Klaus Peter Schmitz (local history researcher)

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Klaus Peter Schmitz (born March 20, 1944 in Schwelm ; † January 8, 2020 there ) was a German author and local history researcher .

Life

Schmitz grew up in a handicraft family, attended the Collegium Heerde in Münster and the local high school as a boarding school student . He worked as an electrician until heart disease forced him to give up his job.

Schmitz turned to the local history of Schwelm and with “Aechte de Muer” he published his first self-published book on the history of a Schwelm district. In addition, he volunteered to lead the senior citizens' group in his home community, the St. Marien Provostry in Schwelm, and revised the provost's archives. This resulted in a story of the Propsteigemeinde St. Marien, which appeared in 2008. The diocese of Essen awarded him the honorary badge of the diocese. In 2012 he - himself a Kolping member - published a story of the Schwelm Kolping family .

Finally, Schmitz researched the Nazi years of the 20th century in Schwelm. In addition to the documents and newspapers of the Schwelm City Archives, the basis of his research into the National Socialism was still existing family records from the Nazi era and his extensive private collection. For his book "The Era of National Socialism in Schwelm" he was honored in 2014 by the Wilhelm Erfurt Foundation for Nature and Culture and honored with the CDU Schwelm Citizens' Prize. In 2014 he published his autobiographical memories with “Ut dä Blagentied”. With his study “Mitten in der Zeit” in 2015 he wrote the history of the Christian Democrats in Schwelm from the post-war period to reunification. In addition, he published numerous articles on regional history. He was working on a story of the immediate post-war period in Schwelm.

Services to the Schwelm city archive

In January 2016, his rescue operation of valuable archives in the Schwelm City Archives from destruction caused a sensation. A round table was convened by Mayor Gabriele Grollmann , who was newly elected in 2015 , to clarify grievances in the archive and to find an amicable solution for the future of the city archive.

Honors

Publications

  • Aechte de Muer. A Schwelmer district and its neighborhood. Schwelm 2007.
  • Illustrated parish history of St. Marien Schwelm. People - priests - epochs from the origins of the Christianization of our area to the provost's office. Propsteigemeinde St. Marien, Schwelm 2008, ISBN 978-3-00-025339-3 .
  • 150 years of the Kolping family Schwelm 1862–2012 between mission and change. Contributions to the local history of the city of Schwelm and its surroundings, Schwelm 2012.
  • The time of National Socialism in Schwelm. 4th revised edition, Schwelm 2014.
  • Ut da Blagentied. Experiences, pictures and childhood memories from the fifties. Schwelm 2014.
  • Right in the middle of time. 70 years of Schwelm town history from the post-war period to the present day. 70 years of the CDU in Schwelm. Schwelm 2015.
  • The time of National Socialism in Schwelm - Volume II, mosaic stones of the downfall, the Schwelm post-war years. Schwelm 2017, ISBN 978-3-00-056188-7 .
  • Dear fatherland may be restless, it could be completed by him shortly before his death. Schwelm 2019, ISBN 978-3-00-063902-9 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bernd Richter: Writing kept Klaus Peter Schmitz from Schwelmer alive . In: Westfalenpost from January 8, 2020, accessed on January 8, 2020.
  2. ↑ a b Bernd Richter: Kolping Family: View of 150 Years in 500 Pages In: WAZ . December 8, 2011.
  3. ↑ a b Schwelm: Book allows view "Aechte de Muer" In: WAZ. November 8, 2007.
  4. ↑ Stories lurk behind the walls In: WAZ. January 30, 2008.
  5. ↑ Bernd Richter: The archive has been completely available since 1684 In: WAZ. May 15, 2008.
  6. ↑ Badge of Honor of the Diocese for Schwelmer Hobby Archivist , Diocese of Essen , January 14, 2009.
  7. ↑ Bernd Richter: Klaus Peter Schmitz: DunklesKapitel vonSchwelm illuminates In: WAZ , May 31, 2013
  8. ↑ Bernd Richter: Difficult search for traces with feeling In: WAZ. November 22, 2011
  9. ^ Andreas Gruber: Heimatforscher: Foundation thanks authors Klaus-Peter Schmitz In: WAZ. 5th February 2014
  10. ↑ Erfurt Foundation honors Klaus-Peter Schmitz ( memento from February 20, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), Schwelmer Stadt-Anzeiger , February 12, 2014
  11. ^ Andreas Gruber: Heimatforscher: Foundation thanks authors Klaus-Peter Schmitz In: WAZ. 5th February 2014
  12. ↑ a b Bernd Richter: New book: Growing up between ruins and rubble In: WAZ. May 8, 2014
  13. ↑ a b Bernd Richter: History: 70 years of city history using the example of the CDU In: WAZ. January 7, 2015
  14. ↑ Ina Blumenthal: Schwelmer CDU now has a face In: WAZ.
  15. ↑ Bernd Richter: History: Schmitz writes mosaic stones of the downfall In: WAZ , January 22, 2016
  16. ↑ a b Bernd Richter: History: Downfall and Reconstruction Schwelms In: WP , May 4, 2017
  17. ↑ a b Max Kölsch: History: This is how the Schwelmer experienced both world wars In: WP , December 22, 2019
  18. ↑ Bernd Richter: Schwelm: "The city archive is flat" In: WAZ. 22nd January 2016
  19. ↑ Bernd Richter: A smooth grade “6” for the city archive In: WAZ. February 11, 2016
  20. ^ Andreas Gruber: Door opener for a living city archive. , In: WAZ. April 26, 2016
personal data
SURNAME Schmitz, Klaus Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German author and local researcher
DATE OF BIRTH March 20, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Schwelm
DATE OF DEATH January 8, 2020
Place of death Schwelm