Hans Siewert (local researcher)

Hans Siewert (* 1932 in Osterholz-Scharmbeck ) is a German homeland researcher and author . He is a contemporary witness of the post-war period 1945–1949 in his place of birth and also deals with the history of the place and the surrounding Teufelsmoor region as well as the former cargo shipping on Hamme and Wümme .

Life

Hans Siewert grew up in his birthplace Osterholz-Scharmbeck. His grandfather, great-grandfather and great-grandfather were long-established Bock Schiffer of Schmonsees family. As a child or adolescent he experienced the time of the Second World War in his place of birth and, after the end of the war, the occupation from 1945–1949. The district of Osterholz , together with the district town of Osterholz-Scharmbeck, belonged to the British zone of occupation and there were numerous billeting of occupation soldiers in private houses; This is also the case in Siewert's grandmother's house in the Scharmbeck district , where Siewert often stayed with his brothers and, in addition to “ Ham and Eggs ” and “Navy Cut” (English cigarettes ), also met many British soldiers . From the end of May to December 1945, the Weser region from Bremerhaven to Bremen was part of the American occupation zone as the “Bremen enclave” ; During this period, the British were replaced by US occupation forces , for whom Siewert, then twelve years old, did auxiliary work as a “houseboy”. Since most of the teaching staff had been "suspended from school service for political reasons", there were no school lessons for a long time, according to Siewert in his memoirs, which he later made public several times.

The former peat shipping in the Teufelsmoor region is one of the topics treated by Hans Siewert (here a peat barge on the Hamme around 1900)

After completing his professional training and three years of sailing on motor ships , Siewert left his place of birth in 1962 and went to the Rhineland , where he worked, among other things, in an advertising agency in Düsseldorf . However, he continued to maintain close ties to his home region and has since dealt with its history as well as the landscape history of the surrounding Teufelsmoor and the peculiarities of the earlier river navigation with flat-bottomed ships and barges . Since the bog colonization of the Teufelsmoor region in the 18th century, buck ships, barges and peat barges were used on Hamme and Wümme up until the 20th century , mainly for the transport of peat , which was an important heating material at the time. Siewert collected numerous historical photographs and postcards on all of these topics , some of which he put together as a selection, supplemented with knowledgeable text contributions and then published.

In the mid-1970s, Siewert designed a model construction plan for a 1/2 Hunt peat barge on a scale of 1:20, which he made available to the Osterholz district and the Osterholz local history museum in 1976, together with a short history of peat shipping he had written . From then on, the documents were given to interested parties by the museum. Since the 1980s he has published several books on the history of his place of birth and wrote numerous articles for regional newspapers and magazines, such as the Osterholzer Kreisblatt or the Heimat-Rundblick . In addition, he presented the historical photos and postcards he had collected, selected and commented on in his place of birth in several of his own exhibitions or took part in historical photo exhibitions. He also held a number of slide shows on his historical subjects, for example in 1993 at a public event organized by the Osterholz-Scharmbeck Heimatverein in the local Gut Sandbeck cultural center on the occasion of the 950th anniversary of the Scharmbeck district.

In his latest book Hammefahrt , published by Lilienthaler Verlag M. Simmering in 2010 , Siewert describes the history of the peat barges and their significance for the Teufelsmoor region as well as the development of the Hamme landscape in the area between Tietjens Hütte and Neu-Helgoland .

Hans Siewert is married and lives with his wife in Willich in the Rhineland . The couple have two children.

Publications

as an author

• Hammer ride. In-depth observations and interesting experiences on a peat boat trip from Osterholz harbor via “Tietjens Hütte” to “Neu-Helgoland”. Publisher M. Simmering , Lilienthal 2010.
• Pictures of a bygone era. Collected by Hans Siewert. Verlag H. Saade, Osterholz-Scharmbeck 1989, ISBN 3-922642-24-1 .
• Scharmbeck general and cattle markets. History and stories. Publisher H. Saade, Osterholz-Scharmbeck 1986.
• Around the Scharmbeck market square - back then. Publisher H. Saade, Osterholz-Scharmbeck 1983.
• A little history of peat shipping. With: "Construction plan peat boat, scale 1:20, 1/2 hunt". Willich 1974 (created for: Osterholz Local History Museum in Osterholz-Scharmbeck).

