Herbert Fritsche (historian)

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Herbert Fritsche (born April 30, 1934 in Kassel ) is a German teacher and historian .

Life

Herbert Fritsche moved to his grandparents in Eschwege in 1943. After graduating from the Friedrich Wilhelm School (FWS) in Eschwege, he studied history, politics and sports for teaching at the Philipps University in Marburg from 1954 . After his legal clerkship in Rotenburg an der Fulda and Kassel as well as the 2nd state examination , he first taught at the Wilhelmschule in Kassel before moving to the FWS in Eschwege in 1963. and taught history, politics and sport there. A decade later, in 1983 he moved to the upper secondary school in Eschwege (OG)

After Herbert Fritsche was initially only appointed provisional head of the FWS in December 1981, he was officially introduced to this position in 1982 and held it until his retirement in 1999.

societies

Parallel to his job, Fritsche led numerous organizations as chairman , see above

  • 1973–1975 the history association,
  • 1973–1986 the Eschweger Turn- und Sportverein 1848 (ETSV), which appointed him honorary chairman in 1988,
  • 1989–2010 the town twinning association , which Fritsche appointed honorary chairman in 2010,
  • 1986–2012 the alumni association of the FWS and the Eschweger Gymnasien , of which Fritsche was appointed honorary chairman in 2012.

Fritsche also volunteered as a gymnastics supervisor on TV 1861/48 , in the Turngau Werra , with the Eschweger tin figures and miniature friends and in the Werra Valley Association . Fritsche also worked temporarily as an archivist for the city of Eschwege.

In addition, Fritsche collected information about all streets of Eschweg, famous personalities, customs , important events and buildings of the city in decades of work, for a long time on index cards . In 2015, part of this knowledge was reflected in the Eschwege lexicon edited by the historian and director of the Eschweg city archive, Karl Kollmann . The reference work for the Eschweg region . At the presentation of the 848-page work in the Eschweg town hall, Fritsche was made an honorary citizen of the city.

Honors

Fonts

  • Herbert Fritsche: From the history of Eschweger financial institutions (= series of publications of the Kreissparkasse Eschwege , issue 1), lecture on the occasion of the 140th anniversary of the Sparkasse, Eschwege: Kreissparkasse, 1984
  • 100 years of the SPD local association in Eschwege. 1885 - 1985 , Eschwege, 1985
  • Herbert Fritsche (Ed.): Friedrich Wilhelm School. 75 years of the Friedrich Wilhelm School in Bahnhofstrasse. 1911-1986. A journey through the history of the Friedrich Wilhelm School and its buildings , Eschwege: Friedrich Wilhelm School, 1986
  • Herbert Fritsche, Thomas Wiegand (Ed.): Eschwege 1637. The destruction of the city in the Thirty Years War , Kassel: Thiele & Schwarz, 1987; contents
  • Herbert Fritsche: Singers, Riflemen, Fire Brigade (= series of publications of the Kreissparkasse Eschwege , issue 4), 3 contributions to the Eschweger club history, Eschwege: Kreissparkasse, [1987]
  • Eschwege. Invitation to a tour , Eschwege: Magistrate of the city of Eschwege et al. , [circa 1990]
  • Herbert Fritsche: "Over hill and dale" . From carters, stick makers and whip makers in the land on the Werra. In: Handel, Handwerk und Wirtschaft und Wandel, Eschwege 1993, pp. 17–94 (with many color illustrations)
  • Herbert Fritsche: "Two irons in the fire ..." . Blacksmiths and locksmiths, plumbers and tinkers in the land on the Werra. In: Handel, Handwerk und Wirtschaft im Wandel, Eschwege 1995, pp. 11–89 (with many black and white and color images)
  • Herbert Fritsche: "We were lucky ..." . Butchers, pigs and "ahle Wurscht". In: Handel, Handwerk und Wirtschaft im Wandel, Eschwege 1996, pp. 11–126 (with many black and white and color images)
  • Herbert Fritsche: "Breads, bezels, wide cakes…." . In: Handel, Handwerk und Wirtschaft im Wandel, Eschwege 1997, pp. 13–125 (with many black, white and color images)
  • Herbert Fritsche: "The mill rattles ..." . About mills, millers and flour in the land on the Werra. In: Handel, Handwerk und Wirtschaft im Wandel, Eschwege 1998, pp. 13–133 (with many black and white and color images)
  • Herbert Fritsche: Tied to the clod. Trade, craft and economy in transition. About farmers and rural life in the state on the Werra , Ed .: Sparkasse Werra-Meißner , Eschwege: Sparkasse Werra-Meißner, 2000
  • The "other" courtier. Findings after 125 years about an important Eschweger , biography of Eugen Höfling , in: Das Werraland , vol. 58 (2006), booklet 2, pp. 27–31
  • Herbert Fritsche: “Absolutely qualified to be taught!” About “early German students” , including biographical information on Josepha Siebold (1771–1849) and Charlotte Heidenreich von Siebold (1788–1859). In: Das Werraland , vol. 58, Eschwege: Hauptvorstand des Werratalverein 1883, 2006, pp. 5-8
  • Siegfried Furchert, Herbert Fritsche: When sport learned to walk. A sports chronicle from the region around Eschwege , Eschwege: Werra-Verlag Kluthe, 2007, ISBN 978-3-7973-1037-8
  • Herbert Fritsche: 125 years of the Werratal Association , lecture on June 7, 2008, in: Das Werraland ,
    • Vol. 61 (2009), Issue 1, pp. 8-11
    • Vol. 61 (2009), Issue 2, pp. 36-38
  • Herbert Fritsche: News from Dietemann? On the trail of the Eschweger's nickname , in: Das Werraland
  • Jacob Maurer (Eds.), Herbert Fritsche, Herbert Reyer: Hiking in the Werraland - then and now. Speeches for the 125th anniversary. Werratalverein Eschwege 1883 Hauptverein eV (= publications of the Werratalverein Witzenhausen , issue 41), Witzenhausen: Werratalverein Witzenhausen, 2009, ISBN 978-3-9807194-3-8 , table of contents
    • Vol. 62 (2010), Issue 3, pp. 45-46
    • Vol. 62 (2010), Issue 4, pp. 73-76
  • Herbert Fritsche: Eschwege and Graf Zeppelin. Old picture postcard reveals the secret: “Conqueror of the skies” was probably in Werraland , in: Das Werraland , vol. 65 (2013), issue 1, pp. 1-5
    • Addendum in Das Werraland , vol. 65 (2013), issue 2, p. 37
  • Herbert Fritsche (text), Karl Kollmann (arrangement): Eschwege-Lexikon. The reference work for the Eschweg region , 1st edition, Eschwege: Historische Gesellschaft des Werralandes, 2015, ISBN 978-3-00-049311-9

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Florian Renneberg: Eschwege made Herbert Fritsche an honorary citizen on the website Lokalo24.de on May 21, 2015
  2. ↑ a b c d Lasse Deppe: The first in 35 years / Appointed on Thursday: Herbert Fritsche is an honorary citizen of the city of Eschwege on the Werra-Rundschau website of May 21, 2015
  3. ↑ Lasse Deppe: There is a lot of Fritsche in it / No more questions unanswered: New Eschwege lexicon officially presented on the Werra-Rundschau website of May 22, 2015
  4. ↑ Office of the Federal President
personal data
SURNAME Fritsche, Herbert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German historian and non-fiction book author on regional history around the district town of Eschwege
DATE OF BIRTH April 30, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH kassel