Dieter Heckmann (archivist)

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Dieter Heckmann (born June 22, 1955 in Neunkirchen ) is a German archivist and historian . His research focuses on the urban and regional history of Prussia , Livonia , Lorraine and Silesia , palaeography , the conventional and digital edition of historical sources and other historical auxiliary sciences .

Scientific career

After studying history and Romance studies at the Saarland University in Saarbrücken and the Jean Monnet Saint-Étienne University , which he graduated with the first state examination, he was awarded a doctorate in 1986 in Saarbrücken with a study on the city history of medieval Metz. phil. PhD in Medieval History . After two traineeships, each of which he completed with the second state examination, he has been working as an archivist at the Secret State Archive of Prussian Cultural Heritage since 1989 .

For many years he is the secretary and board member of the Historical Commission for East and West Prussian State Research , editor of the publications from the Archives of Prussian Cultural Heritage (2002-2020) and the Prussian Yearbook , member of the Baltic Historical Commission , the International Historical Commission for Research on the Teutonic Order , of the Hanseatic History Society and several other history societies. There is a close scientific exchange with Towarzystwo Naukowe w Toruniu . On a voluntary basis, he has published around 450 transcriptions in the Virtual Prussian Document Book and looks after the parish archives of the Maria Meeresstern community in Werder (Havel) .

Fonts

  • Andre Voey de Ryneck. The life and work of a patrician in late medieval Metz . Diss. Phil. Saarbrücken 1986.
  • From Königsberg to the Loire. Sources on the trade trip of the ducal-Prussian factor Antoine Maillet to France in the years 1562 to 1564 (= publications from the archives of Prussian cultural property. Volume 33), Cologne, Weimar, Vienna 1993.
  • Revaler documents and letters from 1273 to 1510 (= publications from the archives of Prussian cultural property. Volume 25), Cologne, Weimar, Vienna 1995.
  • Relations of the Dukes in Prussia to Western and Southern Europe. Regesta from the Ducal Prussian Letter Archive and the East Prussian Folios (1525–1688) (= publications from the Prussian Cultural Heritage Archives. Volume 47), Cologne, Weimar, Vienna 1999.
  • The accounting book of the misery brotherhood of Königsberg-Löbenicht (1477–1523) (= publications from the archives of Prussian cultural property. Volume 51), Cologne, Weimar, Vienna 2000.
  • Sources on the regional history of the Rhine province in the 19th and 20th centuries , part 1: Trier administrative district (= publications from the archives of Prussian cultural property, work reports. Volume 4), Berlin 2004.
  • Maria Meeresstern 1906 to 2006 (church leader), Potsdam 2006.
  • And contemporary witnesses: 100 years of the Catholic Church of Maria Meeresstern in Werder ad Havel 1906–2006 (= series of publications by St. Peter and Paul. Catholic Provost Parish with Maria Meeresstern Werder / Havel. Issue 9), Potsdam 2006, 2nd ed. Potsdam 2013.
  • With the participation of Marie-Luise Heckmann : The "Chronicle of the Federation and Association Against Violence and Injustice" by the Hochmeisterkaplan Andreas Santberg on the prehistory of the Thirteen Years' War in Prussia (1450 to 1454) (= individual writings of the Historical Commission for East and West Prussian Research. Volume 27). Elwert, Marburg 2007, ISBN 3-7708-1312-X .
  • With the collaboration of Krzysztof Kwiatkowski : Das Elbinger War Book (1383–1409). Invoices for municipal bids (= publications from the archives of Preußischer Kulturbesitz. Volume 68), Cologne, Weimar, Vienna 2013.
  • As editor: Contributions to the commercial and economic history of Elbing and Danzig in the Middle Ages and modern times (= sources and representations on the history of West Prussia. Volume 36), Münster 2013.
  • Sources on the regional history of the Rhine Province in the 19th and 20th centuries , part 2: Koblenz administrative district and Upper President of the Rhine Province (= publications from the archives of Prussian Cultural Heritage, work reports. Volume 19), Berlin 2016.
  • Officials of the Teutonic Order in Prussia and in the high master's chamber ballrooms of the empire until 1525. / Dostojnicy Zakonu niemieckiego w Prusach i baliwatach-kamarich wielkomistrowskie Imperiumu do 1525 r. , Toruń: Towarzystwo Naukowe, 2020. approx. 600 pages (in press).

Dependent writings

Approx. 70 essays, editions and source evaluations, as well as numerous lexicon articles, catalog articles and reviews.

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personal data
SURNAME Heckmann, Dieter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German archivist
DATE OF BIRTH June 22, 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Neunkirchen (Saar)