History of the Inventory Former: The Bank der Deutschen Luftfahrt, also known as the Aero- or Luftfahrtbank, was formed by the transformation of Luftfahrtkontor GmbH into a public limited company with shareholder resolution of 6 July 1940, the object of which, according to the articles of association of that date, was "the execution of banking transactions of all kinds and of related transactions serving directly or indirectly aviation purposes, as well as the administration and supervision of aviation companies and the execution of all such transactions, including in a fiduciary capacity" [1]. Luftfahrtkontor GmbH had been founded in 1933/34 in the context of the takeover of the Junkers group by the Reich Aviation Ministry (RLM) and in 1938 was responsible for the administration of 1. the Reich-owned facilities leased to companies in the aviation industry, 2. the Reich's holdings in companies in the aviation industry and 3. the investment loans [2]. In the course of the so-called "capital cut" to reform corporate financing, the investment loans granted until then were converted into state aid for special depreciation and firms were encouraged to use more of their own funds and borrowed capital to finance investments. To this end, both the RLM and the Reich Ministry of Finance (RFM) considered it sensible to set up their own commercial bank for aviation, whose loans were intended to stimulate the involvement of other banks and other donors and to which all Reich shareholdings in the aviation industry and aviation were to be transferred. On 9 June 1939 Luftfahrtkontor GmbH received its banking licence from the Reich Commissioner for Banking and quickly acquired the character of a "universal bank for German aviation" [3] after the start of the war. In addition to the conventional investment loans, the Luftfahrtbank increasingly granted the aerospace armaments companies - similar to the Deutsche Industriebank for the suppliers of the army and navy - the credit assistance provided by the Reich Economic Ministry (RWM) for the mobilization of arms production (in short: "mobkredite") with Reich guarantees from autumn 1939 onwards. This resulted in a substantial increase in the Bank's lending volume, which, together with the significant increase in managed participations and deposits from aviation companies, as well as increased activity on the stock exchange and the money market, led to the Bank being renamed "Bank der Deutschen Luftfahrt" and converted into a stock corporation (AG). This was in response to the wish of the General Airworthiness Officer Ernst Udet that "the company's status as a bank should be expressed in the company name" [4]. Like its predecessor Luftfahrtkontor, the Bank der Deutschen Luftfahrt initially resided in Berlin-Schöneberg, Am Park 12. In the night from March 1 to March 2, 1943, Ge‧bäude burned out completely after an Allied air raid, whereupon the bank had to move its Geschäfts‧räume to the center of Berlin (Werderstr. 7). As a result of the fire, loss of files also seems to have been the cause of complaint [5]. Dissatisfied with the accommodation that was not considered to be standes‧gemäß, the bank pushed in the spring of 1944 the efforts that had previously been made by the Jewish company Panofski

Captain at sea Zeye, commander of the landing corps S.M.S. 'Kaiser' and commander of the landing troops with his officers and interpreters in the Chinese military camp, in the east fort of Tsingtau / Photographer: Scherl

Contains among other things: Site plan of the plot intended for the construction of the new court (corner of Irenenstraße-Hohenloheweg-Gouvernementsplatz), sheet no. 10, scale 1 : 500, Oct. 1911 (fol. 22, 40) Photographs of the projected building site and court building (fol. 39) Construction plans: Court building in Tsingtau, sketch for the construction of the western border wall, scale 1 : 100, Feb. 29, 1912

History of the Inventory Designer: General Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck Life data 20.03.1870 born in Saarlouis 09.03.1964 died in Hamburg Career 1881 Cadet 1884 Main Cadet Institute Groß-Lichterfelde 07.02.1888 Portepee-Fähnrich at the 4.Garderegiment on foot 1889 Sekondeleutnant 1895 Premierleutnant 1900/01 Participation in the Boxer Movement China; Promotion to Captain 1904-1906 Deutsch-Südwestafrika; First Adjutant in the staff of the commander of the Schutztruppe "Lothar von Trotha" and as Company Chief at the suppression of the uprising of the Herero 1906 Kommandierung to the Großer Generalstab 1907 Promotion to Major; Adjutant of the Generalkommando des 11. Army Corps 1909 Commander II Sea Battalions in Wilhelmshaven 1913 Promotion to Lieutenant Colonel 18.10.1903 Commander of the Imperial Protection Corps for Cameroon 13.04.1914 Commander Protection Corps D e u t s c h - O s t a f r i k a 1918 Promotion to Major General Apr. 1919 Command of the Guard Cavalry Shooting Corps under the Marine Division Oct. 1919 Leadership of the Reichswehr Brigade 9 of the "Transitional Army" in Schwerin 1920 Characterisation as Lieutenant General and dismissal from the Reichswehr 1923 Wholesale merchant 1928-1930 Member of Parliament of the conservative German National People's Party in the Reichstag 1930 Change to the People's Conservative Union 1933 State Council in Bremen 27.08.1939 (so called Tannenbergtag) Character of a general of the infantry 1956 Honorary citizen of his birth town Saarlouis Awards 04.11.1916 Pour le Merite 10.10.1917 Eichenlaub zum Pour le Merite 30.01.1920 Ritterkreutz der sächsischen Militär-St.-The estate contains personal papers, documents on military and public honours, private and private correspondence, diary notes and memoirs as well as elaborations on various topics and photographs from the life of General Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck (20.3.1870-9.3.1964). The collection documents the personal and military career of Lettow-Vorbecks, including his participation in the Boxer War in China (1901-1904) as an adjutant of the 1st East Asian Infantry Brigade, his deployment in the command of the Schutztruppe für Deutsch-Südwestafrika (1905-1906) and as commander of the Schutztruppe Deutsch-Ostafrika (1914-1918). In addition, Lettow-Vorbeck's activities as a war veteran and member of the Reichstag of the DNVP in the Weimar Republic and the reactions to his death in 1964 will be highlighted, as will his work on colonial history and documentations on political topics from the time of the Weimar Republic, in particular the Reichswehr and the Kapp-Lüttwitz Putsch. References to other holdings, in particular RM 5 - Navy Admiral Staff; RW 51 - Imperial Protection Forces and other Overseas Forces; R 1001 - Reichskolonialamt; R 1002 - Authorities of the former protectorate Deutsch-Südwestafrika; digital photos of Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck from the Federal Archives' image holdings can be found in the online encyclopaedia Wikipedia Content Characterization: Because of its great importance and the intensive demand for it from researchers, the estate was processed and recorded in the archives soon after it was handed over to the Federal Archives at the end of the 1960s. In 2008, the indexing of the holdings was fundamentally revised while retaining the older archival order. Pre-archival order: The estate of Paul von Lettow-Vorbecks was transferred to the Federal Archives in August 1964 by the daughter of Countess Heloise von Rantzau-Pronstorf, who died in the same year. It had initially been deposited there as a deposit, on 31 December 1999 the documents became the property of the Federal Archives. The holdings contain self-testimonies and autobiographical records at various stages of their development; the classification features of the archival indexing could not always be clearly assigned due to the specific character of the documents. Citation style: BArch, N 103/...

