Association for the history of Lake Constance and its surroundings

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Golden club pin of the Association for the History of Lake Constance and its Surroundings from 1925 with the coats of arms of the five coastal regions of Württemberg, Bavaria, Vorarlberg, Switzerland and Baden

The Association for the History of Lake Constance and its Surroundings (Bodensee-Geschichtsverein for short) is a regional history association that deals with the history and natural history of the Lake Constance area .

Its peculiarity is that it has been internationally oriented since its foundation in 1868 and does not define its study area along modern state and administrative boundaries. There are branches in Friedrichshafen (for Germany ), St. Gallen (for Switzerland and Liechtenstein ) and Bregenz (for Austria ); the association's activities and publications cover these four countries.

The Bodensee History Association currently has around 1200 members.

Examination room

The boundaries of the Lake Constance area vary depending on the historical or scientific question. In the bibliographic collection of regional studies literature, the following areas are part of the Lake Constance region (from the north clockwise): the southern district Sigmaringen (room Pfullendorf ), the Lake District , the district of Ravensburg , the district of Lindau , the country Vorarlberg , the Principality of Liechtenstein , the northern and eastern cantons of St. Gallen (in the south to Sargans ), the cantons of Appenzell Ausserrhoden , Appenzell Innerrhoden , Thurgau and Schaffhausen , the district of Constance .

history

Receipt 'annual subscription 1874'

The Lake Constance area forms a unity in historical and natural history; it is one of the central cultural landscapes in Europe. In contrast, the modern Lake Constance is a border water; In the 19th century , the Grand Duchy of Baden , the kingdoms of Württemberg and Bavaria , the Austro-Hungarian monarchy and Switzerland collided here. The Tettnang medical officer Dr. In 1868, Albert Moll and like-minded people - among them Hans Freiherr von und zu Aufseß , founder of the Germanisches Nationalmuseum - founded the Bodensee-Geschichtsverein with the aim of systematically covering the history and nature of Lake Constance and its shorelines beyond modern national borders explore. In doing so they met a need of their time; therefore the association experienced public interest from the start. Early sponsors included King Karl von Württemberg , which is why Friedrichshafen is still the legal seat of the association, Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria-Hungary and King Ludwig II of Bavaria.

The association's activities were correspondingly ambitious, namely the establishment of a collection and library, the annual holding of demanding general meetings, the bundling of historical and natural history research in the association's publications and research funding. The first precise measurement of Lake Constance by the neighboring countries was under the direction of the association's president, Eberhard Graf Zeppelin ; Their results were published as Bodensee-Forschungen between 1893 and 1902 in the association's publications.

In the era of the two world wars, the club's activities were subject to considerable restrictions. The First World War made exchange across national borders impossible; after the war, historical research lost its high social status. Inflation devalued the association's assets. After all, it was possible for the association to initiate the excavation of the pile construction station Sipplingen by Hans Reinerth and to support it financially; their results were published in 1932 in the club's publications. The Second World War marked the deepest turning point in the club's history: The last general meeting took place in Meersburg in 1941 ; the last club publications were delivered in 1943; In 1944 the office with the archives of the association burned in an air raid on Friedrichshafen. The association's board succeeded in maintaining contact across national borders and quickly resuming association activities after the end of the war. The association's publications have been published since 1949, the general meetings have been held regularly since 1950. The number of members doubled in the post-war decades (from 649 in 1950 to 1300 in 2000).

The archives, museums and libraries of the Lake Constance area, as well as the Institute for Lake Research in Langenargen (since 1919) and the University of Konstanz (since 1965) provide important impulses for research on Lake Constance and the further work of the association . Research results developed there are regularly incorporated into the association's publications. Since 2007 the association has been awarding a science award “for outstanding scientific work that thematically deals with the exploration of nature, culture or the history of the Lake Constance area”.

