Heinrich Lay

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Heinrich Lay (born July 5, 1928 in Sânandrei , German  Sanktandres , Kingdom of Romania ) is a German historian and Banat local researcher .

Life

Heinrich Lay comes from the ethnic group of the Banat Swabians . He attended primary school in Sânandrei from 1935 and 1939, then the educational institution Banatia in Timişoara until 1944. From 1950 he studied history at the Babeş-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca , but was in May 1952 because of his "unhealthy social origin" from released there and deported with many residents of the Banat region to the Bărăgan steppe . After his return in September 1954, he enrolled again at the Babeş-Bolyai University and completed his state examination in July 1956. He then worked until 1984 as a teacher in Lugoj . In 1986 he moved to Germany, first to Rosenthal (Hessen) , then to Haina , where he worked in the archive of the Haina monastery until his retirement in 1991.

Publications (selection)

Lay wrote numerous essays and works on the Banat region, which were published in newspapers or as books.

  • 300 Years in the Danube Region : Fate and Achievement of the Danube Swabians in the European Southeast , with Paul Ginder and Ingomar Senz , Volume 57 of Donauschwäbisches Archiv: Contributions to Danube Swabian Folk and Local Research , Donauschwäbische Kulturstiftung, Munich, 1990
  • The Sanktandreser Funeral Association: Past and Present 1889-1991 , 1992, 98 pp.
  • From "Arnold'schen Gartengasse" to "Zorilor-Straße": the Lugoscher street names from their beginnings to the present; Local history, history, local history, folklore and language from Lugosch , 1992, 113 pp.
  • One hundred and forty years of Lugoscher Presse (1853-1993): The German-language periodical publications in the city on Temesch , 1993, 58 pp.
  • The Lugoscher Volkstheater: a section of cultural history from the city on the Temesch; the German department of the Lugoscher Volkstheater from its beginnings to its self-dissolution 1970-1988 , self-published, 1994, 82 pp.
  • Lugosch and his periodical publications from their beginnings to the present (1853-1995): Documentation. A chapter of cultural history from the city on the Temesch , O. Verlag, 1996, 122 pp.
  • Ebendorf: Monograph and homeland book of a German market town in the Banat (1786 - 1992) , Heimatortsgemeinschaft Ebendorf, 1999, 656 pp.
  • The Banat: 1849-1867; the Voivodeship of Serbia and the Temescher Banat 1849-1860; the liberal era and the Austro-Hungarian reconciliation 1860 - 1867. Historical documentation. Volume 97 of Donauschwäbisches Archiv: Contributions to Danube Swabian homeland and folk research , Donauschwäbische Kulturstiftung, Töging am Inn, 2001, ISBN 3-00008-295-6 , 347 pp.
  • Family book of the Roman Catholic parish Sanktandres im Banat 1739 - 2009 and its branch Kowatschi 1844 - 1861: N - Z , Volume 2, Verlag AKdFF, 2010, ISBN 3-00030-117-8 , 43 pp.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bruno Bito: A guarantee for lasting memories. Heinrich Lay on his 80th birthday. ( Memento of the original from February 25, 2014 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. , HOG Lugosch, 2008  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.hog-lugosch.de
  2. ↑ Lugoj Mayor's Office: Cetăţeni de onoare: Heinrich Lay (Professor) , 2012, in Romanian
personal data
SURNAME Lay, Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German historian and local researcher
DATE OF BIRTH July 5, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Sânandrei , Kingdom of Romania