German soldiers of the imperial navy in the main street in Tsingtau / Photographer: Scherl

Inventory Description: The Naval Airship Department was established by Allerhöchste Kabinettsordre on 3 May 1913 from the "Aviation Personnel of the Imperial Navy" next to the Naval Airship Department as an independent department with the temporary location Johannisthal. (1) The commanders of the departments were given "judicial, disciplinary and leave powers". In all training and technical matters, both departments were under the control of the State Secretary of the Reichsmarineamt, in all others of the inspection of coastal artillery and mines, as well as the head of the "North Sea Naval Station". (1) The State Secretary of the Reich Naval Office, Grand Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz, established 1 June as the day of formation by order of 8 May 1913. (2) As early as April 1912, members of the navy, including Corvette Captain Friedrich Metzing, were commanded for training at Deutsche Luftschifffahrts-AG. The airship command was subordinated on 15 July 1912 under the designation "Luftschiff-Detachement" with the Johannisthal site near Berlin Metzing as commander. (3) After the death of the commander of the naval airship department Friedrich Metzing in the accident of "L 1" on 9 September 1913, Corvette Captain Peter Strasser became his successor. Responsibility for the airship sector in the navy lay with the BX "Luftschiff- und Fliegerwesen" department of the shipyard department of the Reichsmarineamt formed on 12 October 1912. On 1 April 1913 an organisational change followed: Department BX was restructured to become the "Aviation Section" (Section BX with Divisions BXa and BXb). (4) At the beginning of the First World War, the command structure of the Naval Airship Division changed. By the Most High Cabinet Order of 29 August 1914, the office "Commander of the Aviation Departments" was created as the highest central command post of the entire naval aviation. (5) The Naval Airship Department and the Naval Aircraft Department were subordinated to this. The cabinet order assigned the following tasks to the new commander: Provision and training of personnel, management of schooling outside departments, test drives and maintenance of aircraft operational capability. The Most High Cabinet Order of May 1, 1916 assigned the naval airship division Cuxhaven (Nordholz) as a new location and divided the division into airship troops. (6) On November 23, 1916, the Naval Aviation Departments were divided into the Airship and Aircraft divisions by the Most High Cabinet Order. (7) The post of Commander of the Naval Aviation Divisions was transformed into Commander of the Naval Aviation Division and the Commander of the Naval Airship Division was elevated to "Chief of Naval Airships". The newly appointed Naval Airship Leader was in charge of the Naval Airship Division and the Naval Airships. The newly created position was subordinate to the command of the high seas armed forces in "matters of use and training of the North Sea front airships, to the State Secretary of the R e i c h s m a r i n e a m t , in technical and experimental matters and in matters of the school and experimental airships, and in all other matters to the naval station command of the North Sea". (7) For the airships deployed in the Baltic Sea, a new "Airship Ladder East" was formed as division commander. (7) The latter acted independently or according to the orders of the Commander-in-Chief of the Baltic Sea, but remained subordinate to the Commander of the Naval Airships. (8) The post of Airship Manager East was vacated in November 1917 due to staff shortages and the cessation of airship operations in the Baltic Sea. (9) This structure remained in place until the end of the war. After Strasser's death in the "L 70" on 5 August 1918, the post of commander of the naval airships was not reoccupied. (10) Due to the conditions of the Treaty of Versailles to abandon military aviation in Germany, the Naval Airship Department was dissolved in Nordholz on 10 December 1920. (11) During the First World War, naval airships were used for reconnaissance in the North Sea and the Baltic Sea, securing and supporting mine search units, sighting and reporting of enemy naval forces and mine barriers, reports on merchant shipping and for offensive voyages, in particular on Great Britain. Commander of the Naval Aviation Departments 29 August 1914 - 23 November 1916 Rear Admiral Otto Philipp Leader of the Naval Airships 23 November 1916 - 5 August 1918 Frigate Captain Peter Strasser from 5 August 1918 August 1918 unmanned (representative: Hans-Paul Werther) Airship Leader East 23 November 1916 - November 1917 Corvette Captain Hans Wendt Naval Airship Troops Status: May 1916 (12) I. Nordholz II. Fuhlsbüttel III. Ahlhorn IV. Hage V. Tondern VI. Seerappen VII. Seddin VIII. Düren IX. Wainoden Status: November 1918 (13) I. Nordholz III. Ahlhorn IV. Wittmundhaven V. Tondern VI. Seerappen VII. Seddin-Jeseritz XI. Wainoden Characterisation of the contents: The collection covers the period 1914 to 1938, with a focus on the deployment of the naval airship department in the First World War from 1914 to 1918. The records also include other provenances based on circulars and forwarded communications from other or superior agencies such as the Navy Admiral Staff, the Commander of the Reconnaissance Ships of the Baltic Sea or the Commanding General of the Air Force, etc. The collection is also available in German. The operations of the naval airships are reflected in the tradition. The focus is on the operational and enterprise files for the reconnaissance voyages in the North Sea and Baltic Sea as well as the attack voyages, especially in Great Britain. War diaries and orders are available on a large scale for this purpose. The war diaries were created for individual airships or naval airship troops. Further few file complexes are found to the organization and to the personnel of the naval airship department. The structure of the documents mainly consists of war diaries, orders (daily and departmental orders) and so-called driving reports of the numerous reconnaissance and attack drives. The trip reports contain information on the trip task, names of crew members, weather conditions, technical data and square maps with the marked route. In addition, there are radio messages (some encrypted), spark telegraphy bearings, weather and barometer maps and telegrams. The collection also includes photographs, press articles, technical drawings, sketches and a large number of maps. The overdelivery is not complete. Only the war records have survived. Documents from the pre-war and post-war periods may have been destroyed in the air archives in 1945. State of development: Online-Findbuch Vorarchivische Ordnung: Bestandsgeschichte After the end of the First World War, the documents of the disbanded naval services, including the Naval Airship Department, were collected in the War History Department of the Admiral Staff of the Navy (established on 15 February 1916) for the purpose of setting up a new naval archive. From 1919 the name of the naval archive was changed to "Head of the Institute for Naval History and Chairman of the Naval Archive". A second renaming took place on 22 January 1936 in "Kriegswissenschaftliche Abteilung der Marine". However, this did not belong to the Reichsarchiv, but was subject until 31 March 1934 to the Inspectorate of Naval Education, then to the Chief of Naval Management, and later as a subordinate authority to the Commander-in-Chief of the Kriegsmarine. During the First World War some war diaries (RM 116/185-199) were already forwarded to the admiral's staff of the Navy for information and were thus integrated into his written material, but are handed down in this inventory. During the Second World War, naval records were moved to Tambach Castle near Coburg on 22 November 1943. (14 ) After the end of the war, the archives were confiscated by US troops and taken to London. There the files were filmed on a large scale, combined into bundles, provided with consecutive F-numbers ("Faszikel", "File" or "Fach") and partly with a seven-digit number with the prefixed letters "PG" ("pinched from the Germans"). The archives were then handed over to the British Admiralty. In the 1960s, the marine files were returned to the Federal Republic of Germany as part of the process of returning files and were transferred to the Document Centre of the Military History Research Office in Freiburg i.Br. With the transfer of the Document Centre in 1968, which is based on the 1968 interministerial agreement between the Federal Ministry of Defence and the Federal Ministry of the Interior, the documents were transferred to the Federal Archives and Military Archives moved from Koblenz to Freiburg. In 1977 an access with a photo album to the naval airships (access number 2005/77) took place, which was transferred under RM 116/200 into the inventory. An LL signature (LL 410) refers to a storage in the air archive. A note in English on the file cover indicates a seizure by British and/or US troops. During the file repatriations, the photo album was also handed over to the Document Centre at the Military History Research Office, where it received an I L signature (I L (B) 11). (15 ) The tradition is not complete. A large part of the documents may have been transferred to the Luftarchiv at that time and destroyed in 1945. In 1936, the Luftwaffe set up its own archive under the name "Kriegswissenschaftliche Abteilung der Luftwaffe" (War Science Department of the Air Force) and collected the entire archives of the Air Forces of the Army and the Navy Air Forces. (16) It may have included parts of the naval airship department files, which would justify the small size of the file delivery. Archivische Bearbeitung A rough list of files was available on the holdings, which contained only imprecise file titles and durations as well as old signatures. An evaluation of the documents was not carried out due to the loss of written records and the resulting gaps in the records before 1945. The existing rules of procedure were retained. The documents had already been formed; most of them were in Prussian thread stitching, a small part in archive folders. The file structure is uneven; thus, in part, uniformly formed and coherent files were found for a task or an assignment. On the other hand, there were also documents with heterogeneous contents, such as aerial reconnaissance and attack drives. The inventory of the stock was carried out with the archive management system of the Federal Archives BASYS-S-2. The files were recorded and classified on the basis of the specified overdelivery due to a lack of organisational documents. The old signatures F and PG numbers as well as the file numbers were recorded. The terms "Detachement" and "Trupp", for the units subordinated to the Naval Airship Department, were not used uniformly in the files despite the same meaning. The collection contains numerous photographs and maps, the content of which is linked to the files and have therefore been left in their context. Only the oversized maps which were not sewn in due to damaged files were removed for conservation reasons and are now stored together in a map folder in the inventory under RM 116/201. The files are in a poor state of conservation. The damage ranges from dissolved thread stitching, mechanical damage as a result of use, to paper decay and ink corrosion. The collection needs to be restored soon. The stock is not completely foliated. Scope, explanation: Holdings without increase 7.4 linear metres 198 AU Citation method: BArch, RM 116/...

