In his thanks, the district administrator emphasized that he appreciated the value of the history journals, which are known far beyond the district. "Our district is steeped in history and it is important that this historical heritage is preserved," said the District Administrator, praising the association's activities. Every year, the association succeeds in awakening and deepening interest in local and regional history with its series of publications. The district will continue to support the publication of the history journals and thus also the work of the association in the coming year.
On the 216 pages of the latest volume of the Geschichtsblätter, edited by district archivist Dr. Thomas Schulz, ten expert authors have once again examined interesting aspects of the history of the town and district. The focus is on three essays on the history of the town of Asperg, as Asperg is celebrating the 1200th anniversary of its first documentary mention this year. Professor Hermann Ehmer deals with this first mention in his article, Wolfram Berner with the history of winegrowing in Asperg and Thomas Schulz describes how Asperg became a town again in 1875.
The thematic diversity of the other contributions is also remarkable. In his essay "Will the Reformation be reversed?", Professor Gerhard Fritz looks at the consequences of the Thirty Years' War in our region. In his article "Aecht Franck", Günther Bergan makes clear how beneficial the patronage of the Franck family of entrepreneurs was for the city of Ludwigsburg and its citizens. Dr. Helmut Arnold deals with a dark chapter in local history: Under the title "Korntal becomes National Socialist", he examines the causes and preconditions for the rise of the Hitler Party from the end of the 1920s and how the Nazis' seizure of power in 1933 was then also implemented in Korntal in concrete terms.
The other topics and authors: "200 years of the Ludwigsburger Kreiszeitung" (Dr. Silke Knappenberger-Jans), "Opening up the Strohgäu to world traffic. 150 years of Ditzingen railroad station" (Dr. Florian Hoffmann), "Teacher, poet, mass murderer. Ernst August Wagner from Eglosheim" (Dr. Erich Viehöfer), "Fritz Schenk and the founding of the Franco-German Institute" (Prof. Frank Baasner).
Volume 73 of the Ludwigsburger Geschichtsblätter is richly illustrated with 107 pictures and costs 18 euros. It is available in bookshops and in the customer center of the Ludwigsburger Kreiszeitung.
