Otto Dobencker

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Otto Dobencker (born April 2, 1859 in Kahla ; † October 23, 1938 in Jena ) was a German educator , diplomat and Thuringian historian .

Life

Dobencker attended the community school in Kahla until 1871, after which the family moved to Eisenberg. Here he attended the municipal Progymnasium, which became a full grammar school in 1875. In contrast to Kahla, Dobencker was able to take the Abitur there, which he succeeded in 1880. He then studied history, German, classical philology and French at the Friedrich Schiller University in Jena . His most important academic teacher was Dietrich Schäfer . On January 27, 1883, he passed his doctorate with a thesis on the battle of Mühldorf am Inn (1322). On December 8, 1883 Dobecker also passed the state examination for the higher teaching post.

After his probationary year in 1884/85 he worked as a senior teacher at the Grand Ducal Carolo-Alexandrinum grammar school in Jena from 1886 . In 1901 he was awarded the title of Professor by Grand Duke Wilhelm Ernst for his work there . On April 1, 1909, Dobecker rose to the position of director of the grammar school and was later awarded the title of "Hofrat". In 1924 he was retired as a grammar school director.

Dobencker was a member of the Association for Thuringian History and Archeology and was there as secretary, from 1902 as deputy chairman, after the death of Eduard Rosenthal in 1926 chairman. He was in charge of editing the association's publications. From 1891 to 1931 Dobebecker was the editor of the club magazine . In 1931 he resigned from all offices and became an honorary member of the association.

In 1896 Dobencker became secretary of the newly founded Thuringian Historical Commission .

Research activity

After the completion of the dissertation Dietrich Schafer won his students for work on Regestenwerk Regesta diplomatica necnon epistolaria historiae Thuringiae. The aim of Dobencker's main work was to collect all information on Thuringian history . In order to work on the regesta, Dobecker's number of hours at the high school was reduced. The individual volumes were published by the Association for Thuringian History and Archeology and printed by Gustav Fischer in Jena. The volumes were published between 1896 and 1939. Volume I: approx. 500-1152; Volume II: 1152-1227; Volume III: 1228-1266; Volume IV: 1267-1288. The Regestenwerk, also known as "der Dorbencker", made numerous further studies possible and is still used today.

The other research work of Dobencker resulted mainly from the work on the regesta and was mainly concerned with the history of Thuringia.

Fonts

Monographs
  • Regesta diplomatica necnon epistolaria historiae Thuringiae , 4 vol., Jena 1896–1939 ( digital copies ).
  • Margarete von Hohenstaufen, the ancestor of the Wettins. I (1236-1265) . Festschrift of the grammar school commemorating the elevation of the Duchy of S.-Weimar to the Grand Duchy (= supplement to the annual reports of the Grossh. Gymnasium in Jena ), Neuenhahn, Jena 1915 ( digitized version ).
  • The battle of Mühldorf and a fragment of an Austrian chronicle. Verlag der Wagner'schen Universitäts-Buchhandlung, Innsbruck 1883 (= dissertation , University of Jena, 1883).
Essays
  • A certificate from King Wilhelm from 1252 , in: New Archive of the Society for Older German History, Vol. 49 (1932), pp. 201–202.
  • An imperial dream of the House of Wettin , in: Festschrift for Armin Tille on his 60th birthday , Weimar 1930, pp. 17–38.
  • An attempt to turn Thuringia into an imperial country around the year 1277 , in: Mitteilungen des Verein für Geschichte und Altertumskunde von Erfurt, Vol. 46 (1930), pp. 19–31.
  • The marriage of Landgrave Ludwig IV with Elisabeth of Hungary , in: Wartburgstimmen Vol. 1, 2 (1903), p. 169ff.
  • Chorherrenstift und Kommende Porstendorf , in: "Journal of the Association for Thuringian History and Antiquity" Vol. 21 (1902/03), pp. 363–372.
  • The fall of the Margrave Poppo von der Sorbenmark , in: "Journal of the Association for Thuringian History and Antiquity" Vol. 17 (1893/95), pp. 370–374, 389.
  • Was there a Gau Winidon in Thuringia? , in: Journal of the Association for Thuringian History and Antiquity, Vol. 15 (1890/91), pp. 223–225.
  • About the origin and importance of the Thuringian Landgraviate , in: Journal of the Association for Thuringian History and Antiquity, Vol. 15 (1890/91) pp. 299–334.
  • The oldest Franconian salt regulation 1493 Nov. 30 and the Memorial I , in: Journal of the Association for Thuringian History and Antiquity Vol. 14 (1888/89), pp. 503-519.
  • Supplements to the corrections to "B. Schmidt, document book of the Vögte von Weida, Gera and Plauen, as well as their house monasteries Mildenfurth, Cronschwitz, Weida and z. H. Kreuz bei Saalburg" 1. Vol. 1122-1356 , in: Journal of the Association for Thuringian history and antiquity, Vol. 13 (1886/87), pp. 137–140, 343–351.
  • "Corrections and additions to" CAH Burkhardt, Urkundenbuch der Stadt Arnstadt " , in: Zeitschrift des Verein für Thüringische Geschichte und Altertumskunde Vol. 13 (1886/87), pp. 140–149, 352–355.
  • The importance of Thuringian history and the current status of its research , in: Journal of the Association for Thuringian History and Antiquity, Vol. 13 (1886/87), pp. 155–178.
  • The battle of Mühldorf and the fragment of an Austrian chronicle , in: Mitteilungen des Institut für Österreichische Geschichtsforschung. Supplementary Volume Vol. 1 (1885), pp. 163-219.
  • King Rudolfs I. Peace Policy in Thuringia , in: Journal of the Association for Thuringian History and Antiquity, Vol. 12 (1884/85), pp. 529-560.
  • Corrections and additions to "B. Schmidt, document book of the Vögte von Weida, Gera and Plauen, as well as their house monasteries Mildenfurth, Cronschwitz, Weida and z. H. Kreuz bei Saalburg" 1. Vol. 1122-1356 , in: Zeitschrift des Verein für Thuringian History and Archeology, Vol. 12 (1884/85), pp. 565–582.

literature

  • Contributions to Thuringian and Saxon history: Festschrift for Otto Dobecker on the seventieth birthday on April 2, 1929. Gustav Fischer, Jena 1929.
  • Wolfgang Huschke:  Dorbencker, Otto. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 4, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1959, ISBN 3-428-00185-0 , p. 5 ( digitized version ).
  • Georg Mentz : Obituary Otto Dorbencker. In: Journal of the Association for Thuringian History. Vol. 33 (1939), pp. 1-6.
  • Hans Tümmler : Otto Dorbencker (1859–1938). Father of modern Thuringian historical research and an important schoolboy. In: Journal of the Association for Thuringian History. 47: 9-15 (1993)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hans Tümmler: Otto Dobencker (1859-1938). Father of modern Thuringian historical research and an important schoolboy. In: Journal of the Association for Thuringian History. Vol. 47 (1993), pp. 9-15, here pp. 9 and 14th
personal data
SURNAME Dobencker, Otto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German educator, diplomat and historian
DATE OF BIRTH April 2, 1859
PLACE OF BIRTH Kahla
DATE OF DEATH October 23, 1938
Place of death Jena