There is an indefinite number of personal memories, mostly photographs and postcards, made or acquired by private individuals (often naval personnel) as part of travel to the colonies. These documents are distributed over different stocks and are not usually included under the topic "colonies".

Baron von Spiegel and other officers of the landing corps of S.M.S. Cormoran with local police soldiers during an action during the prostration of the so-called Ponape uprising in the German colony / Photographer: Scherl

Duration: 1874-2010 Scope: approx. 6000 (as of 2012) Find aids: initial letters A-R in HEUSS (object type: photo) Collection of postcards, postcards and greeting cards with reference to Heilbronn and its surroundings. The main focus of the motifs is on the cityscape, next to it there are maps of people, events and companies in Heilbronn, for example for advertising purposes. The maps are arranged according to motifs in folders. The stock is constantly being expanded through acquisitions and foundations. At present, the postcards are gradually being digitised by a volunteer and individually indexed in HEUSS. As of November 2012, a total of 3936 postcards are recorded. Of these, 771 postcards are freely available on the Internet. For copyright reasons, the others can only be researched digitally in the reading room of the Stadtarchiv. The digitisation and indexing follows the original sorting of the postcard folders "alphabetically by motif". The list below gives an overview of the folders of postcards already entered in HEUSS. In the case of HEUSS, the original title of the postcard, if available, is included in the "Title" field (if it consists of several words, in quotation marks, e.g. "Kaiserstraße und Marktplatz"). The word "Heilbronn" is left out of the rule. Essential image content that is not printed in the original caption is added in the title field. In the HEUSS field "Author" the producing publisher is indicated, as far as known, in some cases supplemented by further authors (photographer, draughtsman). A small part of the collected postcards could not be purchased in the original. The field "Remark" contains the information "Repro" (often supplemented by the internal repro number). With the exception of the field "Ad spec", the object-type-specific fields have not yet been filled in, or have only been filled in as a whole. The entries in the "Ad spec" field for this stock are identical to those in the title field. To order an original postcard in the reading room, the entire signature (as shown in the HEUSS field "Signature") must be entered. Overview of the postcard folders in alphabetical order, followed in brackets by the respective folder number (August2012): Adlerbrauerei (M_1008) Adolf-Hitler-Haus (M_0001) Albrecht, Heinrich Weinwirtschaft (M_0002) Alexanderstraße (M_1043) Allee vor 1944 (M_0003) Allee nach 1945(M_0004) Allinger, Pension 1909 (M_0005) Allerheiligenstraße (M_0006) Alte Gasse vor 1944 (M_0007) Alte Stadtmauer vor 1944 (M_0008) Alter Friedhof vor 1944 (M_0009) AltersheimBadstraße (M_0010) Alt Heilbronn (M_0011) Am Wollhaus (M_0012) Postcard set Maring- (M_0006) Old town wall before 1944 (M_0008) Old cemetery before 1944 (M_0009) Old people's homeBadstraße (M_0010) Alt Heilbronn (M_0011) Am Wollhaus (M_0012) Postcard set Maring- (M_0012)Nadler (M_1044) AOK Erholungsheim Frauenalb before 1945 (M_0013) AOK allgemeineOrtskrankenkasse ca. 1929 (M_0014) AOK general local health insurance before 1944 (M_0015) Aukirche, evang.., Austraße 2 vor 1944 (M_0016) AWO-Waldheim (M_1005) Backhaus vor 1944(M_0017) Badstraße (M_0018) Bahnhofstraße vor 1945 (M_0019) Bahnhofstraße ab 1945 (M_0020) Bahnhofvorplatz col vor 1945 (M_0139) Bahnhofvorplatz schwarz-weiß vor 1945 (M_0140) Bahnhofvorplatz nach 1945 (M_0141) Firma Bantel, Hermann (M_1001) Bergstraße (M_1022) Berliner Platz after 1944 (M_0021) Besenwirtschaft (M_0022) Biedermanngasse (M_0023) Bismarck monument color before 1945 (M_0024) Bismarck monument black and white before 1945 (M_0025) Bismarck monument after 1944 (M_0026) Bismarckstraße before 1944 (M_0027) Braille before 1944 (M_0028) Böhringer, Hermann, Restaurant (M_1011) Bollwerksturm vor 1945 (M_0029) Bollwerksturm nach 1945 (M_0030) Botanischer Obstgarten (M_1002) Brenner-Schilling,Postkartenserien (M_0366) Bühnenball, First Heilbronn (M_0149) Central-Hotel (M_0033) CGH Heilbronn after 1945 (M_0034) Christuskirche 1965 (M_0035) Cluss Brewery (M_0036) Dachstein Victim of 1954 (M_0037) Dam School, Dammstraße 14 before 1944 (M_0038) Steamship "Heilbronn" (M_0039) Steam locomotive (M_0040) Demonstrations (M_0041) DeutscherAlpenverein (M_0042) Deutschhof, smaller: Detail oriel black and white before 1945 (M_0043) Deutschhof with Peter and Paul black and white before 1945 (M_0044) Deutschhof photo color before 1945(M_0045) Deutschhof drawings before 1945 (M_0046) Deutschhof, smaller: gable complete photos black and white before 1945 (M_0047) Deutschhof general Photos black-and-white before 1945(M_0048) Deutschhof after 1945 (M_0049) Deutschhofstraße before 1945 (M_0050) Deutscher Weinbaukongress HN after 1945 (M_0051) Third Reich (M_0052) EHO - EhemaligeHeuss-Oberschüler, Vereinigung (M_1014) Eisenhart (M_0053) Eisener Steg color beim Götzenturm (M_0054) Eiserner Steg schwarz-weiß beim Götzenturm (M_0055) Elser, Company, Fabrikation(M_0056) Events, various (M_1015) First World War (M_1016) Protestant social congress before 1945 (M_0057) Falken-Hotel before 1945 (M_0058) Family photos (M_1025) Fegert-Hotel Roßkampffstraße 15-17 (M_0059) Field postcard before 1945 (M_0060) Fire department before 1944 (M_0061) Feyerabendstraße before 1945 (M_0062) Fischergasse before 1945 (M_0063) Flammer, Company (M_1010) Flammer residential house before 1945 (M_0064) Fleiner Strasse before 1945 (M_0065) Fleiner Strasse after 1945 (M_0066) Fleinertor fountain before 1945 (M_0067) Fleinertor fountain since 1945 (M_0068) Airplanes (M_1020) Frankfurterstraße (M_1009) Women's work school Lohtorstraße 36 before 1944 (M_0070) Open-air swimming pool at Gesundbrunnen (M_0071) Open-air theatre (M_1004) Frey, C.F., Yarn, short and long Wollwaren-Großhandel (M_0072) Friedenskirche color vor 1945 (M_0073) Friedenskirche schwarz-weiß hoch vor 1945 (M_0074) Friedenskirche schwarz-weiß quer vor 1945 (M_0075) Friedenskirche nach 1944 (M_0076) Friedensstraße vor 1944 (M_0077) Friedhof-Crematorium Wollhausstraße 134(M_0078) Friedhofstraße (M_0080) Friedrich-Ebert bridge after 1945 (M_0079) Füsilierregiment (M_0081) Gaffenberg (M_0082) Zum Gaffenberg, Café(M_1003) Gartenbau-Ausstellung Harmonie, Harmoniegarten 1926 (M_0083) Gartenstraße (M_0084) Gasfabrik (M_1023) Gastwirtschaft Stadtmauer (M_0085) GemeinnützigeSiedlungsgenossenschaft vor 1945 (M_0086) Gesamtansichten (GA): GA aerial photos before 1945 (M_0087) GA color before 1945 (M_0088) GA black and white with bastion tower before 1945 (M_0089) GA col with bastion tower before 1945 (M_0090) GA black and white with Deutschordenskirche, Kilianskirche vor 1945 (M_0091) GA black and white with Friedenskirche vor 1945 (M_0092) GA colmit Götzenturm vor 1899 (M_0093) GA black and white with Götzenturm vor 1899 (M_0094) GA col with Götzenturm von 1899-1932 (M_0095) GA black and white with Götzenturm von 1899-1932 (M_0096) GAschwarz-weiß Götzenturm, Neckarbrücke 1899-1932 (M_0097) GA col with Götzenturm 1932-1944 (M_0098) GA black and white with Götzenturm 1932-1944 (M_0099) GA black and white Hafenmarktturm, Wartbergvor 1945 (M_0100) GA black and white Neckarbrücke, Kilianskirche vor 1945 (M_0101) GA black-white from east to west before 1945 (M_0102) GA black-white from Wartberg before 1945 (M_0103) GA col after 1945 (M_0104) GA black-white after 1945 (M_0105) GA col Aerial photographs after 1945 (M_0106) GA black-white Aerial photographs with Neckar after 1945 (M_0107) GAschwarz-white aerial photo without Neckar after 1945 (M_0108) Geognostische Triaspyramide im Hof der Dammschule vor 1945 (M_0109) Gesangverein Hoffnung vor 1945 (M_0110) Gewerbekasse vor 1945 (M_0111) Gewerbeschule Paulinenstraße nach 1945 (M_0112) Goethestraße (M_0113) Götzenturm col with construction 1899-1932 (M_0114) Götzenturm schwarz-white with superstructure transverse 1899-1932(M_0115) Götzenturm black-white with superstructure high 1899-1932 (M_0116) Götzenturm col without superstructure before 1945 (M_0117) Götzenturm black-white without superstructure transverse before 1945 (M_0118) Götzenturmschwarz-white without construction high before 1945 (M_0119) Götzenturm color after 1945 (M_0120) Götzenturm black-white after 1945 (M_0121) Götzenturm Götzenturmstraße before 1945 (M_0122) GroßeBahngasse vor 1944 (M_0123) Greeting cards (M_0124) Gustav-Adolf-Fest (M_0125) Gutbrod-Frauenklinik vor 1945 (M_0126) Zum Gutenberg, Gaststätte (M_1012) Haberkasten, Gaststätte(M_0127) Hafen - Kanalhafen vor 1945 (M_0128) Hafen - Kanalhafen color nach 1945 (M_0129) Hafen - Kanalhafen schwarz-weiß nach 1945 (M_0130) Hafen - Wilhelmskanal und Winterhafen vor1945 (M_0131) Hafenmarkt vor 1945 (M_0132) Hafenmarktturm vor 1945 (M_0133) Hafenmarktturm nach 1945 (M_0134) Hagen, Coffee house (M_0135) Harmonie vor 1945 (M_0136) Harmoniecolor nach 1945 (M_0137) Harmonie schwarz-weiß nach 1945 (M_0138) Hauptbahnhof color vor 1945 (M_0142) Hauptbahnhof schwarz-weiß vor 1945 (M_0143) Hauptbahnhof 1945-1957(M_0144) Hauptbahnhof color nach 1957 (M_0145) Hauptbahnhof schwarz-weiß nach 1957 (M_0146) Hauptzollamt, royalty (M_0147) Haus des Handwerks (M_1019) Hauswirtschaftliches Seminar vor1944 (M_0148) Hefenweiler(M_0344) Heilbronner Bühnenball (M_0149) Heilbronner Frühlingsfest vor 1944 (M_0150) Heilbronner Gewerbe-, industrial and art exhibition 1897(M_0151) Heilbronner Glücksorgel Gerhard Heinzel (M_0152) Heilbronner Herbst vor 1945 (M_0153) Heilbronner Madonna (M_0155) Heilbronner Stimme (M_0156) Hostel to the homeland(M_1007) Historisches Museum Kramstraße 10 vor 1945 (M_0157) Historisches Museum Kramstraße 1 nach 1945 (M_0158) Höhere Mädchenschule Gartenstraße (M_0159) Hohe Straße(M_0160) Weinstube Wilhelm Holl (M_1006) Horten-Department store Fleinerstraße (M_0161) Hospice Jugendheim Klarastraße 19 (M_0162) Innere Rosenbergstraße before 1945 (M_0163) Inselhotelcolor (M_0164) Inselhotel black and white after 1945 (M_0165) Jägerhaus color before 1945 (M_0166) Jägerhaus black and whitewhite before 1945 (M_0167) Jägerhaus color after 1945(M_0168) Jägerhaus black-white after 1945 (M_0169) Jägerhausstraße (M_1026) Restaurant Jakobsbrunnen after 1945 (M_0170) Jakobsgasse before 1945 (M_0171) Johannisgasse Photo before 1945 (M_0172) Johannisgasse Drawing before 1945 (M_0173) Youth Hostel Schirrmannstraße (M_0174) Youth Hostel Schützenstraße 16 (M_0175) Jugendkunstschule (M_1041) Jugendwehr(M_1013) Käferflug vor 1945 (M_0176) Käthchen vor 1945 (M_0177) Käthchen nach 1945 (M_0178) Käthchen mit Käthchenhaus color vor 1945 (M_0179) Käthchen mit Käthchenhausschwarz-white before 1945 (M_0180) Käthchen with town hall before 1945 (M_0181) Käthchen with town view before 1945 (M_0182) to Käthchen, Restaurant (M_0183) Käthchendenkmal / Käthchenbrunnennach 1945 (M_0184) Käthchenfestspiele 1929 (M_0185) Käthchenhaus and Kaiserstraße color vor 1945 (M_0186) Käthchenhaus hoch schwarz-weiß vor 1945 (M_0187) Käthchenhaus querschwarz-weiß vor 1945 (M_0188) Käthchenhaus nach 1945 (M_0189) Käthchenhochzeitszug (M_0190) zum Kaiser Friedrich, Gasthof (M_0191) Kaiser-Otto (M_0192) Kaiserhof(M_0193) Kaisersheimer Hof before 1945 (M_0194) Kaiser-Friedrich monument before 1945 (M_0195) Kaiser-Wilhelm monument (M_0196) Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz (M_0197) Kaiserstraße, lower, color,before 1945 (M_0198) Kaiserstraße, lower, black and white before 1945 (M_0199) Kaiserstraße, middle, before 1944 (M_0200) Kaiserstraße, middle, with Käthchenhaus, before 1944 (M_0201) Kaiserstraße, upper, from east to west, before 1944 (M_0202) Kaiserstrasse after 1945 (M_0203) Karlsgymnasium before 1945 (M_0204) Karlstor-Stop before 1945 (M_0205) Karlstrasse before 1945 (M_0206) Karmeliterstrasse before 1945 (M_0207) Katharinenstift, städt. Alten- und Pflegeheim (M_0208) Katholisches Vereinsheim Schöntalerhof(M_0209) Department store Merkur after 1945 (M_0210) Kegelclub Heilbronn (M_0211) Kilianshallen vor 1944 (M_0212) Kilianskirche, exterior