Carl Haase (archivist)

Carl Haase (born January 26, 1920 in Hamburg ; † January 7, 1990 in Hanover ) was a German historian and archivist .

Carl Haase's ancestors came from Lower Saxony. As the son of a city inspector, he grew up in a suburb of Hamburg. Easter 1938 he left the secondary school with the school leaving certificate. Haase did Reich Labor Service and was then drafted into the Wehrmacht . During World War II, Haase worked as a radio operator in France, Russia and Holland. Most recently he was radio squad leader in the rank of sergeant. In July 1945 he was released from British captivity. Haase originally wanted to become a journalist and then an architect. In the winter semester, however, he decided to study history, German and philosophy at the University of Hamburg . His main academic teachers were Hermann Aubin , Paul Johansen and Erich Keyser . He was particularly influenced by Aubin. In July 1950, Haase received his doctorate with a thesis on the history and dissemination of Bremen city law in the Middle Ages. In December 1950 he passed the state examination. Haase moved to Marburg together with Keyser. He helped set up a research center for urban history. From 1952 to 1954 he attended the archive school in Marburg . There he successfully passed the archival state examination in 1954. From 1954 Haase worked at the Oldenburg State Archives for six years . In July 1956 he was appointed archivist. In 1960 he became director of the State Archives (since 1971: Main State Archives) Hanover . As the successor to Rudolf Grieser , Haase became head of the “State Archives Administration” department at the Lower Saxony State Chancellery in 1964 . From 1966 he was chief archive director and from April 1969 director of the state archives. In 1971 he suffered a stroke. However, he was able to continue his service in 1972. In 1978 he was retired. In 1985 he was elected a corresponding member of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences .

The initiative to establish the German Historical Institute in London goes back to Haase with the establishment of a British-German historians group . In 1976 Haase's plan was put into practice. His main focus was on the medieval city history, the Hanseatic League and the history of Hanover at the turn of the 18th to the 19th century. He dealt particularly intensively with Ernst Brandes , the Hanoverian secret secretary and curator of the University of Göttingen. He dedicated a two-volume biography to him in 1973 and 1974. Haase published the three-volume compilation Die Stadt des Mittelalter from 1969 to 1973. For the third volume (second part) of the history of Lower Saxony published by Hans Patze, which was published in 1983 , Haase wrote the article on the development of education and science from the Reformation to 1803 and the chapter on literature between Renaissance and Realism . Haase was a member of numerous historical associations and institutions. Since 1953 he was a member and since 1962 he was a member of the board of the Hanseatic History Association and since 1965 of the committee of the historical commission for Lower Saxony and Bremen . Since April 23, 1964 he was a corresponding member of the Historical Commission for Westphalia .

Fonts

A list of publications appeared in: Niedersächsisches Jahrbuch für Landesgeschichte 57 (1985), pp. 469–481.

literature

• Dieter Brosius : Carl Haase 1920–1990. In: Niedersächsisches Jahrbuch für Landesgeschichte 62 (1990), pp. 491–494. ( online )
• Klaus Friedland: Carl Haase 1920–1990. In: Hansische Geschichtsblätter 108 (1990), pp. V – VI.
• Otto Merker : Carl Haase †, b. Hamburg January 26, 1920, d. Hanover January 7, 1990. In: Der Archivar . Bulletin for German archives. 44th year 1991, col. 339-346. ( Digitized version )

Web links

• Literature by and about Carl Haase in the catalog of the German National Library
• Publications by Carl Haase in the Opac der Regesta Imperii . The Greifswald dissertation from 1917, however, comes from another Carl Haase.
• Biographical information on the website of the Historical Commission for Westphalia

Remarks

1. ^ Carl Haase: Study of history in Hamburg under Hermann Aubin in the first post-war period. In: Johann-Gottfried-Herder-Forschungsrat eV (Ed.): Memories of Hermann Aubin (1885–1969). Contributions to the personality of the university professor and first president of the JG Herder Research Council on the occasion of his 100th birthday on December 23, 1985. Marburg 1987, pp. 44–49. here: p. 44.
2. ^ Carl Haase: Investigations into the history and spread of the Bremen city law in the Middle Ages. Hamburg 1950.
3. ↑ Holger Krahnke: The members of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen 1751-2001 (= Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Philological-Historical Class. Volume 3, Vol. 246 = Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Mathematical-Physical Class. Episode 3, vol. 50). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2001, ISBN 3-525-82516-1 , p. 100.
4. ^ Carl Haase: Ernst Brandes. 1758-1810. 2 vols. Hildesheim 1973–1974.
5. ↑ Carl Haase (ed.): The city of the Middle Ages. Three volumes. Darmstadt 1969–1973.
6. ^ Carl Haase: Education and Science from the Reformation to 1803. In: History of Lower Saxony. Published by Hans Patze. Vol. 3.2. Hildesheim 1983, pp. 261-493.
7. ↑ Carl Haase: Literature from the end of the Renaissance to the beginning of Realism (approx. 1550 to approx. 1850). In: History of Lower Saxony. Published by Hans Patze. Vol. 3.2. Hildesheim 1983, pp. 495-602.