Albert von Hofmann
Albert von Hofmann (born September 30, 1867 in Berlin , † March 11, 1940 in Stuttgart ) was a German historian and honorary professor at the University of Marburg .
Hofmann was the son of the well-known chemist August Wilhelm von Hofmann . In 1924 he became honorary professor for historical-geographical connections in historical documents . In 1935/37 he was given leave of absence. His popular book "Das deutsche Land und die deutsche Geschichte" (1920) influenced Claus von Stauffenberg .
- “ Greater Germany is the fruit that is able to sprout from the fall of the Hohenzollern and Habsburg houses. The German people, now freed from dynastic interest politics, will now show whether they can break through the particularist and denominational barriers. "(1927) (quoted from Wolfgang Venohr : Das Deutschlandbild des Obersten Graf von Stauffenberg , 1987)
In November 1933 he signed the German professors' confession of Adolf Hitler .
Web links
- Literature by and about Albert von Hofmann in the catalog of the German National Library
- Hofmann, Albert von. Hessian biography. (As of May 29, 2020). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
Works
- The German Land and German History , Stuttgart 1920; Revised in three volumes, Berlin 1930.
literature
- Georg Schnath , A. v. Hofmann and Lower Saxony , in: Niedersächsisches Jahrbuch für Landesgeschichte 10, 1933, pp. 197–207.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hofmann, Albert von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 30, 1867 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 11, 1940 |
| Place of death | Stuttgart |