his work even after his 70th birthday when he was no longer able to read and write even with strong aids.

Manger was publicly recognized for his commitment. In 1970 he received indigenous status from the East Frisian landscape and the Pro merito genealogiae medal from the Central Office for Personal and Family History .

literature

• Hajo Jelden: Manger, Hans-Rudolf . in: Martin Tielke (Hrsg.): Biographisches Lexikon für Ostfriesland. Ostfriesische Landschaftliche Verlags- und Vertriebsgesellschaft, Aurich, Vol. 3 ISBN 3-932206-22-3 (2001), pages 276-278.