Historical Association of the Canton of Glarus

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Historical Association of the Canton of Glarus
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legal form Association according to Art. 60 ff. Of the Swiss Civil Code
Seat Glarus
founding October 19, 1863

president Rolf Kamm
Members 242 (June 2014)
Website http://www.hvg.ch/

The Historical Association of the Canton of Glarus is a history association that deals with the history of the Canton of Glarus . It was founded in Glarus in 1863 . The initiator and first president was the legal historian Johann Jakob Blumer .

The goals of the association include the promotion of "patriotic history", the publication of a yearbook to compile a complete collection of all still existing documents pertaining to the canton, the collection of "antiquities" and the organization of "popular lectures on patriotic history".

founding

Joachim Heer, later Federal Councilor

In 1863, the cantonal non-profit society invited "all history friends of the Canton of Glarus" on October 19 to found the Historical Association of the Canton of Glarus. 38 citizens of the canton accepted this invitation and constituted the association. Johann Jakob Blumer was elected as the first president, Josua Staub as actuary , Chr. Tschudi as quaestor and Joachim Heer and Johann Heinrich Heer as members of the board. Blumer cited the fire in Glarus in 1861 as the cause of the establishment , in which various historical documents were destroyed.

Act

Since it was founded, the historical association has published articles on Glarus history in its yearbook. The yearbook not only provides information about the interests of the association, it also contains reports from the state archive, the cantonal monument preservation department, the Museum of the State of Glarus and the other museums and history associations in the canton. A series of lectures takes place every winter. Members and other interested parties have the opportunity to find out about the latest research in the area of ​​Glarus, Swiss and world history.

The association also initiates, promotes or supports publications and events related to the Glarus region and its past: In 2013, the association celebrated its 150th anniversary with an assessment of the Glarus historical research (Yearbook of the Historical Association No. 93). In 2014 he organized an international conference on worker protection in the 19th century as well as a vernissage for a newly published book about the Glarus homosexual pioneer Heinrich Hössli . Thirteen years earlier the association wanted to know nothing about a book by Pirmin Meier on the same subject “out of consideration for the majority of the members”.

collection

The Freuler Palace, the association's former exhibition building

After it was founded, the association began to compile a collection of historical documents from Glarus. He also collected other historically significant objects such as coins , medals , weapons and works of art . From 1880 to 1946 he exhibited part of his collection in the Freuler Palace . A full historical museum was then set up in it. With the exception of the coin and medal collection, the loans were given to the canton.

Known members

The 38 founders included Joachim Heer and Fridolin Schuler .

In 2014, the association had 242 members, including both individual members (private individuals) and collective members (institutions, municipalities, cantons).

Publications

The association has been publishing a yearbook since 1865 . He also maintains a research fund from which he co-finances his own as well as historical work by third parties. The association has issued or financially supported the following publications:

  • Robert A. Elmer: Glarner in America . Baeschlin, Glarus 2015, ISBN 978-3-85546-282-7 .
  • Conradin A. Burga: Oswald Heer (1809–1883), paleobotanist , entomologist , founder personality . NZZ Libro, Zurich 2013, ISBN 978-3-03823-747-1 .
  • Hans-Rudolf Galliker: Paths to the new Glarus region - the Glarus municipal structural reform from a historical and legal point of view . Ed .: Historical Association of the Canton of Glarus. Küng, Näfels 2012, ISBN 978-3-85546-249-0 .
  • Historical Association of the Canton of Glarus (Ed.): Glarus 1861 . ISBN 978-3-85546-247-6 .
  • Rolf Kamm: Glarus between Habsburg and Zurich - the creation of the country in the late Middle Ages . here + now, Publishing House for Culture and History, Baden 2010, ISBN 978-3-03919-150-5 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e History has been collected since the fire in Glarus. In: Southeastern Switzerland . October 9, 2013, accessed September 15, 2015 .
  2. ^ Yearbook of the Historical Association of the Canton of Glarus; 1/7. 1865/71. In: Bayerische Staatsbibliothek digital. 1865, p. 2 f. , accessed September 15, 2015 .
  3. ↑ a b Yearbook of the Historical Association of the Canton of Glarus; 1/7. 1865/71. In: Bayerische Staatsbibliothek digital. 1865, p. 1 , accessed September 15, 2015 .
  4. ↑ a b Yearbook of the Historical Association of the Canton of Glarus; 1/7. 1865/71. In: Bayerische Staatsbibliothek digital. 1865, p. 3f. , accessed September 15, 2015 .
  5. ↑ Veronika Feller-Vest: Josua dust. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . October 1, 2013 , accessed September 15, 2015 .
  6. ↑ Veronika Feller-Vest: Johann Heinrich Heer. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . August 24, 2006 , accessed September 15, 2015 .
  7. ^ Yearbook of the Historical Association of the Canton of Glarus; 1/7. 1865/71. In: Bayerische Staatsbibliothek digital. 1865, p. 4 , accessed September 15, 2015 .
  8. ↑ Rolf Thalmann (ed.): "No love is in itself virtue or vice" - Heinrich Hössli (1784–1864) and his struggle for love for men . Chronos, Zurich 2014, ISBN 978-3-0340-1255-3 .
  9. ↑ Claudia Kock Marti: The pioneer of male love is honored with a book in Glarus. In: Southeastern Switzerland . September 1, 2014, accessed September 15, 2015 .
  10. ↑ Pirmin Meier: Murder, Philosophy and the Love of Men - Franz Desgouttes and Heinrich Hössli - a parallel biography . Pendo, Zurich, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-85842-417-X .
  11. ↑ Pascale Ziltener: Hössli and the «male love» - the author Pirmin Meier on homosexuality in St. Gallen literature. (No longer available online.) In: St. Galler Tagblatt . December 24, 2001, archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; accessed on September 15, 2015 .
  12. ↑ Freuler Palace: History. In: Homepage of the Freuler Palace. Retrieved September 15, 2015 .
  13. ↑ ZDB -ID 507055-7
  14. ^ Yearbook of the Historical Association of the Canton of Glarus; 1/7. 1865/71. In: Bayerische Staatsbibliothek digital. 1865, accessed September 15, 2015 .