Aloys Schmidt (archivist)

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Aloys Schmidt (born February 13, 1892 in Erfurt , † February 29, 1980 in Worms ) was a German archivist .

Life

Aloys Schmidt, who was born in Erfurt, after having passed his Abitur in 1911 , turned to studies of history and philology at the universities of Munich , Marburg and Königsberg , which he, interrupted by his participation in the First World War , in 1919 in Königsberg with the acquisition of the academic degree of Dr. phil. completed.

Aloys Schmidt, who subsequently joined the archive service, was given an assistant position at the State Archives in Wiesbaden , and in 1923 he was promoted to the State Archives Council. In 1924 Schmidt moved to the Magdeburg State Archives , and in 1929 to the one in Koblenz . In 1940 he was appointed commissioner for archives in Luxembourg , at the same time director of the Luxembourg State Archives, in 1944 he took over the post of State Archives Director in Hanover , and in 1946 he was appointed head of the Zonal Archive Camp in Goslar , which he held until 1947.

After returning to the Koblenz State Archives, he was elected director in 1949, a position he held until he retired in 1958. During this period he was also responsible for the administration of the state archives of Rhineland-Palatinate . Schmidt, who took over the chairmanship of the Association for History and Art of the Middle Rhine after his retirement, edited, among other things, the document book of the Eichfeld , the first volume of which appeared in 1933.

Honors

Further publications

  • History of the Nürnbergk family (Quedlinburg-Eisleben). 1929
  • With Franz Theunert: home chronicle of the city and the district of Koblenz. Archive for German Homeland Care, Cologne 1955
  • The Archives of Campo Santo Teutonico: Along with a historical introduction. Herder, Rome / Freiburg / Vienna 1967
  • With Hermann Haupt: Winand von Steeg (1371 - 1453), a Middle Rhine scholar and artist and the illuminated manuscript on the freedom from duties of the Bacharach parish wine on the Rhine from 1426. (= Manuscript 12 of the Bavarian Secret House Archive in Munich). Publishing house of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences, 1977, ISBN 3-7696-0076-2 .
  • With Martina Knichel: The Memories Book of St. Kastor in Koblenz: Edition and explanation. Society for Middle Rhine Church History, Mainz, 2000

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SURNAME Schmidt, Aloys
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German archivist
DATE OF BIRTH February 13, 1892
PLACE OF BIRTH Erfurt
DATE OF DEATH February 29, 1980
Place of death Worms