Ludwig Zimmermann (local history researcher)

Ludwig Zimmermann (* 9. June 1938 in Baustetten today Laupheim ) is a German politician of the CDU , former teacher , local historian and author . He was a member of the district council in the Ravensburg district from 1970 to 2002, parish council in Wolpertswende from 1970 to 1985 and parish council of the parish of Mary's Birth in Mochenwangen from 1968 to 1993.

Life and work

Ludwig Zimmermann was born in Baustetten, which was incorporated into the city of Laupheim in 1973. From 1952 to 1958 he attended the teacher’s high school, which later became a secondary school with a home in Saulgau . He then took up a teaching degree at the Pedagogical Institute in Weingarten ( Württemberg ) until 1960 . After passing the service examinations until 1964 and working as a primary school teacher, he successfully passed the specialist group examination to become a secondary school teacher in 1966. He then taught at the secondary school in Weingarten until his retirement in 2001. Ludwig Zimmermann has been married since 1964 and has 3 children. He lives in the Mochenwangen suburb of the Wolpertswende community.

Politician, homeland researcher and author

Zimmermann has been a member of the CDU since 1961. In 1973 he was the founding chairman of the CDU community association Wolpertswende-Mochenwangen. As a volunteer local politician , he was involved in youth and club support as well as cultural work. He had been a member of the sports club Mochenwangen and the sports community of Baienfurt since 1964 and was the initiator and coordinator of the shooting cup tournaments from 1977 to 2011 and the indoor tournaments for the Oberschwaben Cup from 1988 to 2012. In 1998 and 2004 he was in Weingarten for the Triennial of Contemporary Art in Oberschwaben responsible. From 1992 to 2012 he campaigned for the renovation of the listed old church in Mochenwangen, including the coordination of the cultural program.

Since 1956 he has been writing articles on a part-time basis for the Schwäbische Zeitung in Laupheim and from 1964 in Ravensburg . His contributions included events in the fields of sport , politics and culture . In addition, there were reports from panel discussions and contributions to research on local history and portraits .

Zimmermann dealt with historical research in the area of local history and monument preservation for decades . He has published numerous articles on this since 1977.

In 2018 and 2019 he published his memoirs in 2 volumes .

Works

• History of football in the Bodensee-Oberschwaben region . Edited by SG Baienfurt Football, Oberschwäbische Verlagsanstalt Ravensburg, 1988
• 100 years of Mochenwangen village history - 100 years of music band . Eppe GmbH, Aulendorf Bergatreute 2007, ISBN 978-3-89089-150-7
• On the trail of Upper Swabian club culture - history of the cycling movement in Upper Swabia . Eppe GmbH, Aulendorf Bergatreute 2014 ISBN 978-3-89089-154-5
• Life memories told. Part 1. Childhood and elementary school time in Baustetten . Eppe GmbH, Bergatreute Aulendorf 2018. ISBN 978-3-89089-155-2
• Life memories told. Part 2. From the Upper Swabian teacher forge . Eppe GmbH, Aulendorf 2019. ISBN 978-3-89089-156-9

Contributions

• 60 years of football in Baienfurt - anecdotes - episodes - documents . Edited by SG Baienfurt Fußball, Liebel, Bad Waldsee 1987
• 1st Triennial of Contemporary Art Upper Swabia . Published by the Upper Swabian Society for History and Culture, Contemporary Art Project Group, Weingarten 1998
• SV Mochenwangen. The way from the village association to the top of the association. Part I . Edited by SV Mochenwangen, Eppe GmbH, Aulendorf Bergatreute 2003
• Time zones: world of regions . On the occasion of the exhibition time zones 3rd Triennial of Contemporary Art Oberschwaben Weingarten October 15, 2004 - January 16, 2005 , published by the city of Weingarten, Weingarten 2004, ISBN 3-937577-42-4
• History of the old church in Mochenwangen - from the village church to the house of encounter and culture . With Gerold Faigle. Published by the Association for the Preservation of the Old Church Mochenwangen, Mochenwangen 2005, Eppe GmbH, Aulendorf Bergatreute
• SV Wolpertswende. From a football club to a mass sports organization . Published by SV Wolpertswende, Eppe GmbH, Aulendorf 2006
• History of the blood rider group Blitzenreute (1907–2007) . Illustrated leaflet on the occasion of the 100th anniversary. Eppe GmbH, Aulendorf Bergatreute, 2007
• The Südbahn “Nadelöhr im Schussentobel”. In: Schussen - culture and adventure trail . Edited by the community administration association Fronreute-Wolpertswende, Kommata GmbH Fronreute, 2008
• The Neuweiher - relic of a pond and lake landscape . In: Schussen - culture and adventure trail . Edited by the community administration association Fronreute-Wolpertswende, Kommata GmbH Fronreute, 2008
• On the history of the former Krummensbachmühle with Lourdes grotto. Documentation board at Krummensbach, Mochenwangen 2008
• 100 years of Blutreiter Mary's Birth Mochenwangen . Leaflet for the anniversary of the blood rider group Mochenwangen, Eppe GmbH, Aulendorf Bergatreute 2009
• 100 years of blood rider groups in Mochenwangen and Wolpertswende - history of the blood walk in Weingarten from the point of view of the Wolpertswende community with the parishes of the Birth of Mary and St. Gangolf . Bulletin of the community Wolpertswende, March 27 to May 8, 2009
• SV Mochenwangen: From the village club for decades, top-class Upper Swabian. Part II. Ed. By SV Mochenwangen, Eppe GmbH, Aulendorf 2010

Memberships

• Upper Swabia Society for History and Culture
• History Association in the Academy of the Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart
• Friends of Achberg Castle
• Museum Society Ravensburg eV
• Association of Friends of the Weingarten University of Education

Awards

• Club badge of the state of Baden-Württemberg (1988)
• Federal Cross of Merit (1998)
• Staufer Medal of the State of Baden-Württemberg for outstanding performance in the field of football (2002)
• Staufer Medal of the State of Baden-Württemberg for special initiatives in the fields of art and culture (2005)

Web links

• Literature by and about Ludwig Zimmermann in the catalog of the German National Library
• Ludwig Zimmermann & Uwe Schmidt: The Southern Railway . Community Administration Association Fronreute-Wolpertswende, 2012