Kurt Herterich
Kurt Herterich (born July 7, 1928 in Bayreuth ; died May 5, 2015 there ) was a German civil servant and, after his retirement as a “lay writer”, author of publications on the history of the city about Bayreuth.
biography
In his works, the city historian Herterich meticulously dealt with the past and present of the city of Bayreuth and its residents, sometimes house by house. The focus of his work was his hometown Kreuz , to which he dedicated two books and where he played a key role in building the Evangelical Church of the Cross. He finished a third volume on the Kreuz district, but this was not published. Ten of these exist, one of which was received by the Kreuzkirche parish.
Bayreuth local historian Bernd Mayer encouraged Herterich to write about the Kreuz district in the early 1990s. This resulted in a ten-volume description of other parts of the city as well. The former mayor Dieter Mronz wrote in the foreword to one of his books: "The author ... once again deserves our sincere thanks and our appreciation for the professional presentation of everything that makes a city full of character like Bayreuth so livable and lovable."
Kurt Herterich was born in the Kreuz district, on the street of the same name, and spent his life there. He had two younger brothers, his father died in Soviet captivity . The marriage with his wife Elisabeth remained childless. Before his retirement, Herterich was head of the social and insurance office of the city of Bayreuth.
As a professed Christian , the parish of the Cross was close to his heart. Soon after the building was inaugurated in 1960, he became a member of the church council and remained so for more than three decades.
Works
- Bayreuth - cross . District considerations and memories . Ellwanger, Bayreuth 1992, ISBN 978-3-925361-13-5 .
- A Bayreuth street triangle . Ellwanger, Bayreuth 1994, ISBN 978-3-925361-21-0 .
- Southern Bayreuth . Ellwanger, Bayreuth 1996, ISBN 978-3-925361-26-5 .
- In historic Bayreuth . Ellwanger, Bayreuth 1998, ISBN 978-3-925361-35-7 .
- In southeast Bayreuth . Ellwanger, Bayreuth 2000, ISBN 3-925361-38-3 .
- Through southwest Bayreuth . Ellwanger, Bayreuth 2001, ISBN 3-925361-39-1 .
- In eastern Bayreuth . Ellwanger, Bayreuth 2002, ISBN 978-3-925361-42-5 .
- From the Bayreuth castle tower to the festival hill . Ellwanger, Bayreuth 2003, ISBN 978-3-925361-47-0 .
- In the heart of Bayreuth . Ellwanger, Bayreuth 2005, ISBN 978-3-925361-51-7 .
- Bayreuth - Kreuz II. Updated district analysis and 50 years of the Evangelical Kreuzkirche . Ellwanger, Bayreuth 2009, ISBN 978-3-925361-71-5 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Kurt Herterich in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kurt Herterich: Self-assessment in the preface to Bayreuth - Kreuz , p. 6
- ^ Mourning for Kurt Herterich at nordbayerischer-kurier.de, accessed on May 7, 2015
- ↑ Kurt Herterich: Bayreuth - Kreuz II , p. 150
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Herterich, Kurt |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German local historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 7, 1928 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bayreuth |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 5, 2015 |
| Place of death | Bayreuth |