Oskar Roesger
Oskar Roesger (born April 16, 1843 in Budissin , today Bautzen , † February 13, 1910 there ) was the founder of the Bautzen City Museum and a key figure in the preservation of valuable cultural assets in Upper Lusatia . He also worked as a local researcher.
Roesger was a trained businessman and later a bookseller. He was the owner of the Wellersche bookstore in Bautzen. Even in his youth he showed great interest in the history and culture of his homeland. He soon began collecting numerous material references. This included both prehistoric and early historical finds, manuscripts, maps, coins and tombs as well as handicrafts or paintings and graphics from the 16th to 18th centuries. His children's book collection of more than 300 volumes from the period from 1770 to 1870 was also of particular importance. Roesger made the valuable and extensive collection available to the Bautzen city council as the basis for the antiquity museum founded in 1869. His extensive research in the region added valuable objects to the collection afterwards. Its collections still form the basis of the Bautzen Museum, which has the status of a regional museum for Upper Lusatia.
A street in Bautzen is named in honor of Roesger.
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Official Journal Bautzen February 6, 2010 (PDF; 140 kB)
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| SURNAME | Roesger, Oskar |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German local researcher and founder of the Bautzen City Museum |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 16, 1843 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Budissin (Bautzen) |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 13, 1910 |
| Place of death | Bautzen |