Hunsrück History Association

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The Hunsrück History Association was first founded in November 1901 in Simmern . After eventful years, mergers with other associations for popular education and cessation of association activities in the world wars, the association was re-established in 1958 under the old name. Relevant promoter was the Simmerner teacher Ernst Siegel, a teacher at Herzog-Johann-Gymnasium Simmern, who presided in the following years.

Fields of activity

The tasks of the association are described in the first edition of the Heimatblätter (1961) as follows: ... to awaken and deepen the love for the Hunsrück homeland, to expand knowledge of history, to stimulate, support and promote local research, the collection of archival material , To continue finds, sources and documents and to enable the publication of literature ... The collections in the Hunsrück Museum in Simmern go back to an appeal by the early history association. In addition to its publications , the association offers lectures and excursions .

Seat, board of directors, members

The seat of the association is in Simmern / Hunsrück , the chairman of the board has been held by the son of the previous chairman, Fritz Schellack, Sprendlingen since 1982 . He is also the director of the Hunsrück Museum in Simmern Castle . In 2006 the association had more than 600 individual members, as well as communities, institutes and libraries.

Publications

The most important publication is the Hunsrücker Heimatblätter , which have appeared in over 140 editions since 1961, mostly several times a year. Editor in chief since 1961: Gustav Schellack, who was also chairman from 1963 to 1982. Until 2017, Wolfgang Heinemann , Simmern, headed the editorial team of the Heimatblätter.

In addition, the association publishes a series of publications that so far includes over 40 monographs .

literature

Hunsrück History Association (ed.): Hundred Years of Hunsrück History Association ev. 1901 - 2001 , Simmern, 2001., (Hunsrücker Heimatblätter; 116).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ quoted from Weblink Dieter Diether
  2. ↑ Hunsrück Museum at hunsrueck-nahereise.de