Association for Thuringian History
| Association for Thuringian History (VThG e.V.) |
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| purpose | Historical country studies |
| Chair: | Uwe Schirmer |
| Establishment date: | 1852, re-established in 1990 |
| Number of members: | 332 (2014) |
| Seat : | Jena |
| Website: | www.vthg.de |
The Association for Thuringian History is a German history association based in Jena .
history
The association was founded on January 2, 1852 as an association for Thuringian history and antiquity at the then only university in Thuringia - in Jena. It had its largest membership in 1902 with 538 members. Its activity was discontinued in 1950 and in 1990 under the name Verein für Thüringische Geschichte e. V. resumed. Structurally and personally, it is closely linked to the Historical Institute of the University of Jena , where the office is still located today. Both natural and legal persons (institutions) can become members.
Purpose of the association and activity
According to the statutes, the purpose of the association is to promote "regional and territorial historical research in Thuringia in all of its past and present components, regardless of the course of the national borders and without any time limit." For this purpose he gives in connection Together with the Historical Commission for Thuringia , the scientific journal for Thuringian History (ZThG) is published annually as well as a series of publications as supplements at irregular intervals . The pages of the Association for Thuringian History are published for internal communication .
In addition to regular lecture events in Jena, the Day of Thuringian State History has been held annually at changing locations since 1994 , which is also organized with the Historical Commission for Thuringia and the respective local history associations.
Bodies of the association: The annual general meeting elects the board for three years. This appoints members to the editorial team.
The archivable association documents are in the Jena University Archives. The association is a member of the general association of German history and antiquity associations .
Known members (selection)
Founding Members (1852)
- Johann Gustav Droysen (member of the first association committee 1852)
- Gustav Fischer (member of the first association committee 1852)
- Friedrich Johannes Frommann (first cashier 1852, bookseller and publisher)
- Andreas Ludwig Jacob Michelsen (first deputy chairman 1852)
- Heinrich Rückert (first secretary 1852)
- Johann Karl Eduard Schwarz (member of the first committee in 1852)
- Moritz Seebeck (first chairman 1852)
- Karl Bernhard Stark (member of the first association committee 1852)
- Franz Xaver Wegele (member of the first committee in 1852)
Other members (selection)
- Enno Bünz
- Otto Dorbencker (publisher from 1891, chairman 1926–1931)
- Werner Greiling
- Jurgen John
- Herbert Koch (editor, board member)
- Richard Adelbert Lipsius (1877-1892 chairman)
- Georg Mentz (1930–1940 chairman)
- Theodor Muther
- Patrick Kurth
- Konrad Marwinski
- Eduard Rosenthal (former board member from 1902 to 1926)
- Uwe Schirmer (current board member)
- Friedrich Schneider (former board member until 1950)
- Albert Schulz
- Rudiger Stutz
- Georg Thieler
- Armin Tille
- Matthias Werner
literature
- 150 years of the Association for Thuringian History (and Archeology) (= journal of the Association for Thuringian History ; Supplement 34), Jena 2004.
- Stefan Gerber : Historicization and nationalization of the region. Founding motives and founding constellations of the Association for Thuringian History and Archeology between 1848 and 1852. In: Matthias Werner (Ed.): In the field of tension between science and politics. 150 years of regional historical research in Thuringia. (= Publications of the Historical Commission for Thuringia. Small series; Volume 13). Cologne / Weimar / Vienna 2005, pp. 1–22.
Web links
- Literature from and about the Association for Thuringian History in the catalog of the German National Library
- [1] Overview of the supplements (1905–1943)
- [2] Digitized version of the magazine (1915–1943)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Registered at the Jena District Court VR 230052.
- ↑ http://www.vthg.de/satzung.html Statutes
- ^ Journal for Thuringian History (ZThG) on hsozkult.de