Hermann Kuhr (archivist)

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Hermann Kuhr (born March 25, 1938 in Bad Berneck ; † March 6, 2013 ) was a German archivist and historian .

Life

Hermann Kuhr was born in Bad Berneck in 1938 as the son of a pastor and grew up in Günzburg and Ansbach . He eventually studied Protestant theology and sociology and then completed training as an archivist. After this training he accepted a position as regional church archivist of the Evangelical Lutheran regional church in Braunschweig in Wolfenbüttel and stayed that way for his entire life. He was instrumental in building the archive. In June 1967 Hermann Kuhr became a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Archives Section in the Working Group of Archives and Libraries in the Protestant Church , of which he became Section Head in March 1977. Furthermore, he was a member of the Advisory Board of the Society for Lower Saxony Church History since 1972 . On March 31, 2011, Kuhr retired.

Kuhr died in March 2013. His grave is in his last place of residence, Mascherode .

Works (selection)

  • Hermann Kuhr, Gottfried Zimmermann: Documents on the Reformation: Bugenhagen 1528 in Braunschweig . Ed .: Evangelical Lutheran City Church Office Braunschweig. (Exhibition in the Städt. Museum, Braunschweig, September 17 - October 15, 1978). ;
  • The Reformation in the city of Braunschweig . (Festschrift 1528-1978). ;
  • The Reformation in space Wolfsburg - Posts and contemporary texts on the history of the Reformation attend the exhibition to Luther in 1983 in Lower Saxony Reformation in the Wolfsburg area from 29 September - 30 October 1983 in the Citizen Hall of the City Hall Wolfsburg . ;
  • Possible uses of electronic data processing (EDP) in church archives, 1987;
  • Hermann Kuhr, Klaus Jürgens: Village school teachers in the state of Braunschweig - contributions to the school history of the 18th and 19th centuries .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Hans Otte : Hermann Kuhr is retiring . In: Association of Church Archives in the Working Group of Archives and Libraries in the Protestant Church (Ed.): Circular No. 17 . Vienna; Leipzig April 2001, p. 33-34 .
  2. ↑ a b c Birgit Hoffmann: Long-time director of the Wolfenbüttel church archive Hermann Kuhr died on www.evangelische-archive.de, accessed on April 14, 2017
personal data
SURNAME Kuhr, Hermann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German archivist and historian
DATE OF BIRTH March 25, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Bad Berneck
DATE OF DEATH March 6, 2013