Edith Ennen

Edith Ennen (born October 28, 1907 in Merzig (Saar); † June 29, 1999 in Bonn ) was a German historian and archivist . Ennen's main research areas were the constitutional , social and economic history of the Middle Ages , especially the history of the city , as well as regional studies on the Rhenish region.

Life

Ennen's father Emil came from St. Vith and was medical director of the Provincial Sanatorium in Merzig. Ennen first attended the Lyzeum in Merzig, in 1924, after passing the entrance exam with the approval of the "Government Commission for Schools under the supervision of the League of Nations ", moved to the Realgymnasium Dillingen and in 1927 took her Abitur examination. Her mother Louise b. Peters came from Emmerich .

Ennen studied history at the University of Bonn and received his doctorate in 1933 at Franz Steinbach Dr. phil. on the subject of "The organization of self-government in the Saar cities from the end of the Middle Ages to the French Revolution". From mid-October 1934 to the end of 1935, she was one of the few women who took part in the training to become an archivist at the Institute for Archival Science and Historical Studies at the Secret State Archives of Prussian Cultural Heritage in Berlin-Dahlem . After her archival state examination, the head of the institute went to great lengths to provide her with adequate care in view of the job situation for women in the “Third Reich”. She worked at the Institute for Historical Regional Studies of the Rhineland . During the Second World War , it largely maintained the institute's operations; By 1943, for example, the Rheinische Vierteljahrsblätter could appear in this way. At that time, the institute operated primarily the so-called Westforschung (research into German nationality in the western neighboring countries of the German Reich). However, Ennen limited himself to her later prominent subject areas, the city's history and the Rhenish regional studies.

On April 1, 1947, Ennen became head of Bonn's city archive and was responsible for the rebuilding of this institution in the post-war period. In 1961 she was appointed honorary professor at the University of Bonn. In 1964 she accepted a professorship at Saarland University in Saarbrücken , which means that she and Ruth Altheim-Stiehl, who was appointed in the same year, were the first to hold a chair in history in Germany. In 1968 she was the first woman to be appointed to a chair at the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Bonn, where she took over the management of the Institute for Historical Regional Studies of the Rhineland . During these years she gathered a large group of students and wrote a number of fundamental works. In 1974 she retired, which started a new creative phase. She was a member of the Society for Rhenish History .

Awards

• 1976: Great Cross of Merit of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
• Membre honoraire de la Commission pour l'histoire de ville

Fonts

(Selection)

• The organization of self-government in the Saar cities from the end of the Middle Ages to the French Revolution (= Rheinisches Archiv. Vol. 25, ISSN  0933-5102 ). Röhrscheid et al., Bonn 1933, (At the same time: Bonn, University, dissertation, 1933).
• Early history of the European city. Röhrscheid, Bonn 1953 (3rd edition expanded to include a supplement. Ibid 1981, ISBN 3-7928-0419-0 ).
• with Walter Holzhausen and Gert Schroers: The old cemetery in Bonn. History, biographical, art history. Stollfuss, Bonn 1955 (5th edition. City of Bonn, Bonn 1986, ISBN 3-922832-03-2 ).
• with Dietrich Höroldt : Brief history of the city of Bonn (= Bonner Geschichtsblätter. Vol. 20, ISSN  0068-0052 ). Bonner Heimat- und Geschichtsverein , Wilhelm Stollfuss Verlag , Bonn 1966 (later as: From Roman fort to federal capital. Brief history of the city of Bonn. 4th, revised edition. Stollfuss, Bonn 1985, ISBN 3-08-614094-1 ).
• The European city of the Middle Ages. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1972, ISBN 3-525-01308-6 (4th, improved edition, ibid 1987, ISBN 3-525-01341-8 ).
• Collected treatises on European urbanism and Rhenish history. 2 volumes. Röhrscheid, Bonn 1977–1987, ISBN 3-7928-0405-0 (Vol. 1) and ISBN 3-7928-0569-3 (Vol. 2).
• with Walter Janssen : German agricultural history. From the Neolithic to the threshold of the industrial age (= Scientific Paperbacks, Social and Economic History. Vol. 12). Steiner, Wiesbaden 1979, ISBN 3-515-02420-4 .
• Rheinisches Städtewesen up to 1250 (= Historical Atlas of the Rhineland . Supplement 6, 1 = Publications of the Society for Rhenish History. NF 12, Section 1b). Rheinland-Verlag, Cologne 1982, ISBN 3-7927-0615-6 .
• Women in the Middle Ages. Beck, Munich 1984, ISBN 3-406-09528-3 (6th edition, ibid 1999, ISBN 3-406-37799-8 ).

literature

• Werner Besch et al. (Hrsg.): The city in European history. Festschrift Edith Ennen. Röhrscheid, Bonn 1972, ISBN 3-7928-0331-3 (with bibliography).
• Franz Irsigler : Edith Ennen. Notes on work and effect. In: Wilhelm Janssen , Margret Wensky (Hrsg.): Central European cities in the Middle Ages and early modern times. Dedicated to Edith Ennen. Böhlau, Köln et al. 1999, ISBN 3-412-06099-2 , pp. 1–19 (the Festschrift also contains a bibliography of Ennen's writings).
• Hans Derks: German West Research. Ideology and practice in the 20th century (= history science and history culture in the 20th century. Vol. 4). Akademische Verlags-Anstalt, Leipzig 2001, ISBN 3-931982-23-8 .
• Gisela Vollmer : Edith Ennen †. In: The archivist . Vol. 54, Issue 2, 2001, pp. 174-176.
• Josef Niesen : Bonn Personal Lexicon. 3rd, improved and enlarged edition. Bouvier, Bonn 2011, ISBN 978-3-416-03352-7 .
• Wolfgang Müller: Edith Ennen . In: The chairmen and deputy chairmen of the Commission for Saarland State History and Folk Research, in: Brigitte Kasten (Hrsg.): Historical views of the land on the Saar. 60 Years of the Commission for Saarland State History and Folk Research Saarbrücken 2012 (Publications of the Commission for Saarland State History and Folk Research Volume 45), pp. 594–596. (Bio-bibliographical documentation).
• Yvonne Leiverkus: “Desire and scientific inclination made me take up the archivist profession.” Edith Ennen (1907–1999). Archivist and historian . In: Andrea Stieldorf / Ursula Mättig / Ines Neffgen (eds.): But suddenly now emancipated, science wants to drive it. Women at the University of Bonn (1918–2018) (=  Bonner Schriften zur Universitäts- und Wissenschaftsgeschichte . No. 9 ). V&R unipress, Göttingen 2018, ISBN 978-3-8471-0894-8 , p. 165-191 .

Web links

• Edith Ennen in the biography portal of the Rhineland Regional Association
• Literature by and about Edith Ennen in the catalog of the German National Library
• Works by and about Edith Ennen  in the German Digital Library
• Edith Ennen in the Saarland biographies
• Publications by and about Edith Ennen in the Opac der Regesta Imperii

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 100 years of Albert Schweitzer Gymnasium, 1902–2002, Dillingen . Self-published, Dillingen 2002, p. 127 ff .
2. ↑ See Albert Brackmann correspondence , Secret State Archives Prussian Cultural Heritage (VI. Main Department, Brachmann estate).