Theo Gille

Theo Gille (born April 7, 1918 in Osterwieck ; † November 5, 2011 ) was a German homeland researcher .

Life

Gille was born as the youngest of five children of the local poet and chronicler Fritz Gille . After finishing school, he completed an apprenticeship as a publishing bookseller at the Zickfeldt company from 1934 to 1937. He only worked briefly in the profession, however, as he was drafted into the military in 1939 and served as an intelligence soldier during World War II. He was used in France and Russia and became a prisoner of war , from which he was released at the end of 1948, seriously ill. After he recovered, he took a job in the Osterwieck slide bearing factory in 1949 . He stayed at the plant until he retired in 1983, most recently as a specialist sales director. From 1954 he lived with his wife Ingeborg on Neukirchenstraße in Osterwieck.

In 1958 he was one of the founding members of the Osterwieck local chronicle group. In 1959 he took over the management of the group, which he held until 2008. He was a member of the Osterwieck building committee and was committed to maintaining the historical structure of the half-timbered town.

He wrote 50 volumes of Ortschronik and translated the Osterwieck town book of 1353 from Middle Low German . In 2008 he published the case file of the proceedings against Brandt Schmalian from 1614. Gille wrote several publications on Osterwieck.

Awards

In 1993 he was made an honorary citizen of Osterwieck on his 75th birthday . In 2006 he was awarded the badge of honor of the state of Saxony-Anhalt .

Works (selection)

• Osterwieck am Harz , 1990, ISBN 3-89057-010-0

literature

• Nils-Christian Engel, "The historical conscience of our city" for the Osterwieck local chronicle Theo Gille on his 90th birthday in Saxony-Anhalt, Journal for Nature and Home Friends, Volume 18, No. 2/2008, Page 11.

Web links

• Theo Gille leaves an invaluable life's work in the Volksstimme, published online on November 8, 2011