Adelbert Matthaei

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Adelbert Matthaei (born July 4, 1859 in Gersdorf (Markersdorf) , Upper Lusatia , † January 21, 1924 in Sopot ) was a German art historian. In 1921 he was President of the People's Day of the Free City of Danzig .

Life

Matthaei, son of a pastor, attended the Augustum-Annen-Gymnasium in Görlitz and the Gymnasium zum Grauen Kloster in Berlin. He studied history at the Philipps University of Marburg and the Friedrichs University of Halle . In 1879 he became a member of the Corps Teutonia Marburg and the Corps Guestphalia Halle . In 1881 he was named Dr. phil. PhD. He entered the Prussian archival career, but switched to teaching because of the poor career prospects. In February 1886 he passed the philological state examination at the Hessian Ludwig University . In 1889 he was employed as a teacher for ancient languages ​​at the Landgraf-Ludwigs-Gymnasium in Giessen . With his artistic talent he also taught as a drawing teacher. In Giessen he worked on his habilitation thesis on the architecture of the Cistercians in Germany and France. The Christian Albrechts University in Kiel appointed him for the winter semester 1893/94 as an academic drawing teacher and associate professor for art history. He sat on the board of trustees of the Thaulow Museum and played a major role in the purchase of the Landkirchen retable . In 1904 he moved to the newly founded Technical University of Danzig . For the three academic years 1909–1912 he was elected rector of the TH Danzig. As a member of the German National People's Party (DNVP), he was elected to the Danzig People's Day in 1920. In 1921 he was its president. He died in office at the age of 64. Matthaeis son Rupprecht Matthaei was from 1935-1945 in Erlangen o. Professor of Physiology. Johannes Heinrich Matthaei , the discoverer of the genetic code , is his grandson.

Publications

  • Contributions to the building history of the Cistercians in France and Germany, with special consideration of the abbey church at Arnsburg in der Wetterau (habilitation thesis), Darmstadt: Bergstraesser, 1893.
  • Didactics and methodology of drawing lessons and artistic education in secondary schools , Munich: Beck, 1895.
  • Knowledge of the medieval carved altars in Schleswig-Holstein , Leipzig: Seemann, 1898.
  • German architecture from the Middle Ages to the end of the 18th century , 1910.
  • German architecture in the Middle Ages , 1912.
  • German architecture in the 19th century , 1914.
  • German architecture in the Middle Ages. I. From the beginning to the end of Romanesque architecture , 1918.
  • German Architecture IV: In the 19th Century and in the Present , 1920.
  • Wood sculpture works in Schleswig-Holstein up to 1530: A contribution to the history of the development of the d. German plastic; Complete In 10 Lfgen, part 1 , 1928.

See also

literature

  • Uwe Albrecht : Adelbert Matthaei (1859–1924). From provisional to institute. In: Hans-Dieter Nägelke (ed.): Art history in Kiel. 100 years of the Art History Institute of Christian Albrechts University, 1893–1993. Kunsthistorisches Institut der Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Kiel 1994, ISBN 3-928794-11-6 , pp. 25–28.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ August Ludwig Degener, Walter Habel: Who is who ?: The German Who's Who , Volume 6, Arani, 1912, p. 1025.
  2. ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1960, 102/612; 116/996
  3. ↑ Dissertation: The Handel of Otto II. With Lothar von Frankreich (978-980), presented according to the sources with special emphasis on Richer .
  4. ↑ Rector's speeches (HKM)
  5. ^ GESIS - Leibniz Institute for Social Sciences, Journal Historical Social Research ( Memento from June 10, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
personal data
SURNAME Matthaei, Adelbert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German art historian, President of the People's Day in the Free City of Danzig (1921)
DATE OF BIRTH 4th July 1859
PLACE OF BIRTH Gersdorf (Markersdorf) , Upper Lusatia
DATE OF DEATH January 21, 1924
Place of death Sopot