Heinz Rosenthal (local researcher)

Heinz Rosenthal (born January 29, 1906 in Dessau , † July 18, 1973 on a trip to Athlone , Ireland ) was a German educator , local researcher and historian .

Life and work

Heinz Rosenthal graduated from high school in his hometown at Easter 1924 and began studying philology with the subjects German, history and geography at the Georg-August University in Göttingen in the summer semester of 1924 . In the summer semester of 1926 he moved to the University of Leipzig . In 1928 he passed the examination for the higher education authority and did the preparatory service at the humanistic Friedrichsgymnasium in Dessau. After the second state examination, he was a study assessor at a grammar school in Bernburg . In 1941 he was called up for military service, was a lieutenant at the end of the war and was taken prisoner by the British, from which he was released at the end of 1945. Heinz Rosenthal resumed teaching in 1947 in Solingen. He worked at the Solingen boys' grammar school in Schwertstrasse . There he was also entrusted with the management of the pedagogical study seminar at this school. In 1957, he was promoted to senior teacher; 1970 as director of studies.

historian

Extracurricular activities made Heinz Rosenthal known in the city and far beyond. From 1952 to 1973 he was chairman of the Solingen department of the Bergisches Geschichtsverein . Because of his publications on the history of Solingen, the Society for Rhenish History appointed him a member in 1971.

Rosenthal's three-volume History of the City of Solingen was published between 1969 and 1975, the only comprehensive academic account of the city's history. The last volume of the work was published posthumously.

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Heinz Rosenthal had been a member of the Hannovera Göttingen fraternity since his studies , long-time chairman of the Association of Old Fraternity Members (VaB) in Solingen and most recently its honorary chairman.

Honors

On April 17, 1973, a few months before his death, Heinz Rosenthal received the Ring of Honor of the City of Solingen for the first two volumes of his city history, because he has made particular contributions to the city's well-being through his many years of voluntary work.

Works (selection)

• History of the Schwertstrasse high school in Solingen as part of the city's history . Solingen: Bund der Schüler, 1953
• The beginnings of the labor movement in Solingen 1849-1868 , published by the SPD sub-district Langenfeld (issue 51), Langenfeld 1953.
• The "Bergische Organ" in the year of the revolution. A contribution to the history of newspapers in Solingen. in: Die Heimat (year 23), Solinger Tageblatt, supplement, Solingen 1957, no. 9, pp. 33–34
• The task is to look back and interpret in: Die Heimat (year 25), Solinger Tageblatt, supplement, Solingen 1959, no. 12, pp. 45–46
• Where was the publishing house of the "publisher"? Solingen's houses were given new numbers in early 1817. in: Die Heimat (Year 29), Solinger Tageblatt, supplement, Solingen 1963, No. 1, p. 2f
• At the fountain in freedom. From Graefrath's past . Solingen: Stadtsparkasse Solingen, 1964
• Dr. Goerdeler and the Solingen unit school . in: Die Heimat (year 30), contributions to the history of Solingen and the Bergisches Land, Bergischer Geschichtsverein, Solingen 1964, No. 1, p. 2f
• Insight into the financing of a Kottenanlage. From the history of the stopper according to the papers of Joh. Knecht jr. In: Die Heimat (year 30), contributions to the history of Solingen and the Bergisches Land, Bergischer Geschichtsverein, Solingen 1964, No. 8, p. 31f
• On the history of the Jews in Solingen . in: Collected writings by Heinz Rosenthal, Nachlass Volume 8, Solingen 1965
• Franz Hendrichs as a social and economic politician . Solingen: Association for Technology and Industry, 1966
• Em Wauler Dorp : the history of the city of Wald and its Sparkasse, Solingen: Stadt-Sparkasse Solingen, 1967
• Solingen and the Congo question in 1884. A great hour for our Chamber of Commerce and Industry. in: Die Heimat (year 33), contributions to the history of Solingen and the Bergisches Land, Bergischer Geschichtsverein, Solingen 1967
• The Bergische Aufstand 1813 , in: Hildener Jahrbuch 10 (1965-1970), pp. 197-206.
• Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm in Solingen in 1833 , in: Die Heimat, No. 4 new series, contributions to the history of Solingen and the Bergisches Land, Bergischer Geschichtsverein, Solingen 1971, p. 13 f.
• Jews in the Solingen Steel Industry. Records of a Rhineland City in: Year Book XVII of the Leo Baeck Institute , London 1972, pp. 205–223 (210 ff)

• Solingen. History of a city . Three volumes. Walter Braun Verlag, now: Mercator Verlag . Duisburg 1969–1975 ( opus magnum )
  • Solingen: History of a City, Vol. 1, From the Beginnings to the End of the 17th Century, Duisburg: Walter Braun Verlag, 1969
  • Solingen: Geschichte einer Stadt: Vol. 2, From 1700 to the middle of the 19th century, Duisburg: Walter Braun Verlag, 1972
  • Solingen: Geschichte einer Stadt: Vol. 3, From the time from the middle of the 19th century to the end of the Second World War (published posthumously, edited by Rüdiger Schneider-Berrenberg), Duisburg: Walter Braun Verlag, 1975

• The development of Solingen historiography . (Heinz Rosenthal posthumously) in: Die Heimat, No. 21 new series, contributions to the history of Solingen and the Bergisches Land, Bergischer Geschichtsverein, Solingen 2005, p. 6
• Beware of home history . (Heinz Rosenthal posthumously) in: Die Heimat, No. 21 new series, contributions to the history of Solingen and the Bergisches Land, Bergischer Geschichtsverein, Solingen 2005 p. 16

literature

• Heinz Rosenthal on his 100th birthday . Rogge, Ralf and Sassin, Horst, in: Die Heimat, No. 21 new series, contributions to the history of Solingen and the Bergisches Land, Bergischer Geschichtsverein, Solingen 2005
• Heinz Rosenthal (1906-1973) - educator, local researcher, city historian. Rogge, Ralf and Sassin, Horst, in: Die Heimat, No. 22 new series, contributions to the history of Solingen and the Bergisches Land, Bergischer Geschichtsverein, Solingen 2006

Web links

• Heinz Rosenthal on archive.nrw.de
• Heinz Rosenthal on solinger-tageblatt.de from September 25, 2014, report with photo

Individual evidence

1. ^ Henning Tegtmeyer : Directory of members of the fraternity of Hannovera Göttingen, 1848–1998 , Düsseldorf 1998
2. ↑ "Historians of Solingen"
3. ↑ The ring of honor of the city of Solingen , honorary ring holder of the city of Solingen
4. ↑ Bearer of the ring of honor of the city of Solingen; No. 29
5. ↑ cf. 1953: Studienrat Heinz Rosenthal published the "History of the Schwertstrasse high school in Solingen". As a historian, he has made a lasting monument to himself and the school.