Hildegard Behr

Hildegard Behr (born September 20, 1905 in Kolberg , Pomerania Province , † February 7, 2000 in Zernien ) was a German writer , genealogist and local history researcher .

From 1925, Behr studied German and history at the University of Göttingen , the University of Marburg and the University of Greifswald . In 1937 in Greifswald, with a thesis on the poetry of Friedrich Rückert, she became a Dr. phil. PhD. In 1943 she was employed by the Reich Ministry for Public Enlightenment and Propaganda . Until 1945 she worked as a genealogist for state and church authorities.

After the Second World War she came to Lower Saxony and initially worked as a publishing employee, then in Lüneburg at the Northeast German Academy . In 1955 she moved to Northeim , and in 1968 to Zernien in the Lüchow-Dannenberg district .

Behr published local literature about her hometown Kolberg in Pomerania and Northeim in Lower Saxony .

Fonts

From a German soul! G. Stegenwalner, Kolberg 1928 (poems).
Zeit-Lyrik Rückert 1848-1866 , dissertation, Greifswald, 1937.
As long as forests rustle. Poems. Ostseeverlag, Leichlingen 1965.
Home in Pomerania. Stories from Kolberg and the Kolberg-Körlin district. Ostseeverlag, Leichlingen 1969.
Cacti also bloom. A happy story. Ostseeverlag, Leichlingen 1972.
with Hans Sponholz : That was our Kolberg. A home book. Holzner, Würzburg 1974.
In old Northeim (1650–1750). The parish registers of St. Sixti report (= series of publications of the Heimat- und Museumverein für Northeim and the surrounding area ). Hahnwald, Northeim 1975.

Gerhard Lüdtke (Ed.): Kürschner's German Literature Calendar . 1943.
Wilhelm Kosch (Ed.): German Literature Lexicon . The 20th century. KG Saur, Bern and Munich 2000, Sp. 169 ( online ).

personal data
SURNAME	Behr, Hildegard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German writer, genealogist and local history researcher
DATE OF BIRTH	September 20, 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH	Kolberg , Pomerania Province
DATE OF DEATH	February 7, 2000
Place of death	Ceremonies