Hans Recknagel

Hans Recknagel (born May 8, 1938 in Altdorf near Nuremberg ; † November 18, 2010 ) was a German teacher and local history researcher and honorary city ​​archivist of Altdorf.

Life

Hans Recknagel attended the secondary school in Fürth and then studied German and theater studies from 1957 to 1963 at the Friedrich-Alexander University in Erlangen . After his studies he worked as a dramaturge at the Städtische Bühnen Nürnberg-Fürth and from 1964 to 1968 he also worked as a freelancer at the Studio Nürnberg of the Bavarian Broadcasting Corporation . He then entered the Bavarian school service and taught at the Wolfram-von-Eschenbach-Gymnasium in Schwabach, later in Hilpoltstein and finally at the Leibniz-Gymnasium in Altdorf. From 1976 to 1987 he worked in the ethics working group at the State Institute for School Education in Munich and in regional teacher training .

In 1991, as the successor to Konrad Lengenfelder, Recknagel took over the honorary management of the Altdorf City Archives and from then on was particularly committed to the expansion of the archive and the expansion of the archive holdings. Recknagel conducted local history research in the region, published about it in books, magazines and regional newspapers and gave numerous lectures. Several works on the history of the Altdorf town come from him. Even after he resigned from his archivist post in 2000, he continued to be active in local history research.

Recknagel was known as a connoisseur of the history of the former University of Altdorf and was the founding father and supervisor of the Altdorf University Museum , for which he developed the concept for structure and structure, procured and prepared exhibits, initiated a fundraising campaign to finance the museum and later initiated numerous special exhibitions. In addition, he was the initiator and co-founder of the Leibniz-Förderverein , the Friends of the Leibniz-Gymnasium and the Altdorfer Altstadtfreunde .

Honors

• 1999: Federal Cross of Merit (in recognition of his services and his commitment to the culture and history of the city of Altdorf)
• May 1, 2001 Pegnese Flower Order

Publications (selection)

• House chronicle of the old town of Altdorf . Ed .: Altnürnberger Landschaft e. V., Working Group for History and Local Research in the Nürnberger Land, Altnürnberger Landschaft, Neuhaus 2009 (= series of publications of the Altnürnberger Landschaft e.V., Vol. 51), ISBN 978-3-00-027611-8 . (With: Erika Recknagel; edited and supplemented from a manuscript by: Fritz Tischer)
• Stories and history. Historical sketches from Altdorf and Nuremberg . Hessel Verlag, Feucht 2001, ISBN 3-9807345-2-8 .
• Guide through Altdorf and the Altdorfer Land . 2nd edition, Hessel Verlag, Feucht 2001, ISBN 3-9807345-1-X . (With: Erika Recknagel)
• Altdorf and the Altdorfer Land . 1st edition, Sutton-Verlag, Erfurt 1999 (= The archive images series), ISBN 3-89702-163-3 . (With: Erika Recknagel)
• The Nuremberg University of Altdorf and its great scholars . 1st edition, self-published, Altdorf 1998, ISBN 3-00-003737-3 .
• The Nuremberg University of Altdorf . Ed .: Archive of the city of Altdorf near Nuremberg, Archive of the city, Altdorf near Nuremberg 1993.

Web links

• Literature by and about Hans Recknagel in the catalog of the German National Library
• Obituary in the Nürnberger Nachrichten on www.nordbayern.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Lorenz Märtl: "You have made a contribution to the city of Altdorf". (No longer available online.) Der Bote , Feucht (n-land.de), November 19, 2010, archived from the original on December 3, 2010 ; Retrieved November 26, 2010 (obituary). 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.  
2. ↑ serial no. 1704 ( Memento of the original from September 27, 2007 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.