Klaus Friedland

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Klaus Friedland (Kiel University Days 1973)

Klaus Dietrich Eberhard Friedland (born June 28, 1920 in Erfurt ; † March 21, 2010 in Kiel ) was a German historian , archivist and librarian . From 1970 to 1985 he was director of the Schleswig-Holstein State Library in Kiel.

Life

Klaus Friedland joined the Navy on October 1, 1938 as an officer candidate and served here until May 8, 1945, most recently as a first lieutenant at sea. In 1943 he was submarine commander for a few months. From 1945 to 1952 Friedland studied history, ancient history and Latin philology at the Universities of Kiel and Oxford . In Kiel he was in 1952 when Wilhelm Koppe Dr. phil. doctorate ("The struggle of the city of Lübeck with their sovereigns"). In 1953 he passed the state examination. From 1955 to 1962 he was active in the secondary school service in Göttingen . In 1962 he came to the archives of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck as an archivist and worked there until 1969. In 1970 he became director of the Schleswig-Holstein State Library and managed it until his retirement in 1985.

From 1965 Klaus Friedland worked as a lecturer (since 1971 as honorary professor) for historical auxiliary sciences at the history seminar of the Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel.

Friedland made a name for himself as a historian through numerous publications. His research areas included the history of the Hanseatic League , the history of the city of Lübeck, and the history of northern European economics, merchants and seafaring. Much of his work as an author and editor was related to his many years of activity in the Hanseatic History Association .

Works (selection)

  • Hanserezesse , Volume 1 (1931-1935), Böhlau, Weimar 1941 (together with Gottfried Wentz).
  • The fight of the city of Lüneburg with their sovereigns. City freedom and sovereignty in the 16th century , Lax, Hildesheim 1953 (sources and representations on the history of Lower Saxony, volume 53).
  • Hanserezesse , Volume 2 (1935-1937), Böhlau, Leipzig 1970, ISBN 3-412-39870-5 .
  • Schleswig-Holstein . In: Walter Hubatsch (Ed.): Outline of German Administrative History (Volume 9, Series A), Johann Gottfried Herder Institute, Marburg / L. 1977, ISBN 3-87969-124-X .
  • Die Hanse , Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1991 (Urban Pocket Books, Volume 409), ISBN 3-17-010529-9 .
  • People and seafaring during the Hanseatic era . Edited by Antjekathrin Graßmann, Böhlau, Cologne 1995 (sources and representations on Hanseatic history, NF Volume 42), ISBN 3-412-06695-8 (collection of 20 essays by the author).

literature

  • Wilfried Lagler: The Schleswig-Holstein State Library. Development and Meaning (1895–1985) , Boyens & Co., Heide 1989, esp. Pp. 60–62 (with photo).

Web links

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  • Bruno Bock: writer from Kiel. Today: Klaus Friedland. In: Kieler Nachrichten of February 23, 1978.
  • Prof. Dr. Friedland 40 years in the service. In: Kieler Nachrichten of May 4, 1979.


personal data
SURNAME Friedland, Klaus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Friedland, Klaus Dietrich Eberhard (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German historian, archivist and librarian
DATE OF BIRTH June 28, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH Erfurt
DATE OF DEATH March 21, 2010
Place of death Kiel