Our home (Marienberg)
Our home town. Monthly sheets , published by the German Cultural Association (from 1973 Kulturbund der GDR), Kreisleitung Marienberg was a magazine that appeared in the city of Marienberg in the Erzgebirge from 1956 to 1978 and was devoted to cultural, local history and nature conservation issues. The publisher was the Marienberg district leadership of the Kulturbund for the democratic renewal of Germany founded in 1945 , later briefly referred to as the Deutscher Kulturbund and from 1973 the Kulturbund of the GDR . The district leadership of the Kulturbund had its seat in Marienberg at Freiberger Straße 20, since the mid-1960sAt the Goldkindstein .
Since 1964 at the latest, Horst Saalfrank (1922–2014) has been the responsible editor. From 1954 to 1961 he worked for the Marienberg District Council, where he was initially a clerk for folk art and later head of the folk art cabinet. From 1962 he became district secretary of the Kulturbund. Horst Saalfrank, who was the bearer of the National Front's badge of honor, also enriched the magazine with his own drawings. In 1969 the editorial team was expanded to include Erich Gabriel, Alfred Kaden and Jürgen Oehmichen.
Typesetting and printing were initially carried out by Alfred Fiedler in Olbernhau , and from 1968 at the latest by DDR-DAL, Olbernhau printing company .
The magazine was registered under the license number 260 K with the council of the Karl-Marx-Stadt district.
In the 1970s the magazine was used increasingly politically, for example in November 1971 with the appeal for the well-being of the people! by the strength of the people! Elect the candidates for the National Front on November 14, 1971! The stronger the socialism, the more solid the community of socialist states - the more secure the peace.
The publication of the magazine ended with the December 1978 issue, since from then on only the Erzgebirge homeland papers were published in the Karl-Marx-Stadt district in the Ore Mountains region .
Authors
Well-known authors of the magazines included: Ernst Barth , Hellmut Bilz , Johannes Eichhorn , Alfred Kaden , Werner Kaden , Erich Lorenz , Karl Hans Pollmer and Werner Spickenreuther .
Honors
In November 1971, the editorial board under Horst Saalfrank was awarded the gold badge “For local history”.