Werner Strub (local history researcher)

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Werner Strub-Wyss (* 11. February 1888 in wages SO ; † September 1950 ) was a Swiss teacher and Grenchner chronicler and local historian .

Live and act

Strub came from a family of teachers, attended a teachers' seminar and worked as a teacher in Guldental before “he was elected to Grenchen in 1911”, where “he was appointed from middle school to upper school ”. In 1912, "Strub became a school expert at the cantonal final apprenticeship exams, as well as a member of the Pedagogical Commission and the District School Commission". In 1925 he married the teacher Frieda Wyss, with whom he adopted a daughter.

In addition to his teaching activities, Strub was a librarian at the Grenchen community library and co-founder of the local literary society. He was also the curator of the future Grenchen local history museum, treasurer of the Red Cross and the Samaritan Association, and a “member of various cantonal commissions”.

The Heimatbuch Grenchen , published in 1949, is considered to be his life's work . "The 774-page standard work [...] is considered a classic in the history of Grenchen".

Werner Strub-Strasse in Grenchen is named after him.

Fonts (selection)

  • With Wilhelm Fürst, William Marti, Walter Ochsenbein and the Musikverein Helvetia Grenchen: Commemorative publication for the 75th anniversary of the Musikverein [s] Helvetia Grenchen, 1858–1933. Vogt-Schild printing house, Solothurn 1933. OCLC 78837470 OCLC 72246610
  • A tithe payment obligation from Grenchen to the hands of the Gottstatt monastery . In: Historischer Verein des Kantons Solothurn (Hrsg.): Yearbook for Solothurn history . tape 9 , 1936, pp. 126-127 , doi : 10.5169 / seals-322669 .
  • In 1817 Grenchen asked for more land to reclaim . In: Historischer Verein des Kantons Solothurn (Hrsg.): Yearbook for Solothurn history . tape 9 , 1936, pp. 127–129 , doi : 10.5169 / seals-322670 .
  • With the Grenchen Officers Society: Anniversary publication of the Grenchen Officers Society, 1895–1945 / 50 years Grenchen Officers Society. Officer's Society , Grenchen 1945. OCLC 84498949
  • Heimatbuch Grenchen: The past centuries to the present. Vogt-Schild, Solothurn 1949. OCLC 36997082 OCLC 165181739

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Werner Strub-Wyss, teacher † . In: Grenchner Tagblatt . 20th September 1950.
  2. ↑ a b Funeral service for Werner Strub sel. In: Grenchner Tagblatt . September 22, 1950.
  3. ↑ “History and Development” on the website of the city of Grenchen.
personal data
SURNAME Strub, Werner
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Strub-Wyss, Werner (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss homeland researcher and teacher
DATE OF BIRTH February 11, 1888
PLACE OF BIRTH Wage SO
DATE OF DEATH September 1950