Hubert Weckbach

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Hubert Weckbach (born October 28, 1935 in Rippberg ; † March 19, 2018 ) was a German archivist . From 1961 to 1997 he was deputy director of the Heilbronn City Archives and published a large number of essays and monographs, mainly on the history of Heilbronn .

Life

Weckbach graduated from the Theodor-Heuss-Gymnasium Heilbronn and entered in 1956 as a candidate for the senior archive service at the city of Heilbronn . After a delegation to the main state archive in Stuttgart in 1958/59 and a visit to the archive school in Marburg in 1959/60, he passed the diploma examination for senior archive service with distinction and then returned to the Heilbronn city archive, of which he was deputy director from 1961. Together with its long-time director (1963–1991) Helmut Schmolz , Weckbach shaped the development of the city archive, which moved twice during this time. In addition to the ongoing archival work, he was involved in the conception and development of the archive's exhibitions and wrote, mostly together with Schmolz, fundamental works on the city's history. In addition, he wrote a large number of essays on local history, designed illustrated books and edited other publications in the city archive. In total, his catalog raisonné includes almost 250 numbers.

Many of Weckbach's essays appeared in the local history supplement of the daily newspaper Heilbronner Demokratie , Schwaben und Franken , whose editorial support was also his responsibility. Together with Helmut Schmolz, he was the editor of the yearbook for Swabian-Franconian history published by the Heilbronn Historical Association , in which he also published. He was secretary and committee member in the historical association for over 20 years. When he retired in 1997 with the rank of City Archives Councilor (since 1990) after 41 years of service, he was the Heilbronn archivist with the longest term in office.

Works (selection)

  • Heilbronn with Böckingen, Neckargartach, Sontheim. The old city in words and pictures. 2 volumes. Konrad, Weißenhorn 1966–1967, DNB 456938184 (with Helmut Schmolz)
  • Heilbronn. History and life of a city. Konrad, Weißenhorn 1971, DNB 458862347 (with Helmut Schmolz)
  • Preserving the past for the future. The Heilbronn City Archives. History - tasks - stocks. Heilbronn City Archives, Heilbronn 1993, ISBN 3-928990-41-1 (with Christhard Schrenk)
  • Heilbronn heads . Heilbronn City Archives, Heilbronn 1998, ISBN 3-928990-64-0
  • From Helibrunna to Heilbronn. A city story . Theiss, Stuttgart 1998, ISBN 3-8062-1333-X (with Christhard Schrenk and Susanne Schlösser)
  • "Look, Mr. Biedermeier is walking there ..." The lithographs by the Wolff brothers from Heilbronn. Heilbronn City Archives, Heilbronn 2002, ISBN 3-928990-83-7

literature

  • Christhard Schrenk , Christian Mertz: archivist, city history researcher, author: Hubert Weckbach on his 75th birthday. In: Heilbronnica 5. Contributions to town and regional history. Heilbronn City Archives, Heilbronn 2013, ISBN 978-3-940646-12-5 , pp. 9-11

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Obituary at trauerundgedenken.de
personal data
SURNAME Weckbach, Hubert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German archivist
DATE OF BIRTH October 28, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH Rippberg
DATE OF DEATH 19th March 2018