North Palatinate History Association
The North Palatinate History Association is a history association with a focus on the Northern Palatinate region in Rhineland-Palatinate .
history
The North Palatinate History Association was founded in Rockenhausen in 1904 as a history association based on local history . Its main area of activity was the former district of Rockenhausen , but now extends to the entire Donnersberg district , into which the district of Rockenhausen was merged in 1969, and beyond to the neighboring region in the north of the Palatinate.
The establishment was connected with the establishment of the Bavarian district office Rockenhausen in 1900; The initiative came from the first local district administrator Carl Pöhlmann (1863–1947), a passionate local historian. One of the best-known co-founders and activists was the Catholic priest of Ebernburg at the time , Heinrich Georg Rung (1854–1931).
From 1911 to 1943 the association also owned the Falkenstein castle ruins , which are now publicly owned .
activities
According to the Internet portal, the current objective is to “promote local historical research and preserve everything that is relevant to the assessment of customs, art, trade and history in the Northern Palatinate” .
With interruptions, the association has been publishing the local history publication “Nordpfälzer Geschichtsblätter” (1922–1939 and 1951–1991 under the title “Northern Palatinate History Association - Contributions to Local History” ) from 1904 to the present , as well as books and notebooks on the history of the North Palatinate at irregular intervals .
Since 1930, the North Palatinate History Association has also been running the “North Palatinate Local History Museum” in Rockenhausen, which is particularly known for its collection of stoves from the regional Gienanth company . In front of the building is the Roman fountain from Katzenbach , discovered in 1910 , one of the most beautiful Roman fountains north of the Alps.
literature
- Armin Engel: 100 Years of the North Palatinate History Society: 1904 - 2004 , North Palatinate History Society, 2004
Web links
- Web portal of the North Palatinate History Association
- Current emblem of the association with the stylized Roman fountain in Katzenbach
- Website about the North Palatinate History Association
- PDF document about all articles in the club magazine, since 1904
Individual evidence
- ^ Journal for the history of the Upper Rhine , Volume 97, 1949, p. 347, obituary; (Detail scan)
- ^ Website on the history of Falkenstein
- ^ Website for the association's publications
- ↑ Website of the North Palatinate Museum of Local History
- ↑ Winfried Dotzauer: History of the Nahe-Hunsrück area from the beginnings to the French Revolution , Franz Steiner Verlag, 2001, p. 34, ISBN 3515078789 ; (Digital scan)