Werner Bergmann (local history researcher)

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Werner Bergmann (born January 15, 1953 in Kirchenlamitz ) is a local and regional historian, honorary city ​​archivist of Kirchenlamitz and district archivist for Wunsiedel-Nord .

Werner Bergmann deals with the general history of the district of Wunsiedel in the Fichtelgebirge and the principality of Bayreuth . He carries out research work and exhibitions on the history of the city of Kirchenlamitz in almost all areas. Books, specialist publications and essays, as well as lectures and guided tours are the results of his work. Furthermore, his interests include technical articles, exhibitions and association work in the field of phaleristics - the historical auxiliary sciences , the teaching of orders and decorations of all countries and times - with a focus on Palatinate Bavaria , the Electorate and Kingdom of Bavaria .

Historical research in Kirchenlamitz

Werner Bergmann was active as a founder and employee in the working group Heimatkunde / Stadtarchiv from 1987 to 2005 and has headed the working group Culture and Heimatpflege in Kirchenlamitz since 2005 . In 1991 he founded the local history series Die Krebsbacker and has been an author and editor ever since. For the anniversaries of Niederlamitz (1998), Epprechtstein (1998), the city of Kirchenlamitz with 14 projects (1999) and Dörflas near Kirchenlamitz (2003) he created concepts and was available to advise. Since 2003 he has been working in the tourism working group . He headed the Queen Luise Summer 2005 working group , Festival at the Luisentisch. As a member, he published articles at the Historical Association for Upper Franconia and the Colloquium Historicum Wirsbergense . For the Fichtelgebirgsverein he was a literature advisor from 2007 to 2013 . From 2008 to 2013 he was the editor and head of the Das Fichtelgebirge and Unser Fichtelgebirge series . Since 2009 he has been the volunteer archivist of the city of Kirchenlamitz and since 2013 of the Evangelical Church Archives. In 2012 he took on the role of district archivist for the archives district Wunsiedel-Nord.

Collaboration in the German Society for Religious Studies - Phaleristics

Werner Bergmann worked at the Institute for Bavarian Religious Studies from 1992 to 2001. One of his research areas is the German War (1866). He was involved in founding the local history museum in Roßdorf , Thuringia , and accompanied its development from 1986 to 1996. In 1992, the Bavaria monument was created in Roßdorf.

As a member of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Ordenskunde e. V. (DGO), he has published books and specialist articles since 1975, including in 1996 the specialist publication From the Mayor's Medal to the Chain of Office . From 1998 to 2002 he was elected first vice-president and following the death of the president from 2001 to 2002 temporarily acting president of the DGO.

Honors (selection)

Bibliography (selection)

  • 750 years of Epprechtstein Castle . The history of the Epprechtstein / Kirchenlamitz castle and office . Verlag der Stadt Kirchenlamitz, 1998.
  • 600 years of Niederlamitz. The chronicle of a rural community 1398–1998 . City of Kirchenlamitz 1998.
  • A riddle about an old vaulted ceiling . In search of new knowledge about 16 late medieval medals . In: Orders and Medals - The magazine for collectors and researchers . BDOS yearbook 2001.
  • The end of the war in 1945 in the district of Wunsiedel in the Fichtelgebirge. A documentation of the military events. Wunsiedel, 2005, ISBN 3-980-59202-2
  • The disappeared Lauterbach settlement . In: The Seven Star . Issue 4/2011. P. 190.

Web links

Commons : Werner Bergmann (Heimatforscher)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bayerische Staatszeitung from July 10, 1992
personal data
SURNAME Bergmann, Werner
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer and local history researcher, district archivist
DATE OF BIRTH January 15, 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH Kirchenlamitz