views: Kilianskirche, exterior view before 1906, from northeast (M_0213) Kilianskirche, exterior view before 1906, from northwest color high with Robert Mayer monument (M_0214) Kilianskirche, exterior view before 1906, from northwest color high without Robert Mayer monument (M_0215) Kilianskirche, exterior view before 1906, from northwest color transverse (M_0216) Kilianskirche, exterior view before 1906, from northwest black and white high with Robert Mayer monument (M_0217) Kilianskirche, exterior view before 1906, from northwest black and white high without Robert Mayer monument (M_0218) Kilianskirche, exterior view before 1906, from northwest black and white transverse (M_0219) Kilianskirche, exterior view before 1906, from southwest (M_0220) Kilianskirche, exterior view 1906 to 1944, from northeast (M_0221) Kilianskirche, exterior view 1906 to 1944, from northwest color high with Robert Mayer monument (M_0222) Kilianskirche, Exterior view 1906 to 1944, from northwest color high without Robert-Mayer monument (M_0223) Kilianskirche,exterior view 1906 to 1944, from northwest color crosswise (M_0224) Kilianskirche, exterior view 1906 to 1944, from northwest black and white high with Robert-Mayer monument (M_0225) Kilianskirche,Exterior view 1906 to 1944, from northwest black and white high without Robert Mayer monument (M_0226) Kilianskirche, exterior view 1906 to 1944, from northwest black and white transverse (M_0227) Kilianskirche, exterior view 1906 to 1944, from east (M_0228) Kilianskirche, Exterior view 1906 to 1944, from southeast high (M_0229) Kilianskirche, exterior view 1906 to 1944, from southeast transverse (M_0230) Kilianskirche, exterior view 1906 to 1944, from southwest high (M_0231) Kilianskirche, exterior view 1906 to 1944, from southwest transverse (M_0232) Kilianskirche,Exterior view 1945 to 1953, destruction (M_0233) Kilianskirche, exterior view from 1954, from northwest high color (M_0234) Kilianskirche, exterior view from 1954, from northwest high black and white (M_0235) Kilianskirche, exterior view from 1954, from northwest transverse (M_0236) Kilianskirche, Exterior view from 1954, from southwest (M_0237) Kiliansturm, exterior view before 1945(M_0238) Kiliansturm, exterior view after 1945 (M_0239) Kiliansmännle (M_0240) Kilianskirche, portals (M_0241) Kilianskirche, bells (M_0242) Kilianskirche, interior views: Kilianskirche, window (M_1032) Kilianskirche, interior views before 1945 (M_0243) Kilianskirche, interior views after 1945 (M_0244) Kilianskirche, high altar general view (M_0245) Kilianskirche, high altar Predella (M_0246) Kilianskirche, high altar partial view: side wing (M_0247) Kilianskirche, high altar shrine (M_0248) Kilianskirche, high altar blast (M_0249) Kilianskirche, pulpit (M_0250) Kilianskirche, St. Kilian, figure (M_0251) Kilianskirche, organ gallery with organ (M_0252) Kilianskirche, Taufstein(M_1033) View from the Kilianskirche (M_0253) Kiliansplatz color vor 1945 (M_0254) Kiliansplatz schwarz-weiß vor 1945 (M_0255) Kiliansplatz nach 1945 (M_0256) Kinderfest vor1945 (M_0257) Kirchbrunnen vor 1945 (M_0258) Kirchbrunnen nach 1945 (M_0259) Kirchbrunnenstraße color vor 1945 (M_0260) Kirchbrunnenstraße vor 1945 (M_0260) Kirchbrunnenstraße color vor 1945 (M_0256) Kinderfest vor1945 (M_0257) Kirchbrunnen vor 1945 (M_0258) Kirchbrunnen nach 1945 (M_0259) Kirchbrunnenstraße vor 1945 (M_0260) Kirchbrunnenstraße color vor 1945 (M_258)white before 1945(M_0261) Kirchbrunnenstraße black-white drawing before 1945 (M_0262) Kirchbrunnenstraße after 1945 (M_0263) Kirchhöfle (M_0264) Klarastraße vor 1945 (M_0265) Kleine Bahngasse vor1945 (M_0266) Kleine Metzgergasse (M_0267) Klinik-Clowns (M_0268) Klostergasse vor 1945 (M_0269) Knorr, Company (M_0270) Kochschule Heilbronn (M_0271) Köpferbrunnen (M_0272) Köpfersee (M_0273) Kramstraße (M_1038) Hospital, municipal hospital, city of Heilbronn (M_0271), am Gesundbrunnen (M_0274) Hospital, municipal, Jägerhausstraße (M_0275) Hospital, municipal, municipal, M_0275 Paulinenstraße vor1945 (M_0276) Kreissparkasse Exhibitions (M_0277) War Memorial at Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz (M_0278) Hotel Kronprinz (M_0279) Künstlerbund (M_1018) Kulturwerkhaus Zigarrenfabrik(M_0280) Lachmann, Johann, exhibition (M_0281) Landauer, department store (M_0282) Landauer and Macholl (M_0283) Landesausstellung (M_1034) Landesgartenschau 1985(M_0284) Landesturnfest, Swabian (M_0285) Landstorm Battalion Heilbronn (M_0286) Landwehr-Infanterie-Regiment (M_0287) Lazarett (M_0288) Lehrerseminar, color, vor 1945(M_0289) Lehrerseminar, sw, vor 1945 (M_0290) Zum Lerchenberg, Restaurant (M_0291) Lerchenstraße (M_0292) Lessingstraße (M_0293) Licht-Luft-Bad (M_0294) Liederkranzhaus (M_0295) Lohtorstraße (M_0296) Ludendorff-Kaserne (M_0297) Majoretten (M_0298) Maria von den Nesseln (M_0299) Marine- und Colonialausstellung (M_1037) Marineverein(M_0300) Marktplatz, color, before 1945 (M_0301) Marktplatz mit Kilianskirche, color, before 1945 (M_0302) Marktplatz und Käthchenhaus und Rathaus mit Markt, sw, before 1945 (M_0303) Marktplatz und Käthchenhaus und Rathaus ohne Markt, sw, before 1945 (M_0304) Marktplatz mit Kilianskirche, sw, before 1945 (M_0305) Marktplatz Ostseite mit Rathaus, sw, before 1945 (M_0306) MarktplatzWestside with town hall with market, b/w, before 1945 (M_0307) Marktplatz Westside with town hall without market, b/w, before 1945 (M_0308) Marktplatz Zeichnung, b/w, before 1945 (M_0309) Marktplatz, color, ab1953 (M_0310) Marktplatz, b/w, ab 1953 (M_0311) Martin-Luther-Kirche (evangelisch), Beethovenstraße 17 (M_0312) Mehrbildkarten (alter Betreff...) "(Collective Views): Multi-image maps before 1945: Multiimage cards, color, 2 motives, before 1945 (M_0440) Multiimage cards, color, 3 motives, before 1945 (M_0441) Multiimage cards, color, 4 motives, before 1945 (M_0442) Multiimage cards, color, 5 and more motives, before 1945 (M_0443) Multiimage cards, black and white, 2 motives, before 1945 (M_0444) Multiimage cards, black and white, 3 motifs, before 1945 (M_0445) multi-picture cards, black and white, 4 motifs, before 1945 (M_0446) multi-picture cards, black and white, 5 