Joseph Klersch
Joseph Klersch (born March 13, 1893 in Cologne ; † October 5, 1969 there ) was a German historian.
Career
Klersch studied oriental studies, comparative religious studies, history, art and church history, social policy and economic history and received his doctorate as a Dr. rer. pole.
From 1946 to 1958 he was head of the Office for Cologne Ethnicity of the City of Cologne. In addition, he held numerous honorary positions: he was chairman of the Heimatverein Alt-Köln , founder and head of the group of Rhenish dialect poets, member of the Presidium of the Federation of German Carnival and head of the research center for the history of the German Carnival, member of the administrative board of the Rhenish Association for the Preservation of Monuments and Heimatschutz, member of the main committee of the Rheinisches Heimatbund, member of the board of the regional community of crib friends in North Rhine-Westphalia and member of the puppet theater committee in the culture ministry of North Rhine-Westphalia.
His grave is in Cologne's south cemetery (hall 51).
Honors
- 1914: Iron Cross
- 1939: War Merit Cross 1st Class with Swords
- 1968: Cross of Merit 1st Class of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 1972: In Cologne Bayenthal is Klerschweg named after him.
literature
- Robert Steimel: Cologne heads. - Cologne: Steimel, 1958
- Günter Schwanenberg: Em Himmel es d'r Düvel loss ... Musical-literary forays into the south cemetery. Marzellen-Verlag, Cologne 2008, ISBN 978-3-937795-11-9 ( Edition Narrengilde 7), pp. 74/78.
Web links
- Literature by and about Joseph Klersch in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ^ Rüdiger Schünemann-Steffen: Cologne Street Names Lexicon , 3rd exp. Ed., Jörg-Rüshü-Selbstverlag, Cologne 2016/17, p. 473.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Klersch, Joseph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 13, 1893 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cologne |
| DATE OF DEATH | 5th October 1969 |
| Place of death | Cologne |