Wilfried Setzler

Wilfried Setzler (* 1943 in Pforzheim ) is a German historian and Germanist.

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Wilfried Setzler studied history, German, folklore, art history, philosophy and political science. He was a research assistant for Hansmartin Decker-Hauff and did his doctorate on the Zwiefalten monastery . In 1973 he became a member of the Swabian Heimatbund and supported it with numerous trips, excursions and lectures as well as in its event committee and editorial committee. On August 1, 1980 he became head of the cultural office of the city of Tübingen . In his 27 years of service, he took care of the future of the brewhouse , the independence of the room theater , the move of the adult education center to the former Loretto barracks and the French Film Days as well as the city ​​museum , city library, city archive, art gallery and Hölderlin tower . He maintained international relations not only with the twin cities: In 1981, Tübingen was one of the first German cities to invite their former Jewish citizens and later also the forced laborers.

In 1995 the University of Tübingen appointed him honorary professor at the Faculty of Philosophy and History. In 2008 he became an honorary member of the Swabian Homeland Federation as Vice Chairman. He is also chairman of the Tübinger Kunstverein eV and managing director of the Association of Friends of Tübinger Kultur eV

He is considered a well-founded expert on the history and culture of the university city of Tübingen and the state and is a much sought-after and heard speaker for lectures and guided tours, e. B. in the series Do you know Tübingen? . In autumn 2001, he was appointed as professor in the television Landesschau the SWR on 50 years Baden-Wuerttemberg to a wider audience.

In 2015 he took over the chairmanship of the Hohentübingen Studienstiftung until the end of 2018.

Setzler was a permanent member of the editorial board of the Swabian home calendar .

Fonts (selection)

• With Sibylle Setzler: Stiftskirche Tübingen - History · Architecture · Art Treasures - A Guide. Schwäbisches Tagblatt publishing house, Tübingen 2010.
• With Johann Peter Hebel from place to place: the poet's life in Baden-Württemberg. Silberburg-Verlag, Tübingen 2010.
• With Schiller from place to place: the poet's life in Baden-Württemberg. Silberburg-Verlag, Tübingen 2009.
• With Karl-Josef Kuschel , Tilman Rösch: "My spirit into the unknown land ...": Poets and thinkers at Tübingen cemeteries. Klöpfer & Meyer Verlag, Tübingen 2009.
• Tübingen: discovering new things on old ways; a city guide. 1st - 4th Ed. Verlag Schwäbisches Tagblatt, Tübingen 1997-2005.
• With Irene Ferchl : With Mörike from place to place: The poet's life in Baden-Württemberg. Silberburg, 2004.
• Mechthild von der Pfalz 1419–1482. DRW-Verlag, 2003.
• Hesse in Tübingen. Silberburg, 2002.
• With Ulrich Köpf , Sönke Lorenz , Anton Schindling (eds.): “Fountain of Life” - Places of Science: A tour through 525 years of the University of Tübingen. Schwäbisches Tagblatt publishing house, Tübingen 2002.
• With Max Gögler , Alfred Weber : Politics and Pop. People and Partnership: 50 years of the German-American Institute in Tübingen . Cultural Office, Tübingen 2002.
• With Siegwalt Schiek: The oldest Tübingen marriage book 1553–1614 . Konrad Theiss Verlag, Stuttgart 2000.
• With Benigna Schönhagen , Hans-Otto Binder : Jewish Tübingen: Scenes and Traces . Medien und Dialog, Haigerloch 1999 (Places of Jewish Culture; 9).
• (Ed.): Hansmartin Decker-Hauff: Women in the Württemberg home. DRW, 2nd edition 1999.
• With Sönke Lorenz: Heinrich Schickhardt. Renaissance builder. Life and work of the architect, engineer and town planner . DRW, 1999.
• Of people and machines: industrial culture in Baden-Württemberg . Metzler-Verlag, Stuttgart 1998.
• (Ed.): Speeches and essays by and about Carlo Schmid, 1896–1979: a sample for his 100th birthday . Kulturamt, Tübingen 1996 (= Kleine Tübinger Schriften , 19).
• The Cistercian monastery Bebenhausen: contributions to archeology, history and architecture . Kulturamt, Tübingen 1995 (= contributions to the history of Tübingen , 6).
• Schwäbischer Albverein eV, Stuttgart (ed.): Schönbuch - Tübingen - Rammert , 2nd, edit. Edition. Theiss, Stuttgart 1993.
• With Reiner Rinker (ed.): The history of Baden-Württemberg , 2nd edition. Theiss, Stuttgart 1987.
• Cultural history of the telescope - Rienitz Collection . Cultural Office, Tübingen 1985.
• With Uwe Dietrich Adam: University and National Socialism. The University of Tübingen in the Third Reich . Mohr Siebeck Verlag, Tübingen 1984.
• With Hansmartin Decker-Hauff, Franz Quarthal (eds.): The Count Palatine of Tübingen - Urban Policy, Count Palatine Office, Aristocratic Rule in Breisgau . Jan Thorbecke Verlag, Sigmaringen 1981.
• With Volker Himmelein, Klaus Merten u. a .: Baroque in Baden-Württemberg . Theiss, Stuttgart 1981.
• Zwiefalten Monastery. A Swabian Benedictine abbey between imperial freedom and country residency. Studies on their legal and constitutional history . Thorbecke, Sigmaringen 1979 (= dissertation, University of Tübingen, 1977).
• 1477–1977: Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen . (French: 1477–1977: L'Université Eberhard-Karl , English: 1477–1977: Eberhard-Karls-University Tübingen ). Attempto-Verlag, Tübingen 1977.
• The old prison at the University of Tübingen. State-protected cultural monument . Baden-Württemberg State Monuments Office, Stuttgart 1977.

literature

• Sönke Lorenz, Volker Schäfer (Hrsg.): Tubingensia: Impulses for the city and university history. Festschrift for Wilfried Setzler on his 65th birthday. Thorbecke, Ostfildern 2008 (= Tübingen building blocks for regional history. 10).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Homepage of the Swabian Heimatbund
2. ↑ Even better than Wikipedia - Wilfried Setzler, former head of the cultural office, on light towers, resistance and the situation in Tübingen
3. ^ Tübingen Art Association in TÜpedia
4. ↑ Tübingen in Focus, September 10, 2010, interview. ( Memento of the original from July 29, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
5. ^ Wilfried Setzler in TÜpedia
6. ↑ hohentuebingen.jimdo.com
7. ↑ Article at Evangelischer- Kirchen Bezirk-Tuebingen.de .
8. ↑ Thorbecke publishing house . With a previously complete list of Setzler's publications.

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