Baden biographies

Badische Biographien is a biographical reference work founded by Friedrich von Weech in 1875 on people from Baden history, i.e. a regional biography of Baden .

First episode

The first two volumes, published in 1875, contain biographies of personalities of the 19th century who had died by then. The other four volumes are each designed as a necrology and only contain people who have died in the meantime. In 1935 the sixth and last volume appeared, which continued the necrology until 1911, the year of his death. Volumes 5 and 6 were published on behalf of the Baden Historical Commission.

The six volumes contain original articles by numerous authors as well as reprints of obituaries that had previously appeared in newspapers.

New episode

In 1982, under the same title, a new biographical series on people in Baden history who have since died was started, which was published on behalf of the Commission for Historical Regional Studies in Baden-Württemberg . This “New Episode” contained shorter biographies, the structure of which was based on the New German Biography , and said goodbye to the restriction of the first episode to people perceived as “positive”. The new episode was completed with the 6th volume.

People who worked in the Baden part of Baden-Württemberg are biographed in the series Baden-Württemberg Biographies , which will continue to be published .

Bibliographical information

Baden biographies

• Baden biographies. First part. [until 1875, letters A – K]. Edited by Friedrich von Weech . Publishing bookstore by Fr. Bassermann , Heidelberg 1875 ( digitized version ).
• Baden biographies. Second part. [until 1875, letters L – Z and supplements]. Edited by Friedrich von Weech. Bassermann, Heidelberg 1875 ( digitized version ).
• Baden biographies. Third part. [1875-1881]. Edited by Friedrich von Weech. Braun, Karlsruhe 1881 ( digitized version ).
• Baden biographies. Fourth part. [1881-1891]. Edited by Friedrich von Weech. Braun, Karlsruhe 1891 ( digitized version ).
• Baden biographies. V. part. 1891-1901 . Edited by Friedrich von Weech and Albert Krieger . Winter, Heidelberg 1906 ( digitized version ).
• Baden biographies. VI. Part. 1902-1911 . Edited by Albert Krieger and Karl Obser . Winter, Heidelberg 1935 ( digitized version ).

Baden Biographies New Series

• Volume 1. Edited by Bernd Ottnad . Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1982, ISBN 3-17-007118-1 .
• Volume 2. Edited by Bernd Ottnad. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1987, ISBN 3-17-009217-0 .
• Volume 3. Ed. By Bernd Ottnad. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1990, ISBN 3-17-009958-2 .
• Volume 4. Edited by Bernd Ottnad. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1996, ISBN 3-17-010731-3 .
• Volume 5. Edited by Fred L. Sepaintner . Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-17-018976-X .
• Volume 6. Edited by Fred L. Sepaintner. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2011, ISBN 978-3-17-022290-8 .

literature

• Guntram Brummer: Baden Biographies New Series. Peculiarities, advantages and errors of a national historical compilation , in: Writings of the Association for the History of Lake Constance and its Surroundings , 112th year 1994, pp. 131–146 ( digitized )
• Bernd Ottnad: Foreword to Baden Biographies. New episode volume 1 . Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1982, ISBN 3-17-007118-1

Web links

• Digitized version of the first episode, parts I to VI, in the digital collections of the Badische Landesbibliothek
• LEO-BW Regional information system (some of the personal data records contain the text of the New Series)
• Commission for historical regional studies with index to the biographies of the first and the new series