Karl Löber (local history researcher)

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Karl Löber (born September 20, 1901 in Haiger , † December 31, 1982 in Haiger) was a German teacher, cantor, local researcher and naturalist.

Life

From 1915 to 1920 he attended the Dillenburg training seminar , then he worked as a businessman in the meantime. The reason for this was the shortage of teaching positions in the post-war period. He worked as a teacher in Hof from 1927 , and from 1929 after passing the second state examination in Rabenscheid . In 1936 Löber became a main teacher in Allendorf (Dillkreis), in 1942 he set up a secondary school in Haiger and headed it until he was drafted into military service in 1944. From 1945 until his retirement in 1965, Löber was headmaster and rector in Langenaubach . In addition, Löber was involved in the Hessian teacher training and adult education at his various places of activity.

In 1930 Karl Löber married Senta Kill in Rabenscheid.

Löber wrote over 730 writings on folklore , history and botany of the Westerwald, including numerous newspaper articles. For many years he was editor-in-chief and main author of the Dillkreis' home yearbook . Löber belonged to several local and regional history associations. From 1967 he was chairman of the Hessian Association for Folklore.

Awards

In 1950 Löber was elected to the Historical Commission for Nassau and later appointed to the German Society for Folklore . In 1965 he was awarded an honorary doctorate (Dr. phil. Hc) by the Philosophical Faculty of the Philipps University of Marburg for his great work on the folk life of the Dill district . In 1966 the Federal President awarded him the Federal Cross of Merit . Löber was also an honorary member of the Hessian Association for Folklore. In 1973 the Hesse Medal of Honor followed . In 1981 the Westerwald Association awarded him the "Eugen Heyn Medal" for his services to the landscape of the Westerwald. He was made an honorary citizen of Haiger in 1978. A square in Haiger was also named after him.

Works (selection)

  • Agaleia , Cologne: Böhlau, 1988
  • Johann Christian Senckenberg 1736 in Siegerland , Siegen: Siegerland Heimatverein, 1980
  • Plants in the border area between Westerwald and Rothaar , Göttingen: Schwartz, 1972
  • Selected contributions to regional and folklore of the Dill-Sieg areas , Marburg (Lahn): Hess. Association f. Folklore, 1971
  • Persistence and movement in popular life in the Dill district / Hesse , Marburg ad Lahn: Elwert, 1965
  • Culture in the field of tension between space and mission , watershed [Krs. Siegen]: culture around d. Watershed, 1961
  • Langenaubach , Langenaubach : municipal administration, 1961
  • Heimatwelt , Frankfurt am Main: Hirschgraben-Verlag, 1957
  • Walks through the native nature , Dillenburg: Weidenbach, 1957
  • From Quellengrund and Dichtermund , Frankfurt am Main: Hirschgraben-Verlag, 1956
  • Basics of homework in the Dillkreis , Dillenburg: Selbstverl., Undated [around 1948]
  • Haiger and his room , Haiger: Gemeinschaftverlag d. Ev. Parish u. City parish, 1948
  • Church art in Hesse , Frankfurt am Main: Staatl. Landesbildstelle Hessen

literature

  • Hubert-Georg Quarta: Karl Löber - teacher and researcher , 1985, ISBN 3-7865-0130-0
  • Hermann Josef Roth : Nekrolog: Karl Löber . In: Association for Nassau antiquity and historical research (Hrsg.): Nassauische Annalen . tape 94 . Hessisches Hauptstaatsarchiv, Nassau 1983, p. 483-485 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Otto Renkhoff: Nassauische Biographie , p. 471, 2nd edition ISBN 3-922244-90-4
  2. ^ Hubert-Georg Quarta: Karl Löber - teachers and researchers , p. 128, 1985, ISBN 3-7865-0130-0
personal data
SURNAME Löber, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German teacher, cantor, local and natural scientist
DATE OF BIRTH September 20, 1901
PLACE OF BIRTH Haiger
DATE OF DEATH December 31, 1982
Place of death Haiger