Ernst Merk: A life for the history of Ellerstadt!

Ernst Merk: A life for the history of Ellerstadt!

Ernst Merk, an outstanding researcher in the field of local historical research, shaped the cultural heritage of Ellerstadt, Fußgönheim, Kallstadt and Weisenheim am Sand. His life story is characterized by numerous remarkable experiences, including a survival of a change of shooting in the Ludwigshafen post office. Merk was not only a committed researcher, but also in the Ellerstadt community.

An appreciation of his work is the local chronicle that he created together with Jakob Herzog. This chronicle was published in 1983 on the occasion of the 1200th anniversary of the local community of Ellerstadt and digitized in 2022. The comprehensive chronicle consists of different volumes and departments that illuminate different historical epochs.

content of the local chronicle

• Volume 1 - Part 1: early days of history from 784
• Volume 1-Part 2a: Development of the village from 1880-1914
• Volume 1-Part 2b: First World War from 1914-1918/19
• Volume 1-Part 2c: Social emergency from 1919-1933
• Volume 1-Part 2D: Third Reich (dictatorship from 1933-1945)
• Volume 2-Chapter 1-7: Politics, post-war problems, land use, services
• Volume 2-Chapter 8-17: agriculture, viticulture, acacia forest, school
• Volume 2-Chapter 18-25: Church, club, festivals, emigrants, poems
• Volume 3: History of the Ellerstadt men's singing club and the Ellerstadt
gymnastics club

The importance of Ernst Merk and his historical work is impressively recorded in the local chronicle of Ellerstadt, which his heir receives for future generations. Further information on these topics can be found in the article by Rheinpfalz local chronicle of Ellerstadt .

-transmitted by West-Ost-media