Karl Dietel

This article deals with the local researcher Karl Dietel. For the designer, see Karl Clauss Dietel ; for other people see Karl Dietzel .

Chapel ruins on the Waldstein

Bear catch on Waldstein

Uprode castle ruins

Karl Dietel (born February 27, 1912 ; † March 18, 1996 in Münchberg ) was a German district home nurse of the Münchberg district , chronicler and local researcher in the Fichtel Mountains .

Life

On October 1, 1948, Karl Dietel was transferred to Münchberg as station master and from then on concentrated his research entirely on this area. From 1952 he was a volunteer at the State Office for Monument Preservation in Franconia . He died at the age of 84 on March 18, 1996.

Excavations on the Waldstein

From 1960 to 1974 he researched the eastern castle on the Großer Waldstein and was able to correct the opinion of his predecessors, such as Ludwig Zapf , through systematic excavations and to establish a scientific foundation for further research on the Waldstein. He described the excavations near the east castle in detail in a work and prepared site plans for the remains of the wall, including an initial date of the building fabric, which is almost entirely overgrown today.

Literary work

His work deals primarily with the history of castles and settlements in the area of ​​the former Münchberg district and in the Hofer area, e.g. B. Münchberg , Schweinsbach , Sparneck (with monastery and gender of the same name ), Uprode , Waldstein with bear catch . His descriptive essays and books, which are not only aimed at specialists, are characterized by careful study of sources and, in some cases, first-time observations and measurements on site. He has helped popularize local history locally. He submitted a total of 250 publications.

honors and awards

• Federal Cross of Merit on Ribbon (1975)
• Citizen Medal of the City of Münchberg (1977)
• Monument Preservation Medal (1980)
• Ludwig Gebhardt Prize of the Upper Franconian Foundation (1985)
• Culture Prize of the Fichtelgebirgsverein in Sparneck (1985)

Works (selection)

• Tower hill in the heart of the Münchberger valley. In: Archive for the history of Upper Franconia . Vol. 41, 1961, pp. 222-226.
• Münchberg. History of an official and industrial city. Volume 1: Until the transition to Bavaria in 1810. City of Münchberg, Münchberg 1963.
• Hallerstein, Münchberg district. Castle, manor, church and village. In: Archive for the history of Upper Franconia. Vol. 50, 1970, pp. 5-106.
• Medieval pot lid from the Great Waldstein. A contribution to the research of medieval Fichtelgebirge ceramics. In: Archive for the history of Upper Franconia. Vol. 53, 1973, pp. 5-30.
• The Burgstall in Rehau, Hof district. History and excavation results. In: Archive for the history of Upper Franconia. Vol. 54, 1974, pp. 85-122.
• The former monastery in Sparneck, Hof district. In: Archive for the history of Upper Franconia. Vol. 56, 1976, pp. 63-74.
• A Hallstatt cemetery near Osseck am Wald, Regnitzlosau municipality. In: Archive for the history of Upper Franconia. Vol. 64, 1984, pp. 67-77.
• The Great Waldstein in the Fichtel Mountains. Nature, present, history (= Das Fichtelgebirge. H. 1, ZDB -ID 2400104-1 ). Working group for local history writings in the Fichtelgebirgsverein, Hof 1987.

literature

• Archive for the History of Upper Franconia , Volume 76
• Münchberg-Helmbrechtser-Zeitung of February 27, 2002
• Münchberg-Helmbrechtser-Zeitung of March 28, 1996
• The Seven Star , Issue 2/1996

Web links

• Literature by and about Karl Dietel in the catalog of the German National Library