August von Druffel

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August von Druffel (born August 21, 1841 in Koblenz , † October 23, 1891 in Munich ) was a German historian who worked as an employee of the historical commission at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences through his source editions on the political history of the Holy Roman Empire in the 16th century. Century emerged.

Life

He studied history in Innsbruck, Berlin and Göttingen and received his doctorate in 1862 with a thesis on Emperor Heinrich IV and his sons . His teachers were Julius von Ficker in Innsbruck , Philipp Jaffé in Berlin and Georg Waitz in Göttingen , who was most important to him. In Innsbruck he was one of the three founders of the Corps Rhaetia .

After his participation as a Landwehr officer in a Westphalian regiment in the Main Campaign of 1866 and the war against France in 1870/71, he qualified as a private lecturer at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich . In 1875 he became an extraordinary and in 1884 a full member of the Royal Bavarian Academy of Sciences . In 1885 he became a full professor in Munich. Probably as a result of wounds from his participation in the Franco-German War in 1870/71, von Druffel fell seriously ill and died at the age of 50.

As a member of the Historical Commission in Munich, he processed the Wittelsbach correspondence. Particularly significant are his contributions to the history of the empire, which Carl Adolph Cornelius described as “exemplary work, distinguished by the abundance and accuracy of the accompanying comments”. They were published by Karl Brandi and Walter Goetz after Druffel's death . Both lived in Munich in his house with Luise von Druffel .

Publications

  • Emperor Heinrich IV and his sons. Coppenrath, Regensburg 1862 ( digitized from Google Books).
  • Letters and files on the history of the sixteenth century with special regard to Bavaria's Princely House. Published by the Historical Commission at the Royal Academy of Sciences on the initiative and with the support of His Majesty the King of Bavaria. Several volumes, Munich (digital copies in the Internet archive : 1st volume , 2nd volume and 3rd volume ).
    • 1st volume, 1873: Contributions to the history of the empire 1546–1551. Edited by August von Druffel.
    • 2nd volume, 1880: Contributions to the history of the empire in 1552. Edited by August von Druffel.
    • 3rd vol., 1882: Contributions to the history of the empire 1547–1552. Edited by August von Druffel.
    • 4th volume, 1896: Contributions to the history of the empire 1553–1555 by August von Druffel supplemented and edited by Karl Brandi.
  • (Ed.): The Viglius van Zwichem's diary of the Schmalkaldic Danube War. Munich 1877 ( digitized in the Internet Archive).
  • Emperor Charles V and the Roman Curie, 1544–1546. Munich 1877–1883 ​​( digitized in the Internet Archive).
  • The Augustinian monk Johannes Hoffmeister. Munich 1878.
  • Ignatius of Loyola and the Roman Curie. Munich 1879 ( review ).
  • Monumenta Tridentina. Contributions of the Council of Trient 1546–1547 started by August von Druffel and continued by Karl Brandi . I. Volume. From the sending of the legates to Trento (March 1545) to the beginning of the Narrow Kaldic War (June 1546). Munich 1899 ( digitized in the Internet Archive).

literature

Web links

The estate in the Bavarian State Library

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1960, 74 , 2
  2. ^ Carl Adolph Cornelius: August von Druffel. In: Meeting reports - Bavarian Academy of Sciences, Philosophical-Historical Department. 1892. Munich 1892, pp. 176–179 here p. 177 .
  3. ^ Wolf Volker Weigand: Walter Wilhelm Goetz 1867-1958. A biographical study of the historian, politician and publicist. (= Publications of the Federal Archives. Vol. 40). Boldt, Boppard am Rhein 1992, ISBN 3-7646-1920-1 , pp. 43-46 .
personal data
SURNAME Druffel, August von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German historian
DATE OF BIRTH August 21, 1841
PLACE OF BIRTH Koblenz
DATE OF DEATH October 23, 1891
Place of death Munich