Wilhelm Rees (local history researcher)

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Wilhelm Rees (born January 23, 1888 in Neuhückeswagen (Rhineland), † February 12, 1969 in Remscheid ) was a German teacher, local politician, local researcher and writer.

Wilhelm Rees studied in Bonn and Heidelberg and received his doctorate in Bonn in 1911 with the thesis The Declaration of Human and Civil Rights of 1789 for Dr. phil. During his studies he became a member of the Association of German Students in Bonn . He then worked as a teacher in Remscheid. He entered the service of the city, was the first director of the Röntgen Museum in Lennep when it opened in 1932 , became director of the cultural office, and later he was head of the archives, city library and museum. He worked as a local researcher and published numerous books and magazine articles about Remscheid and Bergische history, landscape and culture, also in the magazine Rheinische Heimatpflege or for the Bergisches Geschichtsverein . There he is also co-author of the work Bergische Geschichte published in 1958 . He also published short stories and poems.

His extensive estate is located in the historical center of the city of Remscheid . In Remscheid, Wilhelm-Rees-Strasse in Ehringhausen was named after him. In 1952 he was the first director of the Roentgen Museum to be awarded the Roentgen Plaque of the City of Remscheid. The city of Remscheid named an art prize after him as the Wilhelm Rees Prize.

Works

  • The declaration of human and civil rights of 1789 , Sauer u. Auvermann, Frankfurt / M., 1968, unchanged reprint of the Leipzig edition, 1912
  • Burg Castle and its residents in the mirror of literature , Bergischer Geschichtsverein eV, Dept. Remscheid, Remscheid, 1964
  • Niederbergische Städtebilder , Remscheid, 1963
  • Carrier of culture since the early Middle Ages , Remscheid, 1962
  • The heyday of architecture in the Bergisches Land , Bergischer Geschichtsverein, Remscheid department, 1961
  • Robert Böker and his ancestors as economists and local politicians , Office for Economic and Transport Promotion / City Archives, Remscheid, 1961
  • The heyday of architecture in the Bergisches Land , lecture, Bergischer Geschichtsverein, Dept. Remscheid, Remscheid, 1961
  • Hückeswagen, One Hundred Years of City , City of Hückeswagen, 1959
  • The Hasenclever and their relationships with Goethe and his circle of friends , Stadtarchiv, Remscheid, 1959
  • Small late harvest, works, selection, commemorative publication for the 70th birthday , cultural office of the city of Remscheid, Remscheid, 1958
  • Bergische Geschichte , Bergischer Geschichtsverein, 1958 (co-author)
  • From Bergisches pioneering spirit, coping with life and house expansion , 1958
  • Old built-in furniture in Remscheid houses , City Archives, Remscheid, 1957
  • Culture and economy in the Bergisches Land , Martini and Grüttefien, Wuppertal, 1953, 1st edition (for the 65th birthday)
  • The development of historical thinking in our city , celebratory speech on the 30th anniversary of the establishment of the Remscheid Dept. in the Bergisches Geschichtsverein, 1951
  • Ancestors and Grandchildren, Mirror Talks , Verlag Ziegler, Remscheid, 1951
  • Guide through Castle Burg an d. Wupper , 1950
  • From Bergisch costume, old folk and handicrafts and old trades , Ad. Mann Nachfl., Remscheid-Lennep, 1941
  • The Remscheid tool industry , Franzmathes-Verlag, Frankfurt / M., (1940)
  • The Bergisches Land , Schwann, Düsseldorf, 1940
  • The Bergisches Land and its people, attempt to look at things (Mann, Remscheid-Lennep), 1939
  • Remscheid, the beautiful city in the middle of the Bergisches Land , JF Ziegler'sche Buchdruckerei, Remscheid, [1939]
  • The Bergisches Land as living space , [The Lord Mayor], [Remscheid], 1938, 3rd edition
  • Journey into the country , Martini & Grüttefien, Wuppertal-Elberfeld, 1938, 2nd edition
  • On the history of cultural life in Remscheid , City Administration, Remscheid, 1937
  • Journey to the ancestors , Ad. Mann Nachfl., Remscheid, 1936
  • Drive into the country, Bergische cities and nests , Ad. Mann Nachfl., R [emschei] d-Lennep, 1935
  • Remscheid im Ruhrkampf , JF Ziegler'sche Buchdr., Remscheid, 1934
  • Remscheid im Ruhrkampf with 1 annex Lennep im Ruhrkampf , Remscheider General-Anzeiger, Remscheid, 1934
  • The spiritual face of the Bergisches Land , lecture, Bergisches Abendblatt, Remscheid, 1933
  • The Bergisches Land as a living space , Bergisches Abendblatt, Remscheid, 1932
  • From Remscheid's past! , Bergischer Geschichtsverein, local group Remscheid, Remscheid, 1931 (editor)
  • 30 years public library in Remscheid , public library, Remscheid, 1931 (Editor)
  • Bergische Doctors, biographical , Martini & Grüttefien, Wuppertal-Elberfeld, 1931
  • The old beautiful door in Remscheid , city administration, Remscheid, 1929
  • The Wupper, a curriculum vitae , A. Martini & Grüttefien, Elberfeld, 1928
  • Remscheid in the period from the beginning of Prussian rule to the stormy years of 1848 , city administration, Remscheid, 1928
  • The pen of St. Gezelinus , stories, A. Martini & Grüttefien, Elberfeld, 1927
  • Engelbert's death, a Bergisches Heimatspiel , A. Martini & Grüttefien, Elberfeld, 1925
  • The Bergisches Land in poetry , A. Martini & Grüttefien, Elberfeld, 1925
  • First fruits, a narrow wreath , poems, JF Zieglersche Buchdruckerei, Remscheid, 1924
  • Remscheid , Deutscher Architektur- und Industrie-Verlag (DARI), Berlin-Halensee, 1922 (editor, published by the mayor)
  • Zeitenspiegel, a Bergische portrait gallery 1921 , JF Zieglersche Buchdruckerei, Remscheid, 1921/1922
  • With the heavy artillery in the west: Shown for the 1/407 battery , Remscheid, 1920
  • Fritzchen, happy stories , Gottlieb Schmidt, Remscheid, [around 1916]
  • Home pictures from the great war , Martini & Grüttefien, Elberfeld, 1915

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Louis Lange (Ed.): Kyffhäuser Association of German Student Associations. Address book 1931. Berlin 1931, p. 179.
  2. ↑ Table of contents 1934–1941  ( 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. of the magazine for Rheinische Heimatpflege on the website rheinischer-verein.de, viewed March 14, 2010 (PDF; 89 kB)@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.rheinischer-verein.de  
  3. ^ Contributions as Wilhelm Rees and W. Rees to the Bergisches Geschichtsverein, as seen March 15, 2010
  4. ↑ Entry in the holdings of the Remscheid Historical Center, viewed March 14, 2010
  5. ^ Winner of the Roentgen Plaque 1952, viewed on the Roentgen Museum website, March 14, 2010
  6. ↑ Speech  ( 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. on the award ceremony to Paul Wellershaus , as seen March 14, 2010@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.gruppe13-kunstforum.de  
personal data
SURNAME Rees, Wilhelm
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rees, W.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German local politician, local researcher and writer
DATE OF BIRTH January 23, 1888
PLACE OF BIRTH Neuhückeswagen , Rhineland
DATE OF DEATH February 12, 1969
Place of death Remscheid