Thomas Schwark

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Director Thomas Schwark after the certification of the Historisches Museum Hannover with the plaque " Registered Museum 2014"

Thomas Schwark (born February 29, 1956 in Lübeck ) is a German historian and director of the Museums for Cultural History Hanover.

Life

After studying history, German literature and education in Hamburg, Schwark received his doctorate in 1989 with a study on the social history of the Hanseatic city of Lübeck.

From 1986 to 1990 he was a research assistant in the Office for Monument Preservation of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck . From 1990 to 1994 he worked at the Weser Renaissance Museum Brake / Lemgo. From 1994 to 1998 Schwark was director of the Rostock Cultural History Museum and from 1998 director of the Historical Museum on the Hohen Ufer in Hanover.

Thomas Schwark has headed the Hanoverian Museum Association since 2014, consisting of the August Kestner Museum, the Historical Museum on the Hohen Ufer and the Herrenhausen Palace Museum .

Schwark is honorary professor at Leibniz Universität Hannover , member of the historical commission for Lower Saxony and Bremen , deputy chairman of the historical association for Lower Saxony and since 2017 an individual member of the Kulturpolitische Gesellschaft Bonn e. V.

Publications (selection)

  • Lübeck's city military in the 17th and 18th centuries - investigations into the social history of a professional group in the imperial city. Lübeck 1990, ISBN 3-7950-0456-X .
  • Gustav Adolf - a Protestant German legend. To the reception of a historical figure in the empire. In: Renaissance of the Renaissance. Munich 1992, ISBN 3-422-06087-1 , pp. 21-34.
  • “All sorts of unpopular and diverse jugs.” Collection and regulation of the taprooms in early modern Lübeck. In: Journal of the Association for Lübeck History and Archeology. 73, 1993, pp. 163-183.
  • Controversy and insane numbers in Bawsachen ... Sources for building legislation in early modern Lemgo. In: Historical Building. Material and technology. Marburg 1994, pp. 33-46.
  • 500 year guarantee. On the trail of old building techniques. Marburg 1994.
  • Weser Renaissance - what is it? In: Thomas Schwark (Hrsg.): Brake Castle - the Weser Renaissance Museum. Bremen 1995, pp. 18-33.
  • Rostock - evidence of 800 years of city history. Book accompanying the exhibition "From the Wends to the Wende" in the Rostock Cultural History Museum, Kröpeliner Tor, Rostock 1995.
  • "De Köm möt sick Verhieraten ..." - bars in the early modern Lübeck. In: Gerhard Gerkens , Antjekathrin Graßmann (Hrsg.): Lust and burden of drinking in Lübeck. Contributions to the phenomenon from the Middle Ages to the 19th century. Lübeck 1996, pp. 79–86 and city map in the appendix.
  • Between utility and cult. The bicycle since 1945. In: Hanover rides a bike - history, sport, everyday life. Braunschweig 1999, pp. 108-123.
  • Province and metropolis - one topic, one exhibition. In: Province + Metropolis. Hanover 1900 to 1999. Hanover 2000, ISBN 3-910073-19-0 , pp. 4-14.
  • Ambition, luxury and fortune - Hanover's path to England's crown. An exhibition in the Historisches Museum am Hohen Ufer . In: Ambition, Luxury and Fortune - Hanover's Path to England's Crown. Hannover 2001, ISBN 3-910073-21-2 , pp. 8-21.
  • Progress or injustice? The sons' dispute over the inheritance in the Principality of Hanover. In: Ambition, Luxury and Fortune - Hanover's Path to England's Crown. Hannover 2001, ISBN 3-910073-21-2 , pp. 50-67.
  • "... but he likes to drink his wines". Hanover's society in the French era. In: Goethe's Lotte. A woman's life around 1800. Hanover 2003, ISBN 3-422-06443-5 , pp. 84–99.
  • Göttingen Sieben and Co. - Lower Saxony's history can be experienced. In: Friends of the Historisches Museum eV (ed.): With history into the future, commemorative publication for the 25th anniversary. Hanover 2005, pp. 13–24.
  • Johann Duve (1611-1679) - rise of the first major Hanoverian entrepreneur. In: State history in the state parliament. ed. by the President of the Lower Saxony State Parliament. Hannover 2007, pp. 646-650.
  • “Development Community Hanover”, “Bahlsen Museum”, “Flower Parade”, “German Evangelical Church Congress”, “Hanover Flea Market”, “Trade and Industry Museum”. In: Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein (eds.) U. a .: City Lexicon Hanover . From the beginning to the present. Schlütersche, Hannover 2009, ISBN 978-3-89993-662-9 , pp. 37, 45, 70, 129, 182, 251 f., Passim.
  • The Hindenburg myth. Image productions of a Reich President. In: Opinion Pictures. Political posters 1900-2000. Book accompanying the exhibition of the same name in the Historisches Museum, Hannover 2010, ISBN 978-3-910073-38-8 , pp. 28–35.
  • Special pictures. Photos as sources and actors in historical culture. In: Interpretations, meanings. Contributions to Hanover's urban and regional history. Hannover 2010, ISBN 978-3-910073-39-5 , pp. 312-337.
  • "... that the English let us down" - FK Hardenberg and the first "World War" in history. In: Wilcken von Bothmer, Marcus Köhler (Hrsg.): On behalf of the crown. Friedrich Karl von Hardenberg and life in Hanover around 1750. Rostock 2011, ISBN 978-3-356-01377-1 , pp. 42–49.
  • You only see what you know. Strategies for conveying borderline images in history museums. In: Thomas Schwark, Detlef Schmiechen-Ackermann , Carl-Hans Hauptmeyer (Eds.): Boundaries, border experiences, border crossings. Lower Saxony and the inner-German border 1945-1990. Darmstadt 2011, ISBN 978-3-534-24414-0 , pp. 23-35.

Web links

Commons : Thomas Schwark  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Gunnar Menkens: Living with leap years: Shortly before retirement, Schwark celebrates his 15th birthday , Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung , February 29, 2016
  2. ^ Peter Löhr: Historical Museum: Thomas Schwark now professor. In: Heimatland issue 4, December 2012, p. 142 f .; PDF online
personal data
SURNAME Schwark, Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German historian and museum director
DATE OF BIRTH February 29, 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH Lübeck