Alfred Kühtmann

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Alfred Kühtmann (born March 24, 1847 in Bremen , † January 12, 1931 in Bremen) was a German lawyer , notary and legal scholar.

biography

Kühtmann was the son of a businessman. His uncle was the bookseller Johann Christian Kühtmann . In his youth he also lived on Gut Grolland . He graduated from the old grammar school and studied law at the University of Würzburg , the University of Heidelberg and the University of Berlin . In Heidelberg he did his doctorate in Dr. jur. He had acquired his knowledge of legal history from Siegfried Brie in 1869/70 and from Emil Herrmann in canon law .

In Bremen he became a lawyer in 1872 and a notary in 1878. He was a member of the historical society and served on the board until 1913 and also in the Bremen animal protection association . His legal history work on legal philosophical topics gained importance.

In the historical society he reported, among other things, in 1874/75 on the Bremen church order of 1534 and later on more recent works on the history of the city constitution, especially the so-called market law theory .

Kühtmann initially wrote three canonical treatises and then four treatises on legal history. He wrote other essays on political and cultural history as well as biographies and many reviews . Kühtmann's important creative period was between 1890 and 1910, when he dealt with legal history. He was involved in the constitution of the work Bremen Biographies of the Nineteenth Century published by the Historical Society of Bremen in 1912 .

Works (selection)

  • Bremen church order from 1534 . In: Bremisches Jahrbuch , Volume 8, Bremen 1876.
  • The Nicolae church dispute, concerning the rights of the cathedral parish, between the Bremen council and the deacons of the cathedral . In: Bremisches Jahrbuch , Volume 11, Bremen 1880.
  • Spiritual law and spiritual jurisdiction in Bremen . In: Bremisches Jahrbuch , Volume 14, Bremen 1888.
  • The Romanization of the Civil Process in the City of Bremen . In: Otto Gierke : Investigations on the German State and Legal History , Issue 36, 1891.
  • History of the Bremen city bailiwick . In: Gierke: Investigations on German State and Legal History , Issue 62, 1900. See also Bremisches Jahrbuch , Volume 20, pp. 188 ff, Bremen 1902.
  • Burchard Lösekanne and Statius Speckhahn , In: Bremisches Jahrbuch , Volume 12, pp. 33 ff and p. 55 ff, Bremen 1883.
  • Bremen and the French Revolution . In: Bremisches Jahrbuch , Volume 15, pp. 200 ff, Bremen 1889.
  • The Statuta reformata and the Codex glossatus . In: Bremisches Jahrbuch , Volume 16, pp. 97 ff, Bremen 1892.
  • A New Assessment of the Vassmer Trial (1430) . In: Bremisches Jahrbuch , Volume 18, p. 116 ff, Bremen 1896.
  • Historical sketch of the settlement in Bremen since 1541 . In: Bremisches Jahrbuch , Volume 22, pp. 180 ff, Bremen 1909.
  • Maine de Biran . A contribution to the history of metaphysics and the psychology of the will . 1901.
  • Treatises on philosophy and its history . Falckenberg, 1911.
  • Bremen biography of the nineteenth century : biographies a. a. von Berck, CH Gildemeister, HG Heineken, Albert Hermann Post , Thumsener. Ed .: Historical Society Bremen, Bremen 1912.

literature

personal data
SURNAME Kühtmann, Alfred
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lawyer and notary
DATE OF BIRTH March 24, 1847
PLACE OF BIRTH Bremen
DATE OF DEATH January 12, 1931
Place of death Bremen