Hans Becher

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Hans Becher (born March 9, 1906 in Schwarzenberg / Erzgebirge ; † February 19, 2004 ) was the long-time director of the museum “Erzgebirgisches Eisen und Zinn” at Schwarzenberg Castle in the Erzgebirge . As such, he was significantly involved in the collection of the exhibits and the expansion of the library with numerous historical books and prints on the history of the town of Schwarzenberg and the surrounding area.

After attending the Schwarzenberg secondary school, he learned the trade of toolmaker in the Erzgebirge Cutting Tool and Machine Factory (ESEM). Afterwards he was trained as a technician and engineer in the Saxon State Schools in Chemnitz . After working for the company Nier in Beierfeld and at DKW in Zschopau , from 1939 until his retirement, Becher worked as an engineer in his training company, which later became VEB Formenbau Schwarzenberg.

In 1947, Becher co-founded the Museum of the City of Schwarzenberg and published numerous monographs and articles in regional periodicals a. a. on the history of Schwarzenberg Castle and the economic history of the region. To name are u. a. his contribution about the nail smiths ' revolt in the Ore Mountains , in which two nail factories in Elterlein and Mittweida were destroyed and looted as part of the machine storm movement in 1848 , as well as the tourist hiking atlas Schwarzenberg, Johanngeorgenstadt, Auersberg, Rittersgrün . In 1992 he was made an honorary member of the Horse Gopel Association in Johanngeorgenstadt , which he had helped to reconstruct.

Becher spent his twilight years in the retirement home Gut Förstel in Langenberg , died in 2004 at the age of 97 and was buried in the cemetery in Wildenau.

Works

  • About the economic development of the Schwarzenberg area. In: Der Heimatfreund (I) 1/1971, (II) 8/1971
  • Uprising of the Erzgebirge nail smithy in the Schwarzenberg district office in 1848. In: Erzgebirge 1973: Yearbook for socialist local history, pp. 35–54
  • The “Erzgebirgisches Eisen” museum in Schwarzenberg. In: Der Heimatfreund für das Erzgebirge 19 (1974) 3, pp. 68–71
  • The finds in the tower ball of Schwarzenberg Castle. In: Erzgebirgische Heimatblätter, 23 (1978) 7, pp. 165–167
  • Between Fichtelberg and Klinovec. In: Erzgebirgische Heimatblätter, 23 (1978) 9, pp. 197-201
  • Schwarzenberg: City history (together with Holger Nielitz), Museum Erzgebirgisches Eisen und Zinn Schwarzenberg, 1984
  • Schwarzenberg Castle: building history, events , Museum Erzgebirgisches Eisen und Zinn Schwarzenberg, 1984
  • Schwarzenberg, Johanngeorgenstadt, Auersberg, Rittersgrün , Tourist Wanderatlas, 1st A. 1981, 2nd A. 1984, 3rd A. (together with Christian Teller ) 1987

literature

  • Anita Tonar: Small Schwarzenberg Chronicle from the 12th to the 21st Century. Schwarzenberg: Regional Verlag Anita Tonar, 2006, p. 154.

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personal data
SURNAME Becher, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German local researcher and museum director
DATE OF BIRTH March 9, 1906
PLACE OF BIRTH Schwarzenberg / Erzgeb.
DATE OF DEATH February 19, 2004