Wilhelm Bleicher

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Wilhelm Bleicher (born March 5, 1940 in Hohenlimburg ; † January 18, 2016 in Iserlohn ) was a German local historian and author.

Life

From 1959, Bleicher studied German , geography , history and philosophy in Cologne , Bonn and Münster . From 1964 he studied prehistory and early history at the Westphalian Wilhelms University and received his doctorate there in 1985 under Karl Narr with a study of the Iron Age in the caves of the Hönnetal . After his Assessor time he got on 11 November 1968, a job as a teacher at Märkischen school in Iserlohn with teaching qualifications in German and geography . From 1975 he was director of studies there . As a part-time job, Bleicher worked from January 1, 1976 to March 31, 1985 as the scientific director of the Hagener Heimatmuseum in Hohenlimburg Castle ("Museum Hohenlimburg"), where he set up the department for prehistory and early history, the forerunner of the museum for prehistory in the moated castle Werdringen .

Wilhelm Bleicher was editor of the monthly Hohenlimburger Heimatblätter for the area of ​​Hagen and Iserlohn . Bleicher wrote around 400 articles on regional, predominantly local history. In 1991 he was awarded the silver badge of honor of the city of Iserlohn for services in regional studies . Some of his works - including Section B ("The qualified findings") of Chapter VI of the version of his dissertation published in 1991 - are controversial as "speculative". He is a pioneer of esoteric local research and a specialist in geomancy , about which he has published several articles.

Bleicher campaigned for the preservation of the Westphalian language . Since the beginning of the 1980s, the “Working Group Low German ” of the Heimatbund Märkischer Kreis has been under his leadership . Wilhelm Bleicher lived in Iserlohn .

The revisionist essay "The soldier and brigade leader of the Waffen-SS Fritz Witt " , written by Bleicher, was published in issue 5/2015 of the Hohenlimburg homeland sheets for the Hagen and Iserlohn area . This presentation led to severe criticism and the like. a. of the historian Ralf Blank , who proved that Bleicher had ignored the current state of research on the SS , used dubious and right-wing extremist sources and had disseminated an image of the Waffen SS, which was mainly widespread in right-wing circles. After the Association for Local and Local History Hohenlimburg had distanced itself, Bleicher publicly asked for forgiveness and resigned from the editorial office. The Green / Alliance 90 parliamentary group in the city council of Hagen demanded the return of the badge of honor given to Bleicher in 2014.

Wilhelm Bleicher died on January 18, 2016 after a serious illness.

Awards

  • 1991 Silver badge of honor from the city of Iserlohn
  • 1998 Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon
  • 2014 Badge of Honor from the city of Hagen

Fonts (selection)

  • Fairy tales from the old county of Mark. A previously unknown fairy-tale province in the heart of Germany during the times of the Grimm brothers. Mönnig, Iserlohn 1988, ISBN 3-922885-42-X .
  • The importance of the Iron Age cave finds in the Hönnetal. A contribution to the prehistory and early history of the northern Sauerland (= Altenaer contributions. 19). Friends of Altena Castle eV, Altena 1991, ISBN 3-923262-04-3 .
  • Hohenlimburg legends. Dorau, Hagen 1991.
  • Iserlohn legends. A collection of 282 legends that make Iserlohn the most legendary city in Westphalia. Mönnig, Iserlohn 1991, ISBN 3-922885-50-0 (2nd, expanded edition: Iserlohner Sagen. A collection of 300 legends that make Iserlohn the most legendary city in Westphalia. Ibid 2006, ISBN 3-938587-05-9 ).

literature

  • Ernst Dossmann , Karin Müller: Wilhelm Bleicher (= publications of the district culture office. Regional history library. 5). Märkischer Kreis - Kulturamt, Altena 2000, ISBN 3-926890-19-3 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Wilhelm Bleicher in the Lexicon of Westphalian Authors
  2. ^ Wilhelm Bleicher: The soldier and brigade leader of the Waffen SS Fritz Witt from Hohenlimburg. In: Hohenlimburger Heimatblätter for the area of ​​Hagen and Iserlohn. Vol. 76, H. 5, 2015, pp. 149-167.
  3. ↑ Ralf Blank: Statement on the article "The soldier and brigade leader Waffen-SS Fritz Witt" by Wilhelm Bleicher, Hohenlimburger Heimatblätter, 76 (2015), H 5. In: Hohenlimburger Heimatblätter for the area of ​​Hagen and Iserlohn. Vol. 76, H. 6, 2015, pp. 211-223.
  4. ↑ Public statement by Dr. Wilhelm Bleicher. In: Hohenlimburger Heimatblätter for the area of ​​Hagen and Iserlohn. Vol. 76, H. 6, 2015, p. 224.
  5. ↑ Iserlohner Kreisanzeiger and newspaper of January 23, 2016
personal data
SURNAME Bleacher, Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German local historian and author
DATE OF BIRTH March 5, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Hohenlimburg
DATE OF DEATH January 18, 2016
Place of death Iserlohn