Herbert Engemann

Herbert Engemann (born November 26, 1923 in Hindenburg , Upper Silesia , † September 30, 2016 in Calden ) was a German educator, historian and author.

Life

After graduation, war effort and Soviet prisoner of war , Herbert Engemann studied in Göttingen Latin and history and received his doctorate at Hermann Heimpel Dr. phil.

After completing his legal traineeship in Dortmund , he became a teacher at the Marianum high school in Warburg in 1958 . In 1974 he became head of the Brakel municipal grammar school (from 1982 Petrus Legge grammar school). In both Warburg and Brakel he devoted himself to researching local history.

Herbert Engemann was married and had five children.

Public work

During the Warburg years, Engemann carried out archaeological excavations with students on Burgberg and Desenberg . During his time in Brakel he also devoted himself to researching the history of the city. He was the initiator of the book on the city anniversary of 975 years Brakel in 1979. One focus of his research was the coming to terms with the Nazi era, especially the history of the Jewish community in Brakel. In 1992 his publication appeared on the shooting scene in Brakel. He was the driving force behind the establishment and design of the city museum in 1997. In 1998, on the occasion of his 75th birthday, the Heimat- und Museumsverein published a commemorative publication.

personality

The motive of his voluntary commitment to the city's history was based not only on scientific interests, but also on the basis of respect for the fate of the Jewish inhabitants as members of a religious minority.

Awards

In 1992, Engemann received the Brakel Medal of Merit for his services. In 1998 he was honored with the Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon . In 2009 he became an honorary member of the Brakel Civic and Rifle Club.

Fonts

Articles in professional journals and books

• The Goslar Guilds in the 15th and 16th centuries. Posts Goslar. Issue 16, 1956.
• State and society of the Romans as subject of political education in Latin lessons. In: Classical Classes, 1965.
• Catiline speaks to the conspirators. In: Classical Classes, 1965.
• Excavations on the castle hill in Warburg. In: Westfalen Vol. 50, 1972.
• Desenberg - Investigations into the castle situation, monument preservation and research. In Westphalia 2, 1979.
• On the history of the Brakeler Jews (together with Ulrich Ernst and Bernhard Junker). In: Brakel 829-1229-1979, Höxter 1979.
• Brakel's Jewish school system in the 19th century. In: Brakel 829-1229-1979, Höxter 1979.
• The story of Annentag. In: Annentag in Brakel, a German folk festival. Edited by Franz Schneider Brakel (FSB). Brakel 1992.
• The Jewish community in Brakel. In: Historical manual of the Jewish communities in Westphalia and Lippe, published by the Association for History and Antiquity of Westphalia, 2013.

Books

• National Socialism and persecution in Brakel, documentation (together with Ulrich Ernst). Brakel 1988.
• The archery of the city of Brakel. Brakel 1992.

Festschriften, chronicles

• Old town citizens versus Dominicans. Marianum Warburg (1963).
• Alt-Blankenrode. In: Festschrift Prof, Honselmann, Munster (1971).
• Chronicle of the rifle clubs Riesel, Bellersen, Bökendorf and Erkeln (no year).
• Transfer of the local history from Marienmünster-Born (no year).
• 100 years of Brakel Municipal High School (1982).
• 300 years of the Rheder brewery (1986).

Contributions to the yearbook of the Höxter district

• The cellar excavation in the Alte Waage zu Brakel (1981).
• Three Brakel mayors in dispute. A Contribution to the Political Culture of the 17th Century (1981).
• The history of the Brakel Rector's School (1983).
• The history of the Reformation in Brakel (1986).
• Robert Dalberg's correspondence, a chance find (1990).
• The established von Born against the prelate of Marienmünster (1990).
• 425 Brakeler Schützen (1993).
• The urban wine cellar in Brakel, a contribution to economic history (1995).
• The cost calculation for the execution of seven Brakel witches in 1658 (1996).
• The city administration of Brakel in 1740 (1998).

Articles in the local magazine Die Warte

• The consumption costs of the Brakeler Kalandsbruderschaft in 1875 (No. 96, 1997).
• The Thirty Years War as reflected in the Brakel city archive (No. 99, 1998).

Issues of the Brakeler series of publications

• On the history of the Brakeler Annentag (issue 5, 1980).
• The Capuchins in Brakel (Volume 6, 1990).
• On the history of the Jewish fellow citizens (Issue 7, 1991).
• Der Liber Ecclesiae, the church book of Pastor Johannes Funke 1509-33 (Issue 10, 1995).
• Economic and military refugees from Brakel in the 19th century (issue 13, 1997).

Web links

• Obituary: Mourning for Herbert Engemann . Neue Westfälische, Höxter edition, October 5, 2016.