Adolf Hofmeister

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Memorial plaque for Adolf Hofmeister at the historical institute of the University of Greifswald

Adolf Hofmeister (born August 9, 1883 in Rostock , † April 7, 1956 in Greifswald ) was a German historian . Hofmeister taught from 1921 to 1955 as a professor at the University of Greifswald .

Life and accomplishments

Adolf Ludwig Eduard Hofmeister was born on August 9, 1883 in Rostock as the son of the university librarian Adolph Hofmeister (1848–1904). He studied history, historical auxiliary sciences and ancient languages ​​at the University of Rostock , the University of Halle-Wittenberg and the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität zu Berlin . In 1901 he joined the Rostock , later also the Halle (1902) and the Berlin Wingolf (1903).

His scientific interest was initially in the high medieval empire, including Burgundy and Italy. In Berlin he was in 1905 when Dietrich Schafer Dr. phil. PhD with a dissertation on margraves and margraves in the Italian kingdom . He then became a full-time employee, from 1913 assistant director at the central management of the Monumenta Germaniae Historica (MGH). In 1909 he completed his habilitation at the University of Berlin with studies on Otto von Freising . In 1913 he received the title of professor.

In 1921 Hofmeister was appointed full professor for middle and modern history at the University of Greifswald , where he succeeded Ernst Bernheim . At first he continued to work at the MGH, from 1927 as a member of the central management until it was dissolved in 1935.

In Greifswald, Hofmeister turned to the history of Pomerania . From 1924 he published the new series of Monuments in Pomeranian History . In his work The Battle for the Baltic Sea from the 9th to the 12th Century (1st edition 1931) he also commented on the question of the location of the legendary city of Vineta ; the city named in the sources is to be equated with the city of Wollin . With his essay The Counting of the Pomeranian Dukes (1937) he presented a proposal for a count of the dukes of the Greifenhaus , which has largely prevailed. Hofmeister had been a member of the Historical Commission for Pomerania since 1923 and a board member since 1925 . He was also head of the Greifswald University Archives from 1931 to 1955 (as the first full professor at the university) .

Hofmeister was one of the university teachers who were allowed to continue working in the GDR without being a Marxist . In 1953 he was appointed to the main history section of the German Academy of Sciences in the GDR . He retired in 1955. He died on April 7, 1956 in Greifswald.

Fonts (selection)

  • The holy lance, a badge of the old kingdom. Marcus Verlag, Breslau 1908. (Reprint: Scientia-Verlag, Aalen 1973).
  • Germany and Burgundy in the early Middle Ages. A study of the origin of the Arelatic Empire and its political significance. 1st edition: Leipzig 1914. 2nd edition: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt 1963.
  • The Chronicle of Mathias of Neuchâtel . (= MGH Scriptores rerum Germanicarum, Nova series , vol. 4.1). Berlin 1924/1940 ( online ).
  • The struggle for the Baltic Sea from the 9th to 12th centuries. 1st edition: (= Greifswald University Speeches , Issue 29). Greifswald 1931. 2nd edition: Greifswald 1942. 3rd edition: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt 1960.
  • The historical position of the University of Greifswald. (= Greifswald University Speeches , Issue 32). Greifswald 1932.
  • The count of the Pomeranian dukes. In: Monthly sheets of the society for Pomeranian history and antiquity . Volume 51, 1937, pp. 52-63.
  • Genealogical research on the history of the Pomeranian ducal house. (= Greifswald treatises on the history of the Middle Ages , Volume 11). University publishing house Ratsbuchhandlung L. Bamberg, Greifswald 1938. ( digitized version )

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Full name according to the Rostock university register. See "Enrollment by Adolf Hofmeister" , on: Rostock matriculation portal - database edition of matriculations at the University of Rostock since 1419  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Toter Link / purl.uni-rostock.de   , accessed November 19, 2017.
  2. ^ Matriculation on April 16, 1901 and October 27, 1904 in the Rostock matriculation portal .
personal data
SURNAME Hofmeister, Adolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German historian
DATE OF BIRTH August 9, 1883
PLACE OF BIRTH Rostock
DATE OF DEATH April 7, 1956
Place of death Greifswald