Heinz-Bruno Krieger

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Heinz-Bruno Krieger (born November 2, 1920 in Königslutter am Elm ; † September 17, 1999 ibid) was a German homeland researcher from the Braunschweig region , who was particularly well-known in the region for his Elmsagen collection .

His father, Hans-Bruno Krieger, was a worker from Remscheid who only came to Königslutter am Elm by chance. He found work in the Beienrode potash mine and married Alma Uhder, 17 years his senior, the daughter of a postman. In 1920 he founded the first New Apostolic parish in Königslutter. At the age of 37 he died of complications from a lung disease. Heinz-Bruno Krieger lived with his mother until the end of his life on Neue Straße, only interrupted by his time as a soldier during the Second World War .

Already in his childhood he showed an interest in local research . After the war he rode his bike to the villages around the Elm and collected the stories and legends that he heard mainly from the elderly. The first edition of his best known work Elmsagen appeared in 1967 and contained 563 sagas. In 1969 he became special representative of the "Society for the Promotion of Lower Saxony Homeland Care".

Krieger has been honored several times for his life's work. In 1982 he was awarded the Lower Saxony Cross of Merit on ribbon . In 1986 he was made the eighth honorary citizen of the city of Königslutter am Elm.

After his death in 1999, his collections and records were given to the city archives of his hometown.

Works

  • The ancestors of the painter Max Beckmann. Journey, Göttingen 1959.
  • 800 years of Schickelsheim. Lüders, Königslutter 1959.
  • Golden childhood days - in a small town on the Elm. Life memories. Königslutter 1961.
  • (Ed.): Elmsagen. Oeding, Königslutter 1967. New edition with the support of the Kolbe bookshop in 2007.
  • "The Nobiskrug". Poems. Society for the Promotion of Lower Saxony Homeland Care, Celle 1975.
  • Tau Huse. Low German poems in the dialect of Königslutter am Elm. City of Königslutter am Elm 1985.

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personal data
SURNAME Krieger, Heinz-Bruno
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German homeland researcher
DATE OF BIRTH November 2, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH Königslutter am Elm
DATE OF DEATH September 17, 1999
Place of death Königslutter am Elm