Werner Heukamp

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Werner Heukamp (born May 20, 1929 in Hörstel ; † July 29, 2020 in Ibbenbüren ) was a German Roman Catholic priest , local historian and author primarily in Low German . He is known nationwide primarily for his Plattdütsket Gebiädbook (1996).

Live and act

Werner Heukamp 2014 at the festive mass in the parish church of St. Dionysius on the occasion of his 85th birthday and his 20 years of service in Recke.
Pastors Werner Heukamp and Gnana Prakasham Chinnabathini (right) with Archbishop Thumma Bala , Archbishop of Hyderabad (2014).
"For Recke and the surrounding area you are the second Augustin Wibbelt ": Homeland friend and former mayor / district administrator Martin Stroot in his laudation for Werner Heukamp (2014).
Werner Heukamp on his motivations and intentions as a priest, author and homeland friend.

Werner Heukamp was born on May 20, 1929 as the son of the master baker Heinrich Heukamp and his wife Maria, née Stehmann, in Hörstel. After graduating from high school Dionysianum in Rheine in 1950 , he studied theology and philosophy at the Westphalian Wilhelms University in Münster and Mainz . Since then he has been a member of the Schoenstatt Apostolic Movement . On 16 March 1957 he received by Bishop Michael Keller , the ordination . Werner Heukamp then worked from 1957 to 1969 as a chaplain in Borken-Gemen , Hopsten and at St. Martinus in Greven . In 1969 he became pastor of the Greven St. Mary's Assumption Congregation, which he headed until he was 65 in 1994. From 1975 Pastor Heukamp also headed the Greven Parish Association. As Vicarius cooperator , he moved to Recke in 1994 in the parish of St. Dionysius. In 2004, Bishop Reinhard Lettmann relieved him of this office and awarded him the title of parochus emeritus. Nevertheless, Pastor Heukamp was still active in pastoral care .

As an author, Heukamp campaigned for the preservation and maintenance of the Low German language and encouraged Low German reading competitions in local schools. His literary model was above all his brother Augustin Wibbelt , whom he often quoted. For Thanksgiving , he regularly celebrated Low German masses in Recke and Steinbeck. He had great, national success with his Plattdütsket Gebiädbook , first published in 1996 , which saw several editions. For this compilation, Heukamp translated numerous psalms and other passages of the Old Testament and the New Testament , but also prayers such as Our Father , the Ave Maria or the Apostles' Creed into Low German and provided them with brief meditative reflections. But he also translated texts as varied as the Canticle of the Sun by St. Francis of Assisi or the prayers of Eduard Mörike into Low German for this book. Heukamp was ahead of its time: The first “official” Low German prayer book was published by the diocese of Münster in 2004 under the title “Morgen roop ick Di wedder an” . Under the title Niehet hauch , he had another prayer book followed in 2008 with texts in both Low and High German.

Heukamp wrote his texts in the Münsterländer Platt , being aware of the fact that the pronunciation and meaning of individual words can be very different locally. Therefore, in the preface to his Plattdütsket Gebiädbook, he gave the following reference:

“Every Duorp and every city would have its own flat-faced talk. Daorüm is et good, the Gebiäd toeerst quietly vör sik to leave and then lut in its own Sprauke to saw. "

Since his time in Greven, Heukamp has also been active as a local researcher for the old district of Tecklenburg and the former county of Lingen . The move to Recke moved him to study the history of this community intensively. In this context, Heukamp suggested the erection of a series of memorial plaques and wayside shrines , which were realized in cooperation with the Recke local history association and local fasting evenings . He worked closely with Josef Surholt († 2008) in the “Sculpture” initiative group. The last joint project of the two Heimatfreunde was the sculpture group Torfstecher und Sohn at work , set up in 2009 , which reminds of the former economic importance of the Recker Moor .

Heukamp published his knowledge of local history in his Unnerwäggens düör Riecke column, which appears every two weeks in the Ibbenbürener Volkszeitung . The contributions, often supplemented by anecdotes, were mostly written entirely or at least in parts in Low German. He prepared selections from these in 2001, 2006 and 2010 in book form. He made various contributions to Unser Kreis , the yearbook for the Steinfurt district.

In addition, Heukamp wrote a number of mystery plays , which were performed on the occasion of various church festivals, but have not yet appeared in print. For one of these performances, The Grave is Empty , a game that he had written as President of the Catholic Workers' Movement (KAB) Recke for their theater group, the KAB-Theaterspielkreis received the first Recker culture award from the local cultural association in 2003 . Heukamp was recognized as the author of the play and for his contributions to the Ibbenbürener Volkszeitung . In 2011, Heukamp published a smaller work on the local saint of Riesenbeck, Sünte Rendel (Reinhildis), and the legends surrounding them, with which the native Hörsteler had been familiar from early childhood. The little book also contains a short Low German stage play in two acts on the life and role model of the saints.

Another area of ​​interest of the nature lover, who wanted to become a gardener as a child , was flora. He was particularly fond of the flowers and wild herbs .

On the occasion of his golden jubilee as a priest, which he celebrated on March 18, 2007 in Recke, the Heimatverein Recke eV made him an honorary member.

