Helmut Unger (local history researcher)

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Helmut Unger (born April 19, 1923 in Zschorlau ; † November 16, 2016 in Annaberg-Buchholz ) was a German homeland researcher who mainly dealt with the history of the town of Annaberg-Buchholz.

Helmut Unger exhibition poster 2008

Life

After completing eight years of schooling, Unger took up a job at the Hutschenreuther cutlery company in Aue , where his father had already worked as a silver foreman. In April 1942 he was drafted into military service by the Wehrmacht . After completing his military training, he served at the front in Greece. He was taken prisoner by the Soviets, worked in the quarry and underground. In the spring of 1949 he was delegated to the Antifa Central School . Back home, she was diagnosed with severe pulmonary tuberculosis . Long stays in hospitals and health centers and a health impairment as a result of tuberculosis made it difficult to find appropriate employment. He found employment as a clerk for the FDJ district board of Aue belonging to the Ferien- und Wanderwerk. In 1955 he took over the management of the Kulturhaus von Cranzahl , in 1960 the position of a cultural instructor at the council of the Annaberg district with work in the folk art cabinet in the "Wismut-Kulturhaus Erzhammer". From 1970 until his retirement in 1991 he was a research assistant at the Erzgebirge Museum in Annaberg-Buchholz .

He published 30 books and brochures, which deal primarily with the town history of Annaberg-Buchholz. These include transfers of numerous old manuscripts and city chronicles, such as those of Paulus Jenisius and Carl Friedrich Reiche-Eisenstuck . In addition, he tried to develop sources on the life of Adam Ries .

In 1990 he and his son Reinhart (* 1953) were honored with the City Prize for Journalism for his work . As a tribute to his 85th birthday, an exhibition was organized in 2008 in the Erzhammer cultural center in Annaberg-Buchholz. In 2013, the Haamit Arzgebirg exhibition in the Ore Mountains Museum Annaberg-Buchholz honored Unger's cultural and urban history on the occasion of his 90th birthday.

Works

  • Annaberger Chronik / Paulus Jenisius. Compiled and edited by Helmut and Reinhart Unger. Erzgebirgsmuseum Annaberg-Buchholz (Ed.), Leipzig 1994. ISBN 3-910143-61-X
  • Collected notes on Annaberg town history from 1696 to 1824 / Karl Friedrich Reiche. Edited by Helmut Unger (Forays through the history of the Upper Ore Mountains 38), Annaberg-Buchholz 2000. DNB 958845751
  • The Electoral Saxon. freye mining town St. Annabergk ... Chronical records of Annaberg and the mine. (Forays through the history of the Upper Ore Mountains 30), Annaberg-Buchholz 2000. DNB 95872895X
  • The devastating storm on August 25, 1855 .: Experience reports / Moritz Spieß . Compiled by Helmut Unger (Forays through the history of the Upper Ore Mountains 67), Annaberg-Buchholz 2004. DNB 986599328

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Obituary notice , in: Freie Presse , local edition Annaberg-Buchholz from November 19, 2016, p. 16.
  2. ↑ Ariane Grund, local researcher Helmut Unger died , in: Freie Presse, local edition Annaberg-Buchholz of November 25, 2016, p. 10.
  3. ^ Helmut Unger, memories , private printing, Annaberg-Buchholz 2008, p. 127ff.
  4. ↑ a b Almut Nitzsche, Scherengeschnittee Advent Calendar , in: Annaberger Wochenblatt , accessed on October 24, 2014.
  5. ↑ a b Ariane Grund, Heimatforscher looks at his own eventful life , in: Freie Presse, local edition Annaberg-Buchholz from April 19, 2013, p. 11.
  6. ↑ a b c Dirk Trautmann , stufenberg depicts city history , in: Freie Presse, local edition Annaberg-Buchholz of April 9, 2013, p. 12.
  7. ^ Board of Directors of the Adam Ries Association V., Helmut Unger to commemorate , in: Yearbook of the Adam-Ries-Bund, Volume 8, Annaberg-Buchholz 2017, pp. 8–9. ISBN 978-3-944217-31-4
personal data
SURNAME Unger, Helmut
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German homeland researcher
DATE OF BIRTH April 19, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH Zschorlau
DATE OF DEATH November 16, 2016
Place of death Annaberg-Buchholz