Christian Quix

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Christian Quix

Christian Quix (born October 8, 1773 in Hoensbroek ; † January 13, 1844 in Aachen ) was a German Catholic priest , local researcher and head of the Aachen city library .

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Christian Quix, son of a typical tenant family of large farms from the Dutch province of Limburg , initially aimed at a theological career after graduating from high school. After joining the Carmelite Order in 1792 , he studied Catholic theology and was ordained a priest in 1795 . For Quix, however, due to the repeal of the monastic order by the French in the Département de la Roer, there were no more work prospects there and he decided to leave the order and continue to work as a private teacher and also continue to study historically. In 1806 Quix was appointed as a senior teacher at what was then the Secundar School, today's Kaiser-Karls-Gymnasium for the subjects of ancient languages , history and natural history , for which he first had to undergo further training in these subjects. He coped with his pedagogical work confidently until he had to resign from school in 1823 due to hearing loss.

Now, as an “early retiree”, Quix devoted himself increasingly to researching local history, collecting documents and archives from various surrounding monasteries and offices , evaluating them or copying them in painstaking detail. From 1825 he published numerous and detailed articles on this, beginning with the "historical description of the Aachen Minster and the Shrine Tour in Aachen". From 1830 Quix maintained a lively exchange of ideas with the historian Johann Friedrich Böhmer (1795–1863), who among other things encouraged him to publish a “codex diplomaticus aquensis”, which the Aachen historian and archivist Karl Franz Meyer (1728–1795) had already drawn up wanted, but hadn't gotten around to it myself. Among other things, the copy of the annales aquensis recorded by Simon Peter Ernst , the original documents of which had been lost during the French occupation, was found there. In his two-volume main work History of the City of Aachen , published in 1830, Quix finally integrated his newly created codex diplomaticus .

In 1833 he was appointed city librarian as the successor of Franz Cazin due to his versatile commitment and was also entrusted with the organization of the city ​​archive , both of which were housed in the city hall of Aachen at that time . In these areas, Quix compiled a new, albeit superficial and unreliably printed catalog of the library in 1834, as well as a directory of archive materials. Out of a misunderstood sense of order, but also in order to build a purely scientific library according to his vision, Quix arranged that many first editions, especially of Fine Literature , but also supposed or real duplicates, were sorted out and auctioned. Both areas entrusted to him were finally reorganized, organized and continued after his death by Josef Laurent (1808–1867).

In addition to local history, Quix, in keeping with his original theological profession, wrote numerous other works on both urban and neighboring monasteries and churches. Finally, extensive genealogical research, especially on noble families and their possessions, was another focus. Quix wrote like a madman, which gradually meant that the necessary care and accuracy in the reproduction of the documents as well as his writing style suffered. This led his former companion Böhmer to comment: “ Quixen's work is of course very bad here and there, but one must still thank the old, sick, poorly well-to-do man for what he does, because otherwise nothing would happen. "

After one last major work on the former Aachen mayor Gerhard Chorus (1285–1367) and the construction activities attributed to him, Christian Quix died on January 13, 1844. At the instigation of Georg Heinrich Pertz (1795–1876), his extensive private collection was then transferred to the Royal Library sold to Berlin . Christian Quix found his final resting place in Aachen's Ostfriedhof .

Fonts (selection)

  • Historical description of the cathedral church and the sanctuary tour in Aachen, along with the history of the St. John's lords. Math. Urlichs, Aachen 1825. ( GenWiki , Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
  • The Frankenburg, commonly called Frankenberg, and the Vogtei over Burtscheid. Math. Urlichs, Aachen 1829 ( GenWiki , Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
  • The parish of the h. Kreuz and the former canonies of the Kreuzherren in Aachen. Math. Urlichs, Aachen 1829. ( ULB Düsseldorf , Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
  • Historical-topographical description of the city of Aachen and its surroundings. DuMont Schauberg, Cologne and Aachen 1829. ( GenWiki , Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
  • The Royal Chapel and the former. noble nunnery on the Salvators-Berge, along with notes about the former vineyards near the city of Aachen. Math. Urlichs, Aachen 1829 ( MDZ Munich , Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
  • Historical-topographical description of the city of Burtscheid. Jacob Anton Mayer, Aachen and Leipzig 1832 ( GenWiki , Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
  • The former Dominican monastery and the parish of St. Paul in Aachen. Math. Urlichs, Aachen 1833 ( Google Book )
  • History of the former imperial abbey Burtscheid, from its foundation in the 7th century to 1400. JA Mayer, Aachen 1834. ( GenWiki , Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
  • The castle and former rule of Rimburg are the owners of the same, especially the Counts and Barons of Gronsfeld, along with the surrounding villages. JA Mayer, Aachen 1835. ( Digitized copy , text archive - Internet Archive ).
  • History of the Carmelite monastery, the Villa Harna, the learned schools in Aachen before the introduction of the Jesuit grammar school of the former rule of Eilendorf. Mayer, 1835 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
  • The former hospital for the h. Jacob, afterwards. Poor Clare Monastery. The Sepulchrissen Monastery at St. Leonard, and the Canon for Heil. Cross in the county of Daelheim. JA Mayer, Aachen 1836 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
  • History of the St. Peter parish church, the hospital for healing. Martin, the former regular canons, the St. Anna monastery and the synodal court. In addition to notes about the Kalkofen and Margraten castles, the Kuckesrath, Vaelser-Neuhof and Hanbruch estates. With a lithograph and 40 documents, Aachen 1836. ( GenWiki , archive.org ).
  • Contributions to a historical-topographical description of the Eupen district, together with an appendix: The former rule of Mesch. JA Mayer, Aachen 1837. ( GenWiki , Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
  • History of the Schonau and Uersfeld castles and the village of Verlautenheid. JA Mayer, Aachen 1837 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
  • The Counts of Hengebach. The castles and towns of Heimbach and Niedeggen. The former monasteries Marienwald and Bürvenich and the Collegiatstift later Minoriten monastery before Niedeggen; represented historically. Hensen (ed.); Aachen 1839 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
  • Codex Diplomaticus Aquensis. 1. Volume, J. Hensen in Comm, Aachen 1839 ( ULB Düsseldurf ).
  • Codex Diplomaticus Aquensis. 2nd volume, J. Hensen in Comm, Aachen 1840 ( ULB Düsseldurf ).
  • Contribution to a historical-topographical description of the former Duchy of Jülich. Münster 1840, reprinted from the magazine for patriotic history and antiquity , volume 3, issue 1 ( e-copy ).
  • History of the city of Aachen, edited from sources. 1. Volume, J. Hensen in Comm, Aachen 1840 ( ULB Düsseldorf , Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
  • History of the city of Aachen, edited from sources. 2nd volume, J. Hensen in Comm, Aachen 1841 ( ULB Düsseldorf )
  • The imperial counts of Schaesberg zu Kerpen and Lommersum, the barons of Schaesberg zu Streithagen and the barons Judenkopf von Streithagen zu Müllenbach and Mittel-Uersfeld - a genealogical experiment. Jos. Schleiden jr, Aachen 1841. ( archive.org ).

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personal data
SURNAME Quix, Christian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Catholic priest and local researcher, historian from Aachen
DATE OF BIRTH October 8, 1773
PLACE OF BIRTH Hoensbroek
DATE OF DEATH January 13, 1844
Place of death Aachen