Werner Unger (local history researcher)
Werner Unger (born October 22, 1922 , † October 4, 2014 ) was a German homeland researcher and dialect spokesman.
Unger was born in 1922 as the son of the editor and later NSDAP city councilor Curt Unger in Schneeberg . After attending primary school, he took up an apprenticeship as a baker. He began to publish about his home in the Ore Mountains at an early age . Over the years, over 2000 articles in magazines, newspapers and books were made - especially during his time in the Kulturbund and the “Heimatforschung” working group he co-founded in 1952.
In 2002 he was made an honorary citizen of his hometown Schneeberg (Ore Mountains) . In 2007 he donated his local history collection to the Schneeberg City Archives.
Web links
- Literature by and about Werner Unger in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature by and about Werner Unger in the Saxon Bibliography
Individual evidence
- ^ Obituaries in the Free Press
- ↑ Werner Unger - A life for the Erzgebirge home. Freundeskreis Stadtarchiv Schneeberg
- ↑ Personalities. Bergstadt Schneeberg, accessed on March 24, 2020 .
- ↑ Werner Unger hands over his collection to Schneeberg. In: News KabelJournal. May 27, 2007, accessed March 24, 2020 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Unger, Werner |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German homeland researcher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 22, 1922 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th October 2014 |