Christoph Friedrich von Stälin

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Christoph Friedrich von Stälin

Christoph Friedrich Stälin , from 1850 from Stälin , (born August 4, 1805 in Calw , † August 12, 1873 in Stuttgart ) was a German historian and director of the royal library in Stuttgart .

Life

Stälin's grave in the Prague cemetery in Stuttgart

Stälin came from a merchant family in Calw. After high school in Stuttgart, he studied philosophy , theology and philology in Tübingen and Heidelberg from 1821 to 1825 , where he made friendly contact with the philologist and mythologist Friedrich Creuzer .

In 1825 he became an adjunct at the royal. Library in Stuttgart, initially without a salary, but with the prospect of permanent employment. His superior was the naturalist Carl Friedrich Kielmeyer , his colleagues included the poet Friedrich von Matthison and the epigrammatist Friedrich Haug . In 1826 he was appointed sub-librarian , in 1828 as librarian, in 1846 as senior librarian and finally in 1869 as director.

At the same time, from 1830, he was in charge of the coin and medal cabinet as well as the art and antiquity collection. The installation of the Roman stone monuments found in Württemberg in the royal art building earned him the recognition of Theodor Mommsen . In 1831 he was appointed royal coat of arms censor, in 1840 a member of the Statistical Topographical Bureau of the Kingdom of Württemberg , which he advised on all historical questions. For this institute, especially for the Württemberg yearbooks published by it , he prepared the annual compilation of the Württemberg literature. In 1850 he temporarily took over the management of the institution.

In order to continue his education, Stälin went on several study trips. In 1826 he stayed in Geneva , in the winter of 1826/27 he worked at the royal university library in Munich , in the summer of 1827 in Paris , London and Oxford , and in the summer of 1828 in Göttingen , where he became a constant fatherly friend in Karl Friedrich Eichhorn found. Stays in Berlin , Dresden and Gotha followed . He spent the winter of 1832/33 in Venice , Rome , Naples and Milan .

His son Paul Friedrich von Stälin (1840–1909) became an archivist and historian like him. From 1901 to 1905 he was director of the secret main and state archive in Stuttgart.

Act

His main work was the Wirtemberg history (Stuttgart 1841–73, 4 vols.), According to Leopold von Ranke, the best German provincial history of the time. As the successor of the regional historian Christian Friedrich Sattler , the work was intended to replace his outdated representation of Württemberg history. Stälin received general recognition for his scientific work. He received offers from King Maximilian II of Bavaria and King Georg V of Hanover to write their respective national histories, which he refused.

Stälin's work on the history of Württemberg was not limited to this work alone. He also edited the historical parts of the Württemberg Oberamtsbeschreibung in Memminger's Description of the Kingdom of Württemberg (Stuttgart 1824 ff.) And made various contributions to the Württemberg yearbooks . On behalf of the statistical-topographical bureau, he completed the work Württembergische Münz- und Medaillenkunde, begun by Hofrat Christian Binder .

When King Maximilian II of Bavaria set up the Historical Commission at the Academy of Sciences in Munich in 1858 , Stälin was among the first to be appointed. Together with Georg Waitz and Ludwig Häusser , he edited the research on German history .

honors and awards

Works

  • Literature by Christoph Friedrich von Stälin in the Bavarian State Library in Munich
  • First part: Swabia and Southern Franconia: from primeval times to 1080 . In: Wirtemberg history . tape 1 . Cotta, Stuttgart / Tübingen 1841 ( books.google.de [accessed on April 4, 2012] Nachdr. UdT: Stälin, Christoph Friedrich from: Württembergische Geschichte).
  • Second part: Swabia and South Franconia: Hohenstaufenzeit. 1080-1268 . In: Wirtemberg history . tape 2 . Cotta, Stuttgart / Tübingen 1847 ( books.google.de [accessed on April 4, 2012] Nachdr. UdT: Stälin, Christoph Friedrich from: Württembergische Geschichte).
  • Third part: Swabia and southern Franconia: the end of the Middle Ages. 1269-1469 . In: Wirtemberg history . tape 3 . Cotta, Stuttgart / Tübingen 1856 ( books.google.de [accessed on April 4, 2012] Nachdr. UdT: Stälin, Christoph Friedrich from: Württembergische Geschichte).
  • Part 4: Swabia and southern Franconia mainly in the 16th century: time of the Wirtemberg dukes Eberhard II., Ulrich, Christoph, Ludwig; 1498-1593 . In: Wirtemberg history . tape 4 . Cotta, Stuttgart and Tübingen 1873 ( digilib.ub.uni-freiburg.de [accessed on April 4, 2012] Nachdr. UdT: Stälin, Christoph Friedrich from: Württembergische Geschichte).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Stälin, Christoph Friedrich von . In: Brockhaus Konversations-Lexikon 1894–1896, Volume 15, p. 243.
  2. ^ Paul Friedrich von Stälin:  Stälin, Christoph Friedrich von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 35, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1893, pp. 417-422. Leopold von Ranke: "I do not think I am saying too much when I claim that among all the provincial stories we have in Germany, she deserves the price."
  3. ↑ a b c d e f g Paul Friedrich von Stälin:  Stälin, Christoph Friedrich von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 35, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1893, pp. 417-422.
  4. ↑ Christian Binder (1775–1840), Württemberg court advisor and numismatist. See Ulrich Klein: “Münz-Kunde” in Württemberg 150 years ago . In: Rainer Albert, Reiner Cunz (Hrsg.): History of Science of Numismatics: Contributions to the 17th German Numismatics Day, 3rd – 5th March 1995 in Hanover . Numismatical Ges. Speyer, Speyer 1995 (= series of publications of the Numismatic Society Speyer e.V .; Vol. 36), pp. 234–246.
  5. ↑ Stälin, Christoph Friedrich von . In: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon . 4th edition. Volume 15, Verlag des Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig / Vienna 1885–1892, p. 221.
  6. ^ Historical members: Christoph Friedrich Stälin. Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences, accessed on April 4, 2012 .
  7. ↑ a b c d Christoph Friedrich von Stälin: Third part: Swabia and southern Franconia: End of the Middle Ages. 1269-1469 . In: Wirtemberg history . tape 3 . Cotta, Stuttgart / Tübingen 1856, p. 1 .
  8. ↑ Königlich-Württembergisches Hof- und Staats-Handbuch 1858, p. 46.
  9. ↑ Prof. Dr. Christoph Friedrich von Stälin. Bavarian Academy of Sciences, accessed April 4, 2012 .
  10. ↑ Hans Körner: The Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art and its members . In: Zeitschrift für Bayerische Landesgeschichte , Vol. 47, 1984, pp. 299–398.

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personal data
SURNAME Stälin, Christoph Friedrich von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stälin, Christoph Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German historical researcher and director of the royal library in Stuttgart
DATE OF BIRTH 4th August 1805
PLACE OF BIRTH Calw
DATE OF DEATH August 12, 1873
Place of death Stuttgart