Wolfgang Siegel Foundation

Wolfgang Siegel Foundation
Legal form:	Foundation under civil law
Purpose:	Promotion of scientific purposes as well as education and training
Chair:	Harald Fichtner
Managing directors:	Siegfried Leupold
Consist:	since 1986
Founder:	Wolfgang Siegel
Seat:	court
Website:	www.stiftungsverwaltung-hof.de/deu/wolfgang-siegel-stiftung.html

The Wolfgang Siegel Foundation is a support foundation based in Hof (Saale) . It was founded in 1986 by the German journalist and entrepreneur Wolfgang Siegel from Hof.

history

On May 28, 1986, the Hof entrepreneur and patron Wolfgang Siegel established the public foundation under civil law. The state approval was granted through the confirmation of June 9, 1986 by the Bavarian State Ministry for Education and Culture . The foundation is thus legally competent and is subject to the supervision of the government of Upper Franconia in Bayreuth .

In 1995, Siegel received the Johann Christian Reinhart plaque, a cultural award for his work in the city of Hof and the Upper Franconia region .

The founder was appointed to the first and sole board member for life. After his death on November 18, 2008, the board of directors consists of a committee of three people in accordance with § 7 of the foundation statutes:

the Lord Mayor of the City of Hof as chairman (since 2020 Eva Döhla ),
the head of the culture department of the city of Hof (with the Museum Bayerisches Vogtland ) (since 2010 Peter Nürmberger ) and
the head of the city archive (since 2008 Arnd Kluge ),

who are represented in office by their respective deputy if they are prevented from doing so.

The appointment of the board means that the foundation is administered by the city administration of Hof. In 2006 Siegel transferred the commercial administration to the city administration. By resolution of the Foundation Committee on June 8, 2011, the Hospital Foundation Hof was given the management of foundation matters.

For the city of Hof, the value of this support foundation lies in its financial flexibility, especially for cultural support goals that could not be financed from the city budget.

Foundation purpose

On the basis of the statutes, the foundation serves to promote scientific purposes as well as education, popular and vocational training, in particular:

the promotion of north-east Upper Franconian historical research by supporting scientific work
the promotion of the Bavarian Vogtland Museum in Hof through grants for the purchase of exhibits,
the promotion of the local history knowledge of northeast Upper Franconian, especially Hofer pupils through the allocation of teaching materials for local history lessons.

The foundation's stock is permanently preserved, additional foundations are possible. Funding is granted at the discretion of your organs within the scope of the aforementioned purposes.

Act

Below is a selection of funding projects, listed in the order of the foundation's purpose:

Promotion of research

Hertnidt vom Stein (approx. 1427–1491). Bamberg Cathedral Dean and Margravial Brandenburg Council. Career between church and prince service.

Dissertation by Matthias Thumser , published by Verlag Degener, Neustadt an der Aisch 1989, ISBN 3-7686-9103-9 .

Sonans Curia. The music history of the city of Hof. A study on the culture of Upper Franconia.

Dissertation by Ludger Stühlmeyer , published in the Bayerische Verlagsanstalt Bamberg in August 2010, ISBN 978-3-89889-155-4 .

Bernhard Lichtenberg - I will follow my conscience.

Biography with eyewitness accounts of the late Bernhard Lichtenberg , who died in Hof , by Barbara Stühlmeyer and Ludger Stühlmeyer, published in the publishing group Topos, Kevelaer in July 2013, ISBN 978-3-8367-0835-7 .

Promotion of local history and local history publications

Peter Nürmberger, Reinhard Feldrapp: Hof in Bavaria at the top. Hoermann Verlag, Hof 2002.
Ellen Mey: Porcelain from Hof and Oberkotzau. Hof, 2002, ISBN 978-3-928626-39-2

Chronicle of the Hof fire brigade Hoermann Verlag, Hof 2006.
Rudolf Kießling: 700 years of Hof police history. Hoermann Verlag, Hof 2008.
Leo Reichel: The green Haidt. Ackermann Verlag, 2008.

20 years of "Peaceful Revolution 1989" - From the demos to the opening of the border - The twin cities of Hof and Plauen during this eventful time. Hof / Plauen 2009.
Arnd Kluge (Hrsg.): Small history of the Hofer region. Mintzel Druck Hof 2010, ISBN 978-3-928626-61-3 .
Arnd Kluge (ed.): Association history of the city of Hof. North Upper Franconian Association for Nature, History and Regional Studies e. V., Hof 2011.
The inner German border from 1945–1990. Courtyard 2011.

Funding of the Bavarian Vogtland Museum

Acquisition of animal preparations,
Acquisition of graphics and paintings by Johann Christian Reinhart (Johann Christian Reinhart Cabinet),
Acquisition of the Leckel Collection (photo archive).

Promotion of local history knowledge and teaching

Establishment of the Wolfgang Siegel library in the Johann-Christian-Reinhart-Gymnasium in Hof ,
Acquisition of equipment for the Hof Volkssternwarte such as data projector and telescope
Acquisition of workbooks, cards, video recorders and laminators as well as other teaching and teaching material for local history lessons at primary schools in Hof