Adolph Hofmeister (historian)

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Adolf Hofmeister

Gotthilf Christian Adolph Hofmeister (born September 21, 1848 in Gera , † December 29, 1904 in Rostock ) was a German historian and librarian.

Life

Adolph Hofmeister was born in Gera as the son of the editor of the same name, Adolph (Georg Xaver) Hofmeister. He attended the secondary school there from 1864, the Rutheneum in Schleiz from 1866 and the royal collegiate high school in Zeitz from 1867 to 1871. From 1871 to 1874 he studied Classical Philology and History at the Friedrichs University in Halle . In Halle he joined the Pomerania country team . From 1874 he worked as a private tutor in the province of Poznan . He was awarded Dr. phil. PhD and worked as a volunteer at the University Library in Halle from October . In 1877 he became the last member of the Halle Corps Pomerania. In January 1878 he moved to the Rostock University Library , where he worked as curator from June. In 1894 he became First Curator and from 1896 he held the title of First University Librarian. For a long time he was also the administrator of the university's coin cabinet.

Hofmeister was active in numerous associations and societies. From 1879 he was a member of the Association for Mecklenburg History and Archeology and from 1893 to 1904 a board member of the Association for Rostock Antiquities. In 1900 he was one of the founding members of the Association of German Librarians . He was a member of the Hanseatic History Association , the Association for Low German Linguistics and the Society for Pomeranian History and Archeology . He was only 56 years old.

Hofmeister initially wrote on topics of classical philology, later on library studies and historical works as well as works on university history. In addition to his work at the university library, he was often concerned with the history of Mecklenburg . From 1883 to 1887 he was an employee of the Mecklenburg Advertisers and from 1887 to 1904 for the Rostocker Anzeiger . Here he wrote u. a. Overviews of Mecklenburg literature. From 1891 to 1902 the literature overviews for the annual reports of historical studies , published by the Historical Society in Berlin , came from his hand . In 1890/91 he was involved in the Mecklenburg document books , from 1896 to 1902 in the five volumes published by Friedrich Schlie , Die Kunst und Geschistordenkmäler des Großherzogtums Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and in 1893/94 he wrote articles for the Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie . An important piece of work was the publication of the register of the University of Rostock (1419-1789) in four volumes between 1886 and 1904.

Hofmeister's son of the same name, Adolf Hofmeister (born August 9, 1883 in Rostock, † April 7, 1956 in Greifswald) was also known as a scientist. He too became a historian and taught from 1921 to 1955 as a professor at the Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University of Greifswald .

Works

  • On the use and meaning of the iota demonstrativum among Attic speakers. Hall a. S. 1877 (Diss. Rostock) UB Eichstätt
  • The allegorical representation of transubstantiation under the image of the mill. Bärensprung, Schwerin 1885 Eichstätt UB
  • A new 15th century book advertisement . In: Zentralblatt für Bibliothekswesen , Vol. 3, 1886, pp. 35–36 ( online ).
  • The beginnings of the book trade in Rostock , 1887.
  • The Varmeier brothers and the murder of Colonel HL v. Hatzfeld in 1631 , 1888.
  • A 15th century Low German book advertisement . In: Zentralblatt für Bibliothekswesen , vol. 6 (1889), pp. 110–112 ( online ).
  • The coat of arms of the city of Rostock , 1890
  • Rostock's share in the fighting of the Hansa against Waldemar IV of Denmark , 1895
  • On the history of the state university , 1906 and
  • On the historical topography of Rostock , 1907 In: Contributions to the history of the city of Rostock
  • Contributions to the history of book printing in Meklenburg , 1879 and
  • The song of King Anthyrius , 1896 In: Year books of the association for Mecklenburg history and antiquity
  • Rostock student life from the 15th to the 19th century In: Archive for Cultural History , 1906

Article in the Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie

editor

literature

  • Nekrolog in the Central Gazette for Libraries . 22nd year. Leipzig 1905. pp. 111–112 ( DigiZeitschriften )
  • Grete Grewolls: Who was who in Mecklenburg and Western Pomerania. The dictionary of persons . Hinstorff Verlag, Rostock 2011, ISBN 978-3-356-01301-6 , p. 4344 ff .

Web links

Wikisource: Adolf Hofmeister  - Sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Pomerania IV, April 26, 1877–2. July 1879, light blue-white-black; Kösener corps lists 1910, 104/100
  2. ↑ the list follows the literature: Grete Grewolls: Who was who ...
personal data
SURNAME Hofmeister, Adolph
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hofmeister, Gotthilf Christian Adolph (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German historian and librarian
DATE OF BIRTH September 21, 1848
PLACE OF BIRTH Gera
DATE OF DEATH December 29, 1904
Place of death Rostock