motifs, before 1945 (M_0447) multi-picture cards, black and white, 6 motifs, before 1945 (M_0448) multi-picture cards, black and white, 7 and more motifs, before 1945 (M_0449) multi-picture cards, after 1945: Multi-image cards, color, 2 motives, after 1945 (M_0450) Multi-image cards, color, 3 motives, after 1945 (M_0451) Multi-image cards, color, 4 motives, after 1945 (M_0452) Multi-image cards, color, 5 motives, after 1945 (M_0453) Multi-image cards, color, 6 motives, after 1945 (M_0454) Multi-image cards, color, 7 and more motives, after 1945 (M_0455) Multi-image cards, black-and-white, 2-3 motifs, after 1945 (M_0456) multi-picture cards, black-and-white, 4 motifs, after 1945 (M_0457) multi-picture cards, black-and-white, 5 motifs, after 1945 (M_0458) multi-picture cards, black-and-white, 6 motifs, after 1945 (M_0459) multi-picture cards, black-and-white, 7 and more motifs, after 1945 (M_0460) multi-picture cards with small box: Multiimage cards with kethchen, color, before 1945 (M_0461) Multiimage cards with kethchen, black and white, before 1945 (M_0462) Multiimage cards with kethchen, color, after 1945 (M_0463) Multiimage cards with kethchen,black and white, after 1945 (M_0464) military association (M_0313) Mönchseestraße (M_0314) Moltkekaserne, color (M_0315) Moltkekaserne, sw (M_0316) Moltkestraße (M_0317) CaféMorlock, Kaiserstraße 31 (M_0318) Mosergasse (M_0319) Music bands and clubs (M_1031) Nachtgewandt, series (M_1017) Nägelingasse (M_0320) Naturfreunde (M_0321) Neckarohne Schiffe, color, before 1945 (M_0322) Neckar without ships (M_0322), sw, before 1945 (M_0323) Neckar, drawings, before 1945 (M_0324) Neckar after 1945 (M_0325) Neckar, flood, before 1945 (M_0326) Neckar with ships, color, before 1945 (M_0327) Neckar with ships, sw, before 1945 (M_0328) Neckar with ships after 1945 (M_0329) Neckar frozen before 1945 (M_0330) Neckar bridge from north, color, before 1945 (M_0331) Neckar bridge from north, sw, before 1945 (M_0332) Neckar bridge from southeast, color, before 1945 (M_0333) Neckarbrücke from southeast, sw, before 1945 (M_0334) Neckarbrücke from southwest, with Bismarck monument, color, before 1945 (M_0335) Neckarbrücke from southwest, without Bismarck monument, color, before 1945 (M_0336) Neckar bridge from southwest with Bismarck monument, black, before 1945 (M_0337) Neckar bridge from southwest, without Bismarck monument, black, before 1905 (M_0338) Neckar bridge from southwest, without bismackdenkmal, black, 1905 to 1945(M_0339) Neckarbrücke from west, color, before 1945 (M_0340) Neckarbrücke from west, black, before 1945 (M_0341) Neckarecho (M_0342) Neckarhalde, urban. Outdoor swimming pool (M_0343) NeckarsulmerStraße (M_0345) Nicolaikirche, ev, Sülmerstraße 72 (M_0346) Nordbergstraße (M_1027) NSU (M_0347) Obere Neckarstraße, color, before 1945 (M_0348) Obere Neckarstraße, sw, before 1945 (M_0349) Obere Neckarstraße, after 1945 (M_0350) Olgastraße (M_1035) Olympic Exhibition (M_0351) Oststraße (M_0352) Paradiesgasse (M_0353) Passagencafé(M_0354) Paulinenstraße (M_0355) Pauluskirche, Methodist congregation (M_0356) Pfühlstraße (M_1024) Philatelist Association (M_1039) Pilsner-Bierstube (M_0370) Gasthof zur Post(M_0357) Postamt Allee (M_0358) Postamt Bahnhofstraße (M_0359) Postamt Kaiserstraße 2 (M_0360) Postkarten bis 1889 (M_1028) Postkarten 1890 bis 1899 (M_1029) Postkarten 1900bis 1945 (M_0361) Postkarten nach 1945 (M_0362) Postkartenserien: Leporellos (M_0363) postcard series: Pen drawings of H (M_0364) postcard series: Gauss-Verlag(M_1045) postcard series: Karl Schüler (M_0365) Postcard series: Published by C. Brenner-Schilling before 1945 (M_0366) Postcard series: P. 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fonds N 2, 1850-1978 (251VE) Foreword Biographical The grandfather of Richard Feiber was a medical officer in Castellaun in the Hunsrück region. Richard Adolf Robert Feiber, Protestant, was born on 27 May 1869 in Koblenz as the son of Captain Robert Feiber and his wife Helene, née Michael ( 1911). In May 1906 Feiber moved to Bergisch Gladbach, first into the Gasstraße and to 20.02.1909 finally into the Gronauerstraße 25 (today Hauptstraße 17) into the newly built house ("Feibersche Haus"). Richard Feiber married Martha Margaretha Viktoria Feiber, née Westphal (15.06.1875 in Bergisch Gladbach, 11.05.1946) on 26.09.1896. The following children emerged from the marriage: - Elsbeth (23.02.1901 in Wesel, 24.07.1942 in Lublin, engaged to medical soldier Gerhard Wolters) -Roland (11.01.1904 in Wesel, Dipl.-Ing., 21.01.1990 in Bergisch Gladbach), married Else Unruh. Children: Helga Roswitha (1939) and Turid (1942) -Gerda (04.08.1909 in Bergisch Gladbach, married Walther Armin Heinrich Gehnen from Porz on 26.11.1932, 12.05.1993) -Friedrich Robert Helmuth (*23.09.1897 in Bergisch Gladbach, died as a war volunteer as a result of wounding on 06.06.1915 in Sainghin/North of France) Feiber began his military career in 1879 as a cadet in Oranienstein and from1884 in Groß-Lichterfelde. In 1887 he joined the infantry regiment 57 Herzog Ferdinand von Braunschweig as a port midshipman and worked from 17.02.1894 to 18.12.1895 as an educator at the cadet school in Bensberg. From 1896-1899 Feiber attended the war academy and was promoted to captain in 1903. On 10.04.1906 he retired from service, but was reused in 1914-16. From April 1906 Feiber worked temporarily for the Köttgen Cie. company. Paul Köttgen was the brother-in-law of Richard Feiber. On 1 July 1906 Feiber became the company's authorised signatory. In Wesel Feiber was city commander for 19 years in military service as captain (since July 1903) and later as major. He belonged to the Infantry Regiment 57 Duke Ferdinand of Braunschweig (8th Westphalian). About this regiment, Feiber compiled a list of all the records on the basis of personal and historical data collected. In January 1915 Richard Feiber received the Iron Cross after having successfully participated as a captain in the Battle of Soissons. On 31 July 1916 Feiber was finally released from military service. In 1935 the "Ring of former Bensberger" was founded, an association of former Bensberger cadets. Feiber