Siegerland homeland and history association
The Siegerland Heimat- und Geschichtsverein is a Heimatverein founded in 1911 for the Siegerland and is based in Siegen .
The association was founded in 1911 as the "Association for local history and homeland security in Siegerlande including neighboring areas". The predecessor was the "Association for Prehistory and Archeology in the Districts of Siegen, Wittgenstein and Altenkirchen", founded in 1879. In 1950 the name was changed to "Siegerland Heimatverein" and again in 1991 to the "Siegerland Heimat- und Geschichtsverein" which exists today.
The Heimat- und Geschichtsverein is recognized as a non-profit association and is dedicated to the knowledge of regional and state history in all areas of historical studies as well as historical auxiliary sciences, including family and heraldic research (excerpt from the statutes § 2 tasks of the association).
The association is the publisher of publications, in particular the magazine Siegerland - Blätter des Siegerländer Heimat- und Geschichtsverein eV as well as the series of articles on the history of the city of Siegen and the Siegerland and articles on Siegerland family history . He is significantly involved in the publication of the Siegerland home calendar . There is a constant exchange with the University of Siegen and the city of Siegen .
The association supports the Siegerland Museum and the library, both housed in the Upper Castle in Siegen. In 1928 the library in the Upper Castle was built through a foundation from the Siegerland Heimatverein. The association is a member of the Westphalian Heimatbund . It has 383 members (2019).
Chairperson
The chairmen since 1911 were:
- 1911–1924: Jacob Heinzerling (1846–1941), native and dialect researcher of the Siegerland and university professor
- 1924–1935: Karl Otto Schmick (1864–1935), physician and general practitioner
- 1935–1948: Carl-Wilhelm Dresler (1877–1971), mine director and industrialist
- 1948–1957: Hermann Böttger (1884–1957), senior teacher
- 1957–1970: Friedrich (Fritz) Schleifenbaum, entrepreneur
- 1971–1983: Karl Eckmann (1910–1987), Lord Mayor of Siegen
- 1983–1994: Paul Steinebach (1927–2017), architecture professor
- 1994–1996: Hans Reinhardt (1920–1998), Mayor of Siegen
- 1996–2002: Helmut Busch (1929–2014), Senior Studies Director
- 2002–2014: Andreas Bingener (* 1959), historian
- 2014–2016: Klaus-Dieter Zimmermann
- 2016–2017: vacant
- since 2017: Helmut Bruch
Fonts (incomplete)
- Winning the way it used to be , Vorländer 2010, ISBN 978-3923483860
Web links
- Literature by and about Siegerland Heimat- und Geschichtsverein in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature from and about Siegerland homeland and history association in the bibliographic database WorldCat
- Website of the Siegerland Local History Association
- Entry "Siegerland - Sheets of the Siegerland Homeland and History Association" (Internet portal Westphalian history)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b History of the Siegerland Homeland and History Association eV Siegen , accessed on April 11, 2019
- ^ Statutes of the Siegerländer Heimat- und Geschichtsverein eV Siegen , accessed on April 11, 2019
- ↑ PRESS RELEASE from March 23, 2019 (Annual General Meeting 2019) , accessed on April 11, 2019