Alfred Overmann

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Alfred Overmann (born November 6, 1866 in Bergheim , † February 7, 1946 in Erfurt ; full name: Alfred Julius Gottfried Overmann) was a German historian and director of the Erfurt City Archives .

Life

Alfred Overmann passed his Abitur at the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Gymnasium (Cologne) . He studied history , German and art history at the University of Berlin . The doctorate took place in 1892 . In 1893 he worked as a volunteer at the Cologne City Archives . From 1894 he worked as an assistant at the Strasbourg District Archives. In 1899 he was a volunteer at the Secret State Archives in Berlin and in the same year became an employee of the State Archives in Münster .

From 1901 he was director of the Erfurt city archives and at the same time managed the city library in a secondary position until 1908 . He was also in charge of the Erfurt Municipal Museum from 1901 to 1912 . From 1901 he was a member of the Association for Art and Applied Arts and served on the board until 1933. From 1904 to 1928 he gave courses at the Kunstgewerbeschule Erfurt and from 1911 he took on teaching positions in the subject of art history. In 1906 he was one of the founding members of the "Museum Community of Erfurt" association.

On January 1, 1913, Overmann took up a part-time job as director of the Nordhausen Municipal Museum and began to systematically reorganize the facility on the respective weekends. In the same year he was appointed professor. In 1923 Overmann went back to Erfurt, where he turned back to historical research.

From 1913 to 1933 he was chairman of the literary association. He was a member of the Academy of Non-Profit Sciences , the Association for the History and Archeology of Erfurt and the "Genealogical Evening".

In 1943, after 47 years of marriage, he left his Jewish wife and four children. His wife was deported in 1944 and died.

Publications (selection)

  • The first years of Prussian rule in Erfurt, 1802–1806. Festschrift to celebrate Erfurt's 100th anniversary of Prussia. Keysersche Buchhandlung, Erfurt 1902, DNB 575334568 .
  • The older art monuments of sculpture, painting and the arts and crafts of the city of Erfurt. Richters, Erfurt [1912], OCLC 252453423 .
  • Erfurt in twelve centuries. A city history in pictures. Richters, Erfurt 1929, DNB 361 275 498 ; Reprint: Verl.-Haus Thüringen in the Verl. And Dr. Progress Erfurt, Erfurt 1992, ISBN 3-86087-076-9 (in Fraktur ).
  • Erfurt in Thuringia. With Adolf Bergmann. Edited by the tourist office. Ohlenroth, Erfurt 1912, DNB 575334541 .

literature

  • Cornelia Nowak: Alfred Overmann . In: Ernst Herrbach (Hrsg.): The Erfurt Art Association between avant-garde and adaptation. Documentation from 1886 to 1945 . Angermuseum, Erfurt 2009, ISBN 978-3-930013-14-2 , p. 222 ( preview in Google Book search).
  • Rainer Hellberg (2009): Alfred Julius Gottfried Overmann, In: Stadtarchiv Nordhausen (Ed.): Nordhausen personalities from eleven centuries (= series of local history research by the Stadtarchiv Nordhausen, Harz. No. 10). Geiger, Horb am Neckar 2009, ISBN 978-3-86595-336-0 , pp. 233-234.
  • Erich Gaenschalz: Alfred Overmann. In: Alfred Overmann (ed.): From Erfurt's old days. Collected essays on the cultural history of Erfurt. Richters, Erfurt 1948, DNB 453676529 , pp. 7-22.
  • Rudolf Benl: Alfred Overmann. Archivist, historian. 150th birthday. In: Central German yearbook for culture and history. Vol. 23, 2016, pp. 187-191.
  • Steffen Raßloff: The classic educated citizen - Prof. Dr. Alfred Overmann (1866-1946). In: City and History. Magazine for Erfurt. Issue 29, 2006, ISSN  1618-1964 , p. 30.
  • Wilhelm Velten: Alfred Overmann (1866-1946). In: Messages of the association for the history and antiquity of Erfurt. Vol. 57 (1996), ISSN  0943-299X , pp. 105-131.
  • Rudolf Benl: Alfred Overmann (1866-1946). In: Board of the Thuringian Archives Association (Hrsg.): Lebensbilder Thüringer Archivare. Festschrift for the 50th Thuringian Archive Day 2001. Rudolstadt 2001, ISBN 3-00-007914-9 , pp. 189–197.
  • Jutta Hoschek: Elisabeth Overmann. In: Extinguished Life. Jews in Erfurt 1933–1945. Biographical documentation. Jena, 2013, pp. 333–335 (with extensive references to sources and literature).
  • Tom Fleischhauer: She suffers most severely from this degradation. A portrait attempt on Elisabeth Overmann (1870–1944), the wife of the city archives director. In: City and History. Magazine for Erfurt. Issue 69, 2018, pp. 16-18.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Stadtarchiv Nordhausen, Hans-Jürgen Grönke (Ed.): Nordhausen personalities from eleven centuries. Geiger, Horb am Neckar 2009, ISBN 978-3-86595-336-0 , p. 234.
personal data
SURNAME Overmann, Alfred
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Overmann, Alfred Julius Gottfried
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German historian and director of the Erfurt City Archives
DATE OF BIRTH November 6, 1866
PLACE OF BIRTH Bergheim
DATE OF DEATH February 7, 1946
Place of death Erfurt