On March 18, 2011, Werner Heukamp received the Steinfurt District Customs Prize for his special services in maintaining local traditions and customs . This prize is awarded annually to personalities who are committed to research, conservation and the active cultivation of local traditions and customs in the Steinfurt district with their work.

In 2019 Werner Heukamp received the cultural award of the Recke cultural association for his life's work in promoting the Low German language.

In December 2019, the Recke community council decided unanimously to make Werner Heukamp an honorary citizen of the Recke community at the suggestion of the Recke Heimatverein and the Recke cultural association.

He died on July 29, 2020 at the age of 91.

Works (selection)

Werner Heukamp in conversation with Johannes K. Rücker .
The bridge sculpture Raffael and Tobit by Werner Klenk is one of the sculptures that Werner Heukamp played a key role in setting up
  • Pluggen Hiärm. Een Original ut Greiwen , Greven 1988, ISBN 3-923166-28-1
  • Fairy tales and fables ut de aolle un nie Tied in de Plattdütske Spraoke. Frie naovertellt un söwes maakt van Werner Heukamp , Münster 1991, ISBN 3-7923-0616-6
  • Plattdütsket Gebiädbook. Compiled by van Werner Heukamp , Ibbenbürener Vereinsdruckerei, Ibbenbüren 1996, (3rd edition, Ibbenbüren 1997, ISBN 3-921290-90-2 )
  • Praise God by the wayside. Wayside shrines, wayside crosses and Klausen in Recke , Recke 1997
  • De piercing bulls. Christmas stories in Low German , Ibbenbüren 1998, ISBN 3-932959-04-3
  • Unnerwäggens düör Riecke, Steinbeck and Espel. With detours into older and more recent history; of people and events told in high and low German , Ibbenbürener Vereinsdruckerei, Ibbenbüren 2001, ISBN 3-932959-22-1
  • Of people and events. Unnerwäggens düor Riecke, Steemke and Espel tells in High and Low German , Ibbenbürener Vereinsdruckerei, Ibbenbüren 2006, ISBN 3-932959-51-5
  • Never a breath - un flat book. Schwattbraut - Siälenkost , Ibbenbürener Vereindruckerei , Ibbenbüren 2008, ISBN 978-3-932959-63-9
  • together with Elke Lutterberg (photos): Church leaders of the older churches in the former Tecklenburg district , Ibbenbürener Vereinsdruckerei, Ibbenbüren 2009 ( ISBN 3-941607-04-9 or ISBN 978-3-941607-04-0 )
  • as editor: a little more Klemens. Heroic life of Pastor Klemens Niermann, Ibbenbüren , Ibbenbürener Vereinsdruckerei, Ibbenbüren 2009 ( ISBN 978-3-941607-05-7 )
  • Unnerwäggens düör Riecke. With excursions into the older and more recent history , Ibbenbürener Vereindruckerei, Ibbenbüren 2010, ISBN 978-3-941607-11-8
  • Sünte Rendel - An image of life in High and Low German , Ibbenbürener Vereinsdruckerei, Ibbenbüren 2011
  • Mary, mother of believers. After the visions of Blessed Anna Katharina Emmerich . Westfälische Reihe (self-published by Aschendorff), Münster 2013, ISBN 978-3-95627-030-7 .

Quote

“When you grow up bilingual, that's always good. That makes the mind fly. And if you speak Platt, you can already speak half English. "

- Werner Heukamp, ​​2011

Web links

Commons : Werner Heukamp  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Autobiographical information on the website of the Recker parish of St. Dionysius ; Retrieved October 27, 2011
  2. ↑ Plattdütsket Gebiädbook. Compiled by Werner Heukamp . Ibbenbürener Vereinsdruckerei, Ibbenbüren 1996, p. 7.
  3. ↑ Jan-Herm Janßen: Recker symbols of home decorate the roadside . In: Ibbenbürener Volkszeitung of May 12, 2009 ( online version with photo gallery  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice .; Accessed on December 13, 2009)@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.ivz-online.de  
  4. ↑ Manfred Hagemann (-hag-): KAB Theater Spielkreis received the first Recker culture price . In: Ibbenbürener Volkszeitung from December 1, 2003.
  5. ↑ Stephan Beermann: A foray through the life of the Reinhildis . In: Ibbenbürener Volkszeitung , online version  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. from October 19, 2011@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.ivz-online.de  
  6. ↑ Norbert Hecker: "You are great, you are brilliant" . In: Ibbenbürener Volkszeitung from March 19, 2007 ( Westline-Online-Archiv )
  7. ↑ Press release of the Steinfurt district of March 18, 2011
  8. ↑ a b Cornelia Ruholl: Heukamp in Recke honored with the district's challenge prize . In: Ibbenbürener Volkszeitung , online version  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. dated March 18, 2011; with photo series and local video by Heinrich Weßling and Stefan Nieland@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.ivz-online.de  
  9. ^ Jens T. Schmidt: Recke mourns honorary citizen Werner Heukamp. In: ivz-aktuell.de. Ibbenbürener Volkszeitung , July 31, 2020, accessed on August 2, 2020 (restricted access).
personal data
SURNAME Heukamp, ​​Werner
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pastor, Low German author and local history researcher
DATE OF BIRTH May 20, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Hörstel
DATE OF DEATH 29th July 2020
Place of death Ibbenbueren