Hans Riexinger

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Hans Riexinger on the Open Monument Day 2010 during a tour of the Sebastian Church in Kochendorf

Hans Riexinger (born December 18, 1927 in Kochendorf ) is a local researcher from Bad Friedrichshall- Kochendorf.

Life

Riexinger was a post manager by profession and has published many articles about his hometown Kochendorf out of private interest. In addition to over 100 articles such as in the yearbook for Swabian-Franconian history, he was, like Karl Hugo Popp and Lothar Hantsch, involved in the three volumes with essays on the history of Bad Friedrichshall, which appeared from 1983 to 2001. Together with his son Klaus he researched the history of the Kochendorf concentration camp . He is also considered the discoverer of a small Roman fort in Kochendorf , which he discovered in 1961 through photographs and confirmed in 1962 through excavations. In 1987 he found further traces of Roman settlement, later he put together an exhibition on Roman history in the area around Bad Friedrichshall. Even in old age, Riexinger still works as a volunteer archivist in his hometown as well as a monument conservator for the northern district of Heilbronn .

Riexinger is married and has two sons with his wife Erni Riexinger.

Awards

In 2012, Hans Riexinger was awarded the Baden-Württemberg Archeology Prize for his life's work .

Fonts (selection)

  • The early Grecken from Kochendorf. An evaluation of the oldest documents , in: Jbschwäb-fränkG 29, 1979/81, pp. 121-134 (with Karl Hugo Popp)
  • On the history of the Heilbronn family Künckelin / von Kinckel , in: Jbschwäb-fränkG 30, 1983, pp. 145–166 (with Karl Hugo Popp)
  • The Kochendorfer bailiff Schoepf and his family ties to the families of Bühler and Capler von Oedheim , in: Jbschwäb-fränkG 31, 1986, pp. 99–120 (with Karl Hugo Popp)
  • The line of the Chanowsky von Langendorf family in the Palatinate-Württemberg region , in: Jbschwäb-fränkG 32, 1992, pp. 73–90 (with Karl Hugo Popp)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Wolfgang Müller: Authority in questions of local history . In: Heilbronn voice . December 5, 2012 ( from Stimme.de [accessed December 11, 2012]).
  2. ^ Heilbronn voice from December 11, 2009
personal data
SURNAME Riexinger, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German homeland researcher
DATE OF BIRTH December 18, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Kochendorf