Jürgen Hoops from Scheeßel

Jürgen Hoops von Scheeßel in October 2010

Jürgen Hoops of Scheeßel (born Jürgen Hoops * 25. June 1958 in Harburg ) is a German ancestors and local historian , chronicler , a career officer and book and novelist .

Life

Hoops von Scheeßel grew up in Scheeßel in the Rotenburg (Wümme) district , lives and has two sons. Lütke Hopes, the oldest ancestor of his paternal line, was first mentioned by name in the parish of Scheeßel in 1536 .

Act

His books and articles on local history concentrate - like those of the pastor and local researcher Heinrich Hoops zu Grambke and Mittelbüren - on the Elbe-Weser area, with a focus on the former Rotenburg office, which roughly corresponded to today's Rotenburg (Wümme) district.

His work covers the research of farms and their successes in the management of the former parish of Scheeßel. This includes several village chronicles and essays in various local history forums.

In his work misused & burned , published in 2009, the hobby historian deals with the Rotenburg witch trials from 1588 to 1671 from a historical perspective and makes corresponding source material accessible. In his historical novels Gretge 2009, Tibke 2010, Anna 2011 and Mette 2012, he takes up the fate of women who were accused and convicted of witches in Rotenburg in 1664 and 1665.

Works

• Farm and family history in the Chronicle of Wohlsdorf, 2002.
• Farm and family history in the Bartelsdorf Chronicle, 2006.
• Stemming, stemming and again stemming in Over 750 Years Stemmen , Geiger, Horb am Neckar 2006, ISBN 978-3-86595-131-1 .
• abused & burned: the witch trials in the Rotenburg office, diocese Verden , ibidem, Stuttgart 2009, ISBN 978-3-89821-999-0 .
• Gretge: related to witches, burned as a witch. A historical novel about a true incident ibidem, Stuttgart 2009, ISBN 978-3-8382-0039-2 .
• Tibke von Bartelsdorf: accused of witchcraft. A historical novel about a true incident ibidem, Stuttgart 2010, ISBN 978-3-8382-0069-9 .
• Let them burn: The story of the witch hunt in the Rotenburg office. ibidem, Stuttgart 2011, ISBN 978-3-8382-0199-3 .
• Anna, the old sorceress: The last pyre in Rotenburg. A historical novel about a true incident ibidem, Stuttgart 2011, ISBN 978-3-8382-0079-8 .
• Mette's Escape to Death: The Suspicious Face. A historical novel about a true incident ibidem, Stuttgart 2012, ISBN 978-3-8382-0229-7 .
• Family tables Willenbockel - Willenbokel. A basic work for the family history of the Willenbockel family since 1448 Geiger, Horb am Neckar 2012, ISBN 978-3-86595-466-4 .
• Jurisdiction in the Elbe-Weser area 1546-1670: Regional court cases, break register and other criminal files using the example of the Bailiwick of Scheeßel. ibidem, Stuttgart 2013, ISBN 978-3-8382-0149-8 .
• From rebuke to disgrace: church fines in the Elbe-Weser area using the example of the parish of Scheeßel 1587-1799. ibidem, Stuttgart 2014, ISBN 978-3-8382-0399-7 .
• Family tables Hobst-Hoop-Hoops-Hops in the Elbe-Weser area Geiger, Horb am Neckar 2013, ISBN 978-3-86595-530-2 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Jürgen Hoops von Scheeßel in the catalog of the German National Library
• Website by Jürgen Hoops von Scheeßel