belonged to her and helped organize the regular cadet meetings. In 1947 he wrote an extensive documentation about the history of the Bensberg cadet house. For the "Ring of former Bensbergers", Feiber wrote honorary books with 671 names of former Bensbergers, which Feiber completed on April 20, 1944. The original intention was to create a memorial for the fallen of the First World War. However, this could not be achieved. Over time the project became a memorial for the Kadettenhaus Bensberg in the form of a book of honour. Initially, only the cadets at the Kadettenhaus in Bensberg and the fallen soldiers of the First World War from Bensberg were to be included. However, Feiber extended this requirement to the wars and colonial battles before the First World War. In addition to the cadets, he also included the officers and teachers who had worked at the cadet house in his line-up. As leader of the circle of friends of former cadets ("Ring former Bensberger") Feiber was significantly involved in the design of the cadet memorial room in the Bensberger castle. The room burned to the ground on March 2, 1942. Furthermore, from November 1918 Feiber was first deputy chairman, then until 1933 chairman of the Kreiskriegerverband Mülheim am Rhein, of which he was last honorary leader. In 1909/10 Feiber was chairman of the local group Bergisch Gladbach of the Allgemeiner Deutscher Sprachverein. In this function he was also a temporary member of the small subcommittee of the city's construction and finance commission for proposals for street names in the city of Bergisch Gladbach. From 1 April 1919 to 31 March 1925 Feiber was a member of the school committee of the higher educational institution. In the 1920s, Feiber was a member of the assessment commission in Bergisch Gladbach, whose task it was to assess the damage caused by the occupation. He was also a commercial judge from July 1920 to July 1923 and a labour judge from 1 June 1927. Until 1931 he was chairman of the Gewerbliche Vereinigung and until 1927 board member of the Arbeitgeberverband der Metallindustrie. Feiber in der Gesellschaft Erholung e.V. Bergisch Gladbach was also a member of the Executive Board. There he was chairman from 1914-1917. For the moved town councillor Wilhelm Pennartz Richard Feiber moved on 07.04.1925 as a substitute man in the town council. He belonged to the party "Wirtschaftliche Liste" (WL). At the election of the city council on 17.11.1929, Feiber entered the city parliament as a member of the Liberal Association Bergisch Gladbach (LV) (until 1933). After that, he wasn't a city councillor anymore. He joined the NSDAP in April 1933, but was expelled from the party in 1934. From 1933 Feiber was a local group leader of the local group of the Reichsluftschutzbund, founded on 5 August 1933 in the Bergisch Gladbach town hall. Feiber was involved in the Protestant parish of Bergisch Gladbach. Like his father-in-law Friedrich Westphal, he was churchmaster (from January 1933), but later resigned from this office. Richard Feiber passed away on 11.09.1948. The history of the collection and its holdings About Mrs. Herta Jux, née Meese, 8 archive cartons and 3 large folders were initially placed in the city archive at the beginning of 1990. Later, further documents were handed over. The documents handed over all originate from the so-called "Feiber¿sche Haus" ("German House") at Hauptstraße 17. Herta Jux, great-granddaughter of Friedrich Westphal about Elisabeth Köttgen, née Westphal and widely also related to Richard Feiber, wrote an essay about this house in the Rheinisch-Bergisches Kalender. Today the house is owned by the daughter of Prof. Dr. Ulrich and Herta Jux. In the above-mentioned transfers there were many letters from the families Feiber, Westphal and von Oven. The letters from Feiber's immediate family remained in N 2, whereas the letters and all other documents concerning the extensive Westphal family and von Oven respectively reached N 14, the estate of Friedrich Westphal. The newly formed estate N 10 Maria Grosch was the result of a further bundle of letters and documents that had long been kept in the city archives under the (unlisted) estate of Malotki of Trzebiatowski. During the First World War the celebrations wrote each other daily, sometimes several times a day. There was a lively exchange of letters between the married couple Richard and Margaretha Feiber and between Helmut Feiber and his parents Richard and Margaretha. Richard Feiber's letters are more about war from a personal point of view, whereas his war diaries give an impression of the everyday life of a military trainer. Military and military history is a thematic focus of the collection. Feiber has dealt intensively with the history of the infantry regiment Duke Ferdinand von Braunschweig (8th Westphalian) No. 57. He reworked the regimental history for this regiment and created a list of all regiments for this regiment. The preparatory work for this can be found in the inventory. Of local historical importance is Feiber's commitment to the furnishing of a cadet memorial room in the New Bensberg Palace in the 1940s. The list of members of the Kameradschaftliche Vereinigung Bergisch Gladbach may also be of local historical interest. Another focus of the collection is on files relating to the various administrative activities that Richard Feiber carried out on behalf of his family members. For the four tribes of the descendants of Friedrich Westphal, Feiber was responsible for the administration of the common hereditary property in Bergisch Gladbach. The extensive file on this subject sheds light on aspects of Bergisch Gladbach's city history, particularly with regard to the distribution of land, urban and development planning, the significance of the so-called Trasskaule and the effects of the global economic crisis on the value of inherited property. Last but not least, these files also provide information about family history. Richard Feiber continued with the matters that had not yet been concluded upon the death of Friedrich Westphal. This concerns above all the asset management for his mother-in-law Christiane