Collection and library

When the association was founded, a publicly accessible collection of antiquities from the Lake Constance area and literature on Lake Constance began. In 1912, with the support of the city of Friedrichshafen and Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin, it was renovated and reopened as a modern " Lake Constance Museum ". The First World War and its aftermath made further development of the museum impossible; therefore, on January 12, 1927, it became the responsibility of the city of Friedrichshafen. The museum burned when Friedrichshafen was destroyed on April 28, 1944. The club library evacuated to the Hohenems Palace was continued after the war and handed over to the city of Friedrichshafen in 1971, which maintains it as the Lake Constance library (currently with around 36,000 media). These media can be viewed on site or borrowed remotely. It can be accessed via the catalog of the Southwest German Library Association Baden-Württemberg, Saarland, Saxony.

Association publications

The organ of the association are the writings of the association for the history of Lake Constance and its surroundings , which have been published as annual volumes since 1869 (with a longer interruption from 1943 to 1948). They contain essays on all aspects of the history and natural history of the Lake Constance area, as well as an extensive review section on current scientific literature on Lake Constance. The older volumes are available as digital copies (currently up to volume 129, 2011). Between 1937 and 1955 the association published the Heimatkundliche Mitteilungen as a "popular" supplement to the "scientific" writings. The Bodensee bibliography published by the association in cooperation with the University Library of Konstanz appeared in print between 1976 and 1999 and has since been maintained by the university library as the Euregio Lake Constance database. Special volumes of the writings are produced at irregular intervals, most recently for the 150th anniversary of the association in 2018.

President

The association's activities are managed by the president, who also represents the association externally. The association had the following presidents so far:

Honorary members

Anyone who has worked in a special way for the association or its goals can be appointed as honorary member; so far the following 46 people have been honored:

Publications

  • Writings of the Association for the History of Lake Constance and its Surroundings . Volume 1 (1869), last published volume 136 (2018).

Volumes 1 (1869) to 129 (2011) can be used as digital copies.

  • Werner Allweiss (arr.): Bodenseebibliographie . Association for the History of Lake Constance and its Surroundings, University of Konstanz, Friedrichshafen 1976 (1977) - 1999 (2001).

The bibliography is continued as a Euregio Lake Constance database

  • Harald Derschka, Jürgen Klöckler (ed.): The Bodensee. Nature and history from 150 perspectives. Anniversary volume of the international association for the history of Lake Constance and its surroundings 1868–2018. Thorbecke, Ostfildern, ISBN 978-3-7995-1724-9 .
  • Helmut Maurer, Association for the History of Lake Constance and its Surroundings (Ed.): Der Bodensee. Landscape, history, culture ( Bodensee library ; 28). Thorbecke, Sigmaringen 1982, ISBN 3-7995-5029-1 (also published as: Writings of the Association for the History of Lake Constance and its Surroundings 99/100 (1981/82). Digitized )

literature

  • Harald Derschka: The association for the history of Lake Constance and its surroundings. A look back at one hundred and fifty years of club history 1868–2018. In: Writings of the Association for the History of Lake Constance and its Surroundings. 136, 2018, pp. 1–302.
  • Claus Grimm: Hundred years of cultural work on Lake Constance. To found the association for the history of Lake Constance and its surroundings on October 19, 1868. In: Writings of the association for the history of Lake Constance and its surroundings. 86, 1968, pp. 7-85. (Digitized version)
  • Karl Wolfart: Fifty years of the association for the history of Lake Constance and its surroundings. In: Writings of the Association for the History of Lake Constance and its Surroundings. 47, 1918, pp. 3-15. Digitized

