Manfred Schober

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Manfred Schober (born December 28, 1941 in Liegnitz , Silesia ) is a German local researcher and former director of the local history museum in Sebnitz .

Life

In the post-war period, Manfred Schober came to Sebnitz with his family as a child. As a 15-year-old, he volunteered for the Sebnitzer Heimatmuseum. After an apprenticeship as a book printer , he worked for a few years in a book printing company. From 1972 to 2004 he headed the Sebnitz Artificial Flowers and Local History Museum “Prof. Alfred Meiche ” . In the first years of his activity as museum director, he completed a distance learning course in folklore at the Humboldt University in Berlin .

Act

During his time as museum director, he integrated important collections into the museum, including a. the legacies of the local historian Alfred Meiche from Sebnitz and the founder of the Hohnstein puppet stage Max Jacob , original writings by the Saxon-Switzerland developer Wilhelm Leberecht Götzinger and works by Hanns Georgi and Ilse Ohnesorge . As a local researcher, Schober publishes numerous books on the history of Sebnitz and the surrounding area. His best-known work to date, Sebnitz , appeared in 2003 : from the history of a Saxon town on the border between Elbe Sandstone and Upper Lusatian Bergland , which is the first detailed treatise of Sebnitz's history since Götzinger's chronicle of 1786.

Awards

In 2017, Schober was made an honorary citizen of the city of Sebnitz. This award was given for the last time in 1979. He is also an honorary member of the Saxon Homeland Security Association .

Publications

  • From the legends of the homeland: legends from the area around Hohnstein, Bad Schandau, Sebnitz and Neustadt . 1981, OCLC 312662046 (as editor).
  • A Worker's Life: Minutes of Conversation . 1982, DNB  993666213 (exact year of publication unknown).
  • Legends of Saxon Switzerland . 1983 (as editor).
  • Contributions to local history: The city and the district of Sebnitz in the past and present . 1984 (as editor).
  • Neurathen Castle . 1987, DNB  880505931 (together with Alfred Neugebauer and Dietrich Graf).
  • The Sebnitz paper mill from 1826–1945 . 1989, DNB  1035897385 .
  • Georgi . 1989, ISBN 978-3-364-00153-1 (together with Hanns Georgi).
  • Book of legends of Saxon Switzerland and its peripheral areas . 1991, ISBN 978-3-910195-02-8 (by Alfred Meiche, Schober as editor).
  • Saxon Switzerland: cowshed and Lichtenhain waterfall . 1993, ISBN 978-3-9803056-2-4 (with the collaboration of Fritz Leder).
  • The Sebnitzer artificial flower: the history of a craft under the sign of fashion . 1994, ISBN 978-3-364-00302-3 .
  • Artificial flowers and local history museum “Prof. Alfred Meiche ”Sebnitz . 1998, DNB  955576962 .
  • Sebnitz folk life and landscape in silhouettes by Adolf Tannert (1839-1913) . 1998, DNB  955835976 .
  • Saxon and Bohemian Switzerland in old postcards . 2001, ISBN 978-3-8003-1814-8 .
  • Seasons in the Elbe Sandstone: Saxon-Bohemian Switzerland . 2001, ISBN 978-3-934514-10-2 (by Peter Rölke as a contributor).
  • Sebnitz: from the story of a Saxon town on the border between Elbe Sandstone and Upper Lusatian Bergland . 2003, ISBN 978-3-934514-14-0 .
  • Malerweg hiking guide: nine hikes in the footsteps of painters, poets and composers of the 18th and 19th centuries . 2007, ISBN 978-3-934514-19-5 (together with Peter Rölke).
  • Description of the so-called Saxon Switzerland . 2008, DNB  110056943X (audio book with texts by Wilhelm Lebrecht Götzinger).
  • The mills of Saxon Switzerland; Part: Right Elbe area . 2009, ISBN 978-3-934514-24-9 (with the assistance of René Misterek).
  • The mills of Saxon Switzerland; Part: Left Elbe area . 2011, ISBN 978-3-934514-26-3 (with the collaboration of Manfred Hickmann).
  • Village life in Upper Saxon Switzerland: (Hinterhermsdorf and surroundings) around 1900 . 2018, DNB  1167279808 (illustrated book with photographs by Bruno Richter and with accompanying texts by Schober and Paul Richter).
  • Hiking and nature guides: northernmost Bohemia . 2019, ISBN 978-3-934514-40-9 (as co-author).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Manfred Schober made an honorary citizen of the city of Sebnitz . In: Official Gazette of the large district town of Sebnitz - New Border Gazette . tape 28 , no. 1 , January 6, 2017, p. 6 ( sebnitz.de [PDF]).
  2. ↑ a b c Dirk Schulze: The new honorary citizen. Sächsische Zeitung , January 4, 2017, accessed on June 14, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Manfred Schober turns 75th Sächsische Zeitung, December 27, 2016, accessed on June 14, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Sebnitz: From the history of a Saxon town on the border between Elbe sandstone and Upper Lusatian highlands by Manfred Schober. Berg- & Naturverlag Rölke, accessed on June 14, 2020 .
  5. ↑ We recognize voluntary work: Honorary members. Landesverein Sächsischer Heimatschutz e. V., accessed on June 14, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Schober, Manfred
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German homeland researcher
DATE OF BIRTH December 28, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Liegnitz