Eduard Hach

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Eduard Hach
Eduard Hach, photo by Hermann Linde the Elder

Ernst Wilhelm Eduard Hach (born December 23, 1841 in Lübeck ; † March 25, 1917 ibid) was a German administrative lawyer, historian, archivist and local researcher.

Life

origin

Hach was the middle of three sons of the Lübeck Senator Hermann Wilhelm Hach and the grandson of the Higher Appeal Judge Johann Friedrich Hach . His mother Johanna Ernestine (1811-1889) was the daughter of the court president Heise . Adolph Hach and Theodor Hach were his brothers.

career

After attending the Katharineum , which he graduated as Primus Omnium in 1860 , he studied law at the Universities of Bonn, Berlin and, from 1862, Göttingen , where he received his PhD in 1864. jur. received his doctorate. In the autumn of the same year he passed the legal exam before the Higher Appeal Court of the four Free Cities and was admitted to practice as a lawyer and notary. From 1866 he worked in the city administration, initially entrusted with the management of the civil status register as a scientific assistant to the office secretary. In 1871 he was given a permanent position as 2nd Senate Secretary and rose to become 1st Senate Secretary (Protonotarius) in 1885 . He was to remain so until 1905.

Like his father and brothers, he was a member of the Society for the Promotion of Charitable Activities and was one of its leaders from 1872 to 1875. He was on the board of many of the institutions operated by the company: from 1869 to 1876 he was head of the industrial school, from 1881 to 1890 head of the singing class and from 1895 to 1904 head of the Museum of Lübeck Art and Cultural History.

He also worked in the archives of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck , which he also temporarily headed in 1907 between the death of archivist Paul Ewald Hasse and Johannes Kretzschmar's assumption of office . He succeeded in organizing and presenting the complicated tradition and legal relationships of the private charities (foundations) that were so important for Lübeck . He was one of the first to recognize the source value of the account books and wills kept in the archive, to which he dedicated various publications in the journal of the Association for Lübeck History and Archeology . The begun by him Regesten citizens Wills formed the basis for their critical edition by Ahasuerus by Brandt . His collection of Lübeck Personalia and Professions in the archive is still today an aid that is probably unsurpassed in its reliability .

His extensive archival studies established his extensive knowledge of Lübeck's history and Lübeck's legislation and extended to include the Lübeck trade. His larger works in the volumes of the Lübeck History Society include "On the history of the great organ in the St. Jacobi Church and the epitaph of Joachim Wulff" and "From Paul Frenkin's oldest testament book 1503-1728".

Hach loved music and was also active as a composer. He was not only a co-founder of the music association, which was dissolved in 1886, but also served as its chairman from 1870 to 1878. He also dedicated his work to the Lübeck Liedertafel and was its president from 1876 to 1885 . For this association he edited the "History of the Lübeck Liedertafel", which was often used as a source work for the Lübeckische. His services in this area were recognized by being awarded honorary membership of the later "Lübeck Male Choir". He wrote their commemorative publications for the forty and fifty-year jubilees and compiled the real and card catalog for the extensive library of the Musikverein, which the Senate acquired for the city ​​library in 1876 .

Since 1869 the "Association for Lübeck History and Archeology", he made him an honorary member, belonging, he was at the same time for a longer period of the Museum of Lübeck Art and Cultural History.

Increasing hearing loss made him withdraw from the public.

family

Since 1870 he was married to Helene, b. von Großheim (born February 20, 1820 in Lübeck; † April 28, 1822 there), daughter of the founder of the "Großheim Realschule" and aunt of Carl von Großheim . The couple had three daughters and six sons.

Works

  • The Lübeck Liedertafel during the first four decades of its existence: 1842–1882. Printed as a manuscript for members. Lübeck: Schmidt & Erdtmann 1883
  • The Lübeck Liedertafel for the fifth decade of its existence 1882–1892: for the 50th anniversary of the foundation for members. Lübec: Borchers 1892
  • List of private charities in Lúbeck with details of the purposes of the foundation and the current administration. Lübeck 1898
  • Directory of private charities in the Lübeck Free State. Lübeck 1901

posthumously:

  • Regest of the Lübeck citizen wills of the Middle Ages / based on the preparatory work by Eduard Hach ... and ed. by A. von Brandt. Lübeck: Schmidt-Römhild 1964ff

Web links

Commons : Eduard Hach  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Graßmann (lit.) p. 271
  2. ↑ Ludwig Ewers set him as v. Hohenstein and his school a literary monument in the popular work "Die Großvaterstadt" published in 1926.
personal data
SURNAME Hach, Eduard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hach, Ernst Wilhelm Eduard (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German administrative lawyer, historian, archivist and local researcher
DATE OF BIRTH December 23, 1841
PLACE OF BIRTH Lübeck
DATE OF DEATH March 25, 1917
Place of death Lübeck