Web link

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ ub.uni-konstanz.de
  2. ^ Claus Grimm: Hundred years of cultural work on Lake Constance. To found the association for the history of Lake Constance and its surroundings on October 19, 1868. In: Writings of the association for the history of Lake Constance and its surroundings. 86, 1968, pp. 7-85. Digitized version ( memento from June 7, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ Eberhard Graf von Zeppelin and others: Lake Constance research on the occasion of the production of the new Lake Constance map by the high governments of the five shore states. In: Writings of the Association for the History of Lake Constance and its Surroundings. 22 (1893), Appendix pp. 1-103, pp. 1-77. Digitized version ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ↑ Hans Reinerth among others: The pile village Sipplingen. Results of the excavations of the Bodenseegeschichtsverein 1929/30. In: Writings of the Association for the History of Lake Constance and its Surroundings. 59, 1932, pp. 1–156, 32 plate digitized ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  5. ^ Ernst Leisi: Activity report for 1941–1950. In: Writings of the Association for the History of Lake Constance and its Surroundings. 70, 1951, pp. 13–17, here p. 15. Digitized version ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  6. ^ Jörg Heiligmann: Annual report of the president for the association year 1999/2000. In: Writings of the Association for the History of Lake Constance and its Surroundings. 119 (2001), pp. IX-XV, here p. IX. Digitized version ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  7. ^ Jörg Heiligmann: Annual report of the president on the association year 2006/2007. In: Writings of the Association for the History of Lake Constance and its Surroundings. 126 (2008), pp. VII-XII, here pp. VIII-X. Digitized version ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  8. ^ Heinrich Schützinger: preliminary report of the president. In: Writings of the Association for the History of Lake Constance and its Surroundings. 42, pp. III-XV (1913). Digitized version ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  9. ^ Claus Grimm: Hundred years of cultural work on Lake Constance. To found the association for the history of Lake Constance and its surroundings on October 19, 1868. In: Writings of the association for the history of Lake Constance and its surroundings. 86, 1968, p. 60. Digitized version ( Memento from April 2, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  10. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento from August 12, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
  11. ↑ bsz-bw.de
  12. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento from February 15, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  13. ↑ http://www.ub.uni-konstanz.de/region/euregio-bodensee-datenbank/ In addition: Oliver Trevisiol: The Euregio-Bodensee database. A guide through the literature on Lake Constance. In: Harald Derschka, Jürgen Klöckler (Hrsg.): Der Bodensee. Nature and history from 150 perspectives. Anniversary volume of the international association for the history of Lake Constance and its surroundings 1868–2018. Thorbecke, Ostfildern 2018, ISBN 978-3-7995-1724-9 , p. 304 f.
  14. ↑ Harald Derschka, Jürgen Klöckler (ed.): Der Bodensee. Nature and history from 150 perspectives. Anniversary volume of the international association for the history of Lake Constance and its surroundings 1868–2018. Thorbecke, Ostfildern 2018, ISBN 978-3-7995-1724-9 .
  15. ↑ foerderkreis-heimatkunde.de
  16. ↑ Johannes Meyer: † Dr. Eberhard Graf v. Zeppelin. In: Writings of the Association for the History of Lake Constance and its Surroundings. 36 (1907), pp. XI-XXII. Digitized version ( Memento from April 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  17. ↑ Dr. phil hc Heinrich Schützinger †. In: Writings of the Association for the History of Lake Constance and its Surroundings. 49, pp. IX-XI (1921). Digitized version ( memento from March 31, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  18. ^ Alfons Semler: Victor Mezger, honorary president of the Association for the History of Lake Constance. In: Writings of the Association for the History of Lake Constance and its Surroundings. 63, 1936, pp. 5-6. Digitized version ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  19. ↑ HK: † Prof. Dr. Ernst Schmid, St. Gallen. In: The Swiss Geographer. 18, 1941, p. 39.
  20. ↑ Bruno Meyer: Dr. Ernst Leisi †. In: Writings of the Association for the History of Lake Constance and its Surroundings. 89 (1971), pp. V-VIII. Digitized version ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  21. ↑ Werner Schenkendorf, Ernst Leisi: Bruno Leiner †. In: Writings of the Association for the History of Lake Constance and its Surroundings. 73, 1955, pp. 5-8. Digitized version ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  22. ^ Karl Heinz Burmeister: Dr. Meinrad Tiefenthaler †. In: Writings of the Association for the History of Lake Constance and its Surroundings. 105, pp. IV-VIII (1987). Digitized version ( memento from September 4, 2015 in the web archive archive.today )
  23. ^ Hermann Lei: Bruno Meyer. In: Writings of the Association for the History of Lake Constance and its Surroundings. 109, pp. XI-XVI (1991). Digitized version ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  24. ↑ Wolfgang Scheffknecht: Eberhard Tiefenthaler †. In: Writings of the Association for the History of Lake Constance and its Surroundings. 114, 1996, pp. 1-4. Digitized version ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  25. ^ Andreas Schiendorfer: Markus Huber (1943–2014). In: Writings of the Association for the History of Lake Constance and its Surroundings. 133 (2015), pp. XIV-XV.