Westphal, and thus in close connection, the regulation of matters concerning the Oven¿schen Stiftungsfonds. Feiber was predestined for these tasks due to his diligence and his comprehensive expertise. Beyond Bergisch Gladbach the documents of Feiber, which deal with family research, are of importance. Feiber has collected extensive information about the families Feiber, Westphal and von Oven. References The maps and plans from the estate of Feiber which exceed a certain size can be found in the map holdings under K 1/1422-1425 and K 1/1428. In the photo collection of the Gerhard Saffran collection belonging to R 5 there is the photo collection of Richard Feiber (signatures L 105/1-25). On the photos L 105/49, L 105/110-111 you can see Richard Feiber himself. Gerhard Saffran and Richard Feiber met when Feiber was busy building the cadet memorial room in Bensberg Castle. Saffran helped him get some remembrance material. In addition, the Saffran Collection also contains the honorary books I and II of the Royal Prussian Cadet House Bensberg, which Feiber wrote in neat handwriting (signatures R 5/26-27). These honorary books, which contain a compilation of biographical data and military careers of the former Bensberg cadets, are based on genealogical research on the cadets. There is a file with the signature R 5/28 about this. A document about the Kadettenhaus Bensberg by Richard Feiber can be found in the archive library under the signature WM 236 or in the collections of the archive under S 6/166. The list of members of the Kameradschaftliche Vereinigung Bergisch Gladbach (Comradeship Association Bergisch Gladbach) includes a sound cassette recording of conversations between the son Roland Feiber and the archive director Ellis Kreuwels (T 3/10). An oil painting in a wooden frame, which had originally been handed over with the estate documents, was handed over to the Villa Zanders Municipal Gallery. It is a painting by Carl Schön: The warship S.M.S. Iltis in front of the Takuforts during the defeat of the Südforts on 17.6.1900. It was a gift from Admiral von Lans to the Ring of former Bensbergers for the new cadet memorial room, presented on 12.4.1942. Richard Feiber continued the affairs perceived by him after the death of his father-in-law Friedrich Westphal. These include, for example, negotiations that have not yet been finally concluded, property matters and the administration of von Oven¿ family support funds. If in part of these files the basis or the majority of the documents were created by Friedrich Westphal, they were recorded at N 14. The following files in estate N 14 Friedrich Westphal were further processed by Richard Feiber: -N 14/114 Documents on the internal relationship of Friedrich Westphal as a partner in the Zanders company and as a negotiating partner in property matters -N 14/108 Administration of the Hausarmenfonds donated by Caroline von Oven née Moll, widow of Carl Engelbert von Oven, by Friedrich Westphal - N 14/109 Financial support for Margaretha Feiber née Westphal and her husband Richard Feiber by Friedrich Westphal Michael Krischak April 2009

Contains: Rahschoner "Stralsund"; Small cruiser "Stralsund ", (photo); Small cruiser "Strasbourg", (photo) Cannon sloops "Strelasund" - "No. 36"; S.M.S. Small cruiser "Stuttgart", (photo); Torpedo boat "Taku / v.d. Lippe", (photo); speedboat escort ship "Tanga", (photo); mine ship "Tannenberg"; destroyer Z6 "Theodor Riedel", (photo); sail - frigate "Thetis"; S.M.S. small cruiser "Thetis", (photo); anti-aircraft wreath. "Thetis" (ex norw. Harald Harfagre), (photo); auxiliary cruiser (ship 10) "Thor", (photo); river gunboat "Thorn" S.M.S. liner "Thuringia", (photo); gunboat II.Kl. "Tiger"; S.M.S. Gunboat "Tiger", (photo); Torpedo boat "Tiger", (photo); Battleship "Tirpitz", (photo); Night hunting lead ship "Togo" (ex "Coronel"), (photo); Night hunting lead ship "Togo", (photo); Minesweeper "Triton"; Surveying ship "Triton" (photo); S.M.S. river gunboat "Tsingtau" speedboat escort ship "Tsingtau", (photo); supply ship "Uckermark" (ex "Altmark"); S.M.S. torpedo steamer no. IV "Ulan", (photo)

Contains: Destroyer: Z 1 (CV), Z 23, Z 24, Z 25, Z 26, Z 27, Z 28, Z 29, Z 30, Z 31, Z 32, Z 33, Z 34, Z 35, Z 36, Z 37, Z 38, Z 39, Z 43, ZH 51, ZH 1 ; (Photos of Z1, Z 23-Z39 and ZH 1 (ex "Gerard Callenburgh") torpedo boat flotilla: Z 44; torpedo boats: V 156 (photo), S 49 (photo), T 22 (photo), T 144 (photo), T 157 (photo), T 196 (photo), S 3 (photo), T 155 (photo), TH 1 (photo), S 1 (photo), T 1, T 2, T 3, T 4, T 5, T 6, T 7, T 8, T 9, T 10, T 11, T 12, T 13, T 14, T 15, T 16, T 17, T 18, T 19, T 20, T 21, T 22, T 23, T 24, T 25, T 26, T 27, T 28, T 29, T 30, T 31, T 32, T 33, T 34, T 35, T 36, TA 14, TA 9 (photo), TA 15, TA 16, TA 17, TA 18, TA 19, TA 20, TA 21, TA 22, TA 23 (photo), TA 24, TA 25, TA 26, TA 27, TA 28, TA 29, TA 30, TA 31, TA 32, TA 33, TA 35, TA 36, TA 37, TA 38, TA 39, TA 40, TA 41, TA 42, TA 43, TA 44, TA 45, TA 46. TA 43, TA 44, TA 45, TA 46. TA 36, TA 46, TA 46, TA 46, TA 46, TA 46, TA 46, TA 36, TA 36, TA 36, TA 36, TA 39, TA 41, TA 36, TA 36, TA 36, TA 36, TA 39; Command boats: "F 4", (photo); boats: SG 1 "Júpiter", SG 4 "Mercury", (photo), SG 2 "Saturn" (photo), SG 3 "Uranus", (photo); cannon sloops: No. 10, 17, 45, 48, 51, 116; Cannon dinghies: " No. 1 ", " No. 2 ", " No. 3 ", " No. 6 " schooner: "Stralsund", (photo); river cannon boats: "Thorn", " No. I ", " No. II "; military hospital ship "Freiburg", "Wilhelm Grustloff", (photo); small combat vehicles - small explosive ordnance: "Biber", (photo), small "Delphin", (photo), carrier torpedo "Marder", (photo); mine search boats: "M 306", ( photo); tender and escort ships: TS 133/24162, TS 170/23194, S 170/23195, TS 180/23470, TS 180/23471, TS 209/23201, TS 209/23204, TS 210/23206, TS 210/23207, TS 210/23209; submarines: "U 139", "U 140"; hydrographic and surveying vessels:"National", "Peilboot Kamerun" (ex "Nachtigal"), "Meteor", "Triton"; test boats: T 190, M 28, M 66, M 81, M 109, M 115, M 129, "Walter Holzapfel", "Adolf Bestelmeyer", tower ship: S.M.S. "Archduke Karl", (photo), curriculum vitae Archduke Karl, (photo)