Lucien Sittler

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Lucien Sittler (born May 3, 1905 in Haguenau , † December 17, 1987 in Colmar ) was a French (Alsatian) teacher, writer, city archivist and editor.

Life

Lucien Sittler attended elementary school from 1911 and then, until 1923, the grammar school in Hagenau. He then studied history and geography at the University of Strasbourg until 1926 and then became a teacher in Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines ( Markirch ) and Forbach . In 1933 he received his doctorate in history from the University of Strasbourg. In 1934 Sittler became the city archivist of Colmar. In 1939/1940 he did military service and was a participant in the war. In 1945 he worked as an organizer of the refugee system in Colmar. From 1946 he edited the New Alsatian Calendar . In 1950 he became a co-founder of the Historical and Literary Society of Colmar and editor-in-chief of the Colmar Yearbook (until 1972). In 1951 Sittler was a co-founder and secretary (later vice and honorary president) of the Association of Alsatian History Societies.

Awards

In 1961 he received the Palmes académiques . In 1971 he was awarded the Johann-Peter-Hebel-Prize of the State of Baden-Württemberg .

Works (selection)

  • Un seigneur alsacien de la fin du moyen age: Maximin ou Smassman Ier de Ribeaupierre 1398–1451 . Strasbourg: Heitz 1933
  • Inventaire general of the archives de la ville de Colmar. Colmar: Hartmann 1937
  • We close the ring . A novel from Alsace [under the pseudonym Franz Klausner]. Colmar: "Young Alsace" 1938. New edition 1941
  • History of Alsace . 2 vols. Colmar: Alsatia 1939-1941
  • Kolmar in Alsace . Kolmar: Alsatia 1942
  • Alsace's greatest time . Two centuries of lively development under the Hohenstaufen emperors. Kolmar: Alsatia 1942 (= Upper Rhine Youth Library, Book 2)
  • On the way of the centuries . Happening and becoming. Work and life in Alsace. Kolmar: Alsatia [approx. 1942]
  • Au coeur de l'Alsace meurtrie . Un pèlerinage à travers le vignoble sinistré au lende-main des épreuves de 1944-1945. Colmar / Paris: Alsatia 1945
  • Histoire de l'Alsace pour les jeunes . Colmar: Alsatia 1947
  • With strong hands . Novel. Colmar: Alsatia 1948
  • Le jardin enchanté . Legends d'Alsace. Colmar: Alsatia 1947
  • La viticulture et le vin de Colmar à travers les siècles . Colmar: Alsatia 1956
  • Rides and walks in Alsace . Freiburg: Rombach 1965
  • Guide des Vosges . Colmar: Société alsacienne d'expansion photographique 1967
  • Lever and Alsace . Speech at the »Treasure Chest« on Lever Day 1967, held in the town hall in Lörrach. Lörrach 1967 (= series of the lever collar Lörrach, no. 16)
  • L'Alsace, terre d'histoire . Préface de Max d'Andlau. Colmar: Alsatia 1972
  • Le Haut-Rhin . Dictionnaire des communes: histoire et geographie, économie et société. Edited by Raymond Oberlé and Lucien Sittler. 3 vols. Colmar: Alsatia 1980ff.

Literature about Lucien Sittler

  • Paul Stintzi: City archivist Lucien Sittler on his 50th birthday . In: Nouveau Rhin Francais , May 3, 1955
  • Raymond Matzen : Dr. Lucien Sittler, city archivist of Colmar, received the lever award in 1971 . In: Le Nouvel Alsacien (Strasbourg), May 15, 1971
  • Jean-Marie Schmitt: Lucien Sittler nous a quitté . In: Le Point Colmarien , No. 90, février-mars 1988

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Manfred Bosch: The Johann Peter Hebel Prize 1936-1988 , Karlsruhe: Scheffelbund 1988, p. 261
  2. ↑ Manfred Bosch : The Johann Peter Hebel Prize 1936-1988 , Karlsruhe: Scheffelbund 1988, p. 265
personal data
SURNAME Sittler, Lucien
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French (Alsatian) teacher, writer, city archivist and editor
DATE OF BIRTH May 3, 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH Haguenau
DATE OF DEATH 17th December 1987
Place of death Colmar