Adolf Poinsignon
Gustav Adolf Poinsignon (born June 10, 1836 in Konstanz ; † February 22, 1900 there ) was a German officer , historian and archivist .
Origin and military time
Adolf Poinsignon was born as the son of the businessman Heinrich Poinsignon in Constance. His father was already an archivist for a time in Konstanz and wrote an extensive history of the city's coins . After graduating from high school in his hometown, Adolf Poinsignon began studying law in Heidelberg in 1856 . Just one year later he joined the 2nd Baden Infantry Regiment in Mannheim as a recruit . There he decided to take up the officer career. In the course of mobilization in 1859 he was promoted to lieutenant and transferred to the 3rd Baden Infantry Regiment in Rastatt . In the German War of 1866 he took part in several skirmishes as adjutant of the first battalion. He spent the Franco-Prussian War as leader of the 2nd Company of the 6th Badischer Landwehr Battalion, mainly in the Rastatt fortress and in Lower Alsace . After the war he was transferred to the 6th Baden Infantry Regiment in Constance and promoted to captain and company commander in 1872 . In 1873 there was another transfer to the 7th Rhenish Infantry Regiment in Thionville and Trier .
City archivist in Freiburg
When his regiment commander in Trier commissioned him to write a history of the regiment, Poinsignon came into closer contact with historical research. The work did not go beyond preliminary studies, as he left the military in 1879 and was instructed in the historical work at the Badisches Landesarchiv in Karlsruhe under the direction of Karl Roth von Schreckenstein .
In the following year, 1880, he took over the management of the Freiburg City Archives .
In addition to his work as an archivist, Poinsignon wrote numerous fundamental publications on the history of the city and the region. After giving up his job in Freiburg in 1891, he moved back to his home town of Konstanz, where he died on the night of February 22nd to 23rd, 1900 as a result of an attack in Kreuzlingen .
Publications (selection)
- Ödungen und Wüstungen im Breisgau , Zeitschrift für die Geschichte des Oberrheins , Volume 41, 1887, pp. 322–368 ( digitized in the Internet Archive ) and p. 449–480 ( digitized in the Internet Archive ).
- The documents of St. Spirit Hospital in Freiburg i. B. , 2 vol., Freiburg 1890.
- Historical description of the city of Freiburg im Breisgau , Vol. 1, Freiburg 1891.
- The dance of death in the St. Michael's Chapel in the old cemetery in Freiburg im Breisgau , Freiburg 1891.
See also the catalog raisonné at Baier.
literature
- Franz Baier: Adolf Poinsignon. In: Schau-ins-Land 64, 1937, pp. 195–202 ( digitized version of the Freiburg University Library ).
- Adolf Poinsignon . In: Friedrich von Weech , Albert Krieger (Ed.): Badische Biographien . Part V (1891-1901) , Heidelberg 1906, p. 596 f. ( Digitized version of SU Karlsruhe ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ s. Baier pp. 201-202.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Poinsignon, Adolf |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Poinsignon, Gustav Adolf (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German officer, historian and archivist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 10, 1836 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Constancy |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 22, 1900 |
| Place of death | Constancy |