Bernhard Niehues

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Bernhard Niehues (born May 19, 1831 in Greven , † April 26, 1909 in Münster ) was a German historian , secret government councilor and papal secret chamberlain .

Life

Bernhard Niehues, the son of the master craftsman Johann Hermann Wilhelm Niehues, studied philosophy , classical philology and history at the Catholic Academy in Münster from 1852 . From 1853 to 1856 he belonged to the Philological Seminary under Ferdinand Deycks and Franz Winiewski . On 12 July 1856 he was charged with a historical study of the tyrant Dionysius Dr. phil. PhD . In 1859 he completed his habilitation there for the subject of history and since then has held lectures at the academy, initially as a private lecturer, from 1863 as an associate professor and finally from 1877 as a full professor. He read on subjects from ancient history as well as the Middle Ages and early modern times; in the end he mainly represented ancient history . From 1862 to 1888 Niehues was President and Vice President of the Historical Association of Münster several times. On March 19, 1896 he became a full member of the Historical Commission for Westphalia . From 1904 to 1909 he was a member of the Prussian manor house . In 1907 he was released from the obligation to give lectures.

Niehues' main work is the (unfinished) monograph History of the Relationship between Empire and Papacy in the Middle Ages , a topic that he pursued from the ancient beginnings to the High Middle Ages .

His son of the same name, Bernhard Niehues (1868–1950), together with Friedrich Dütting, built one of the most important textile factories of its time in Nordhorn from 1898.

Fonts (selection)

  • De Dionysio majore Syracusanorum tyranno . Münster 1856 (dissertation)
  • History of the relationship between the Empire and the Papacy in the Middle Ages , Volume 1, From the founding of both powers to the renewal of the Western Empire in 800 , 1965, reprint of the 2nd edition Münster 1877; Nabu Press 2013, ISBN 978-1-293-09284-2 .
  • History of the relationship between empire and papacy in the Middle Ages , Volume 2, From the renewal of the occidental empire in the year 800 to the establishment of the Roman-German empire by Otto the Great , 1965, reprint of the 1st edition Münster 1887, Nabu-Press 2012, ISBN 978-1-279-03478-1 .

literature

  • Bernd Mütter: History in Münster between the Enlightenment and Historicism with special consideration of the historical discipline at the Münster University . Münster 1980, pp. 182-202; 236-243.

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personal data
SURNAME Niehues, Bernhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German historian, secret government councilor and papal secret chamberlain
DATE OF BIRTH May 19, 1831
PLACE OF BIRTH Greven
DATE OF DEATH April 26, 1909
Place of death Muenster