Hans Kruse (local researcher)

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Plaque at the Upper Castle in honor of Dr. Hans Kruse, founder of the Siegerland Museum in Siegen

Hans Kruse (born April 22, 1882 in Iserlohn , † September 27, 1941 in Vienna ) was a local researcher from Siegerland, teacher and director of the Siegerland Museum and the Siegen City Archives .

Life

Hans Kruse, came from an entrepreneurial family in Iserlohn. His mother Hedwig came from the well-known Siegerland official and theologian family Achenbach. He attended high school in Dillenburg and, after graduating from high school, began a commercial apprenticeship in a bank in Düsseldorf in 1901. In 1902 he enrolled at the University of Marburg, later also in Leipzig and Berlin for history, German studies and theology. He became a member of the Association of German Student Associations . In 1906 he received his doctorate in Marburg with the dissertation "Forestry and Industry in the former Principality of Nassau-Siegen". In 1907 he passed the philological state examination and entered higher education. In 1910 he became a senior teacher at the Siegen high school for girls.

In 1911, Kruse was a co-founder of the Association for Local Lore and Homeland Security in Siegerland, which later became the Siegerland Homeland and History Association. In 1920 he was the founder of the Siegerland home calendar . Among other things, he organized the 700th anniversary of the city of Siegen in 1924.

Kruse had been a full member of the Historical Commission for Westphalia since May 9, 1913, and a committee member since 1925.

In 1927 Kruse became the full-time museum director of the Siegerland Museum . In 1937 he was a co-founder of the Association of Friends and Patrons of the Siegerland Museum . He was the first full-time city archivist of Siegen.

Kruse was a member of the German People's Party (DVP) and city councilor in Siegen.

Honors

  • Hans-Kruse-Straße in Siegen is named after

Fonts

  • Forestry and industry in the former Principality of Nassau-Siegen , Coppenrath Münster 1909
  • The Siegerland under Prussian rule 1815–1915 (commemorative publication on the occasion of the hundred-year union of the Orange Principality of Nassau-Siegen with Prussia) , Montanus Siegen 1915
  • Siegen and the Siegerland 1224/1924 Festschrift on the occasion of the seven-century celebration of the castle and city of Siegen , Siegen Verlag der Siegener Zeitung by Wilhelm Vorländer 1924
  • History of higher education in Siegen 1536–1936 - Festschrift for the 400th anniversary of the secondary school in Siegen , Vorländer Siegen 1936
  • 75 years of Kölsch-Fölzer Werke AG, Siegen. 1862-1937. Dedicated to our dear business friends and employees. , Wetzlar 1937
  • 100 years of Waldrich / Siegen 1840–1940 - A contribution to the history of the Siegerland and German mechanical engineering , 1940

literature

  • Bernd D. Plaum: The sufferings of the young Dr. K. of victories. Hans Kruse and Siegens urban development during high industrialization , Siegener contributions; 19 (2014), pp. 112–119: Ill.
  • Helmut Busch: In memory of Dr. Hans Kruse (1882–1941) , 2002

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ "Nassauische Annalen: Jahrbuch des Verein für Nassauische Altertumskunde und Geschichtsforschung, Volumes 61-64" , 1950
  2. ↑ a b c Thomas Wolf: Dr. Hans Kruse , Siegen City Archives, accessed on February 21, 2019
  3. ^ Entry by Hans Kruse , Historical Commission for Westphalia, accessed on February 19, 2019
  4. ↑ Archivists from District II: Hans Kruse , Siegen City Archives, accessed on February 21, 2019
personal data
SURNAME Kruse, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German local researcher from Siegerland, teacher, museum and archive director
DATE OF BIRTH April 22, 1882
PLACE OF BIRTH Iserlohn
DATE OF DEATH September 27, 1941
Place of death Vienna