as a co-author

• Sigrid Hofmann (ed.); Werner Konowalczyk (photos): Osterholz-Scharmbeck in the fifties. A picture mosaic of the city. Verlag Neegenbargs-Heide, Schwanewede 2004, ISBN 3-936984-01-8 (illustrated book with partly historical photos; with an introduction by Hans Siewert).
• Manfred Kück (text); Rolf Metzing (photos): Osterholz-Scharmbeck. Views of a city. Verlag H. Saade, Osterholz-Scharmbeck 1997, ISBN 3-922642-35-7 (with contributions by Hans Siewert and others).
• Michael Wilke, Nicole Koch: 1945: End of the war and a new beginning. A series in the Osterholzer Kreisblatt. Verlag H. Saade, Osterholz-Scharmbeck 1996 (with contributions by Hans Siewert and others).

Historical photo exhibitions

• 1982: Around the Scharmbecker Mark  - in Osterholz-Scharmbeck
• 1985: Bahnhofstrasse Osterholz-Scharmbeck  - in Osterholz-Scharmbeck, Volksbank
• 1989: Heidkamp, ​​Hafen, Hamme  - in Osterholz-Scharmbeck, Volksbank
• 1995: Our church and the old Osterholz  - in Osterholz-Scharmbeck, St. Marien Monastery Church (with contributions from Hans-Jörg Schulze-Herringen, Volker Müller, Karl-Heinz Schröder and Hans Siewert)
• 2004: 75 years of Heimatverein Osterholz-Scharmbeck  - in Osterholz-Scharmbeck, town hall foyer (with contributions from the Heimatverein as well as from Volker Müller and Hans Siewert).

Web links

• Single entry of the book Hammefahrt in the Common Union Catalog (GVK) of the Common Library Network ( GBV) ( clicking on the name of the author opens a literature list with works by Hans Siewert in the GVK)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} (reh): memories of the occupation. American troops replaced the British in the enclave. In: Osterholzer Kreisblatt from 15./16. May 1985, p. II. *
2. ↑ Michael Wilke: “Barefoot over rubble and glass in the cellar.” Hans Siewert remembers the end of the war in Osterholz / Grenades hit the parents' house / Bagpipers in tartan skirts. In: Osterholzer Kreisblatt dated May 12, 1995, p. 3. *
3. ↑ Michael Wilke: “The Americans paid me in candy currency.” Hans Siewert remembers his work as a houseboy on Rübhofstrasse: Milky Way and drops, chewing gum and chocolate as wages. In: Osterholzer Kreisblatt dated June 17, 1995, p. 4. *
4. ↑ See Michael Wilke, Nicole Koch: 1945: End of the war and a new beginning. A series in the Osterholzer Kreisblatt. Verlag H. Saade, Osterholz-Scharmbeck 1996 (with contributions by Hans Siewert and others). *
5. ↑ ^{a b} (hvo): Urban redevelopment gave the impetus. Mayor expressed his thanks to book author Siewert. In: Osterholzer Kreisblatt of October 13, 1983, p. II. *
6. ↑ (epe): Everyone can build a peat barge themselves. Hans Siewert designed a construction plan for handicrafts. In: Osterholzer Kreisblatt from 17./18. January 1976, front page. *
7. ↑ (yz): There is a peat barge in the living room. There are model construction plans for the old cargo ships in the museum. In: Osterholzer Kreisblatt dated November 24, 1977, title page. *
8. ↑ See for example: (rvt): An exhibition worth seeing in the Volksbank OHZ. In: Osterholzer Kreisblatt dated May 24, 1989, p. III. *
9. ↑ (rvt): For many it was a journey of discovery. The public home evening was aimed entirely at the anniversary of the Scharmbeck district. In: Osterholzer Kreisblatt dated December 9, 1993, p. IV. *

* Available online via the digital newspaper archive of Bremer Tageszeitungen AG (subject to a charge).