Elisabeth Meyer-Marthaler
Elisabeth Meyer-Marthaler (born September 27, 1916 in Winterthur ; † March 1, 2001 in Frauenfeld ; resident in Niederhasli ) was a Swiss historian .
life and work
Elisabeth Meyer-Marthaler studied history in Zurich and Vienna . Since she had taken a clear stand against National Socialism , she had to leave Vienna in 1938 as a “persona non grata”.
Elisabeth Meyer-Marthaler received her grammar school teacher diploma in 1940 and received her doctorate in Zurich with the work “Investigations into the constitutional and legal history of the County of Vintschgau in the Middle Ages”. From 1940 she was the editor of the Graubünden document book .
In 1941 she married the historian Bruno Meyer , with whom she had four children. In addition to housework and raising children, Elisabeth Meyer-Marthaler wrote numerous publications on issues relating to Graubünden and many basic articles on the history of the Thurgau monasteries as well as numerous contributions to the Helvetia Sacra .
Fonts
- Legal sources of the canton of Graubünden, Old Ethical Law / Lex Romana Curiensis. Schwabe Verlag, Basel 1966, ISBN 978-3-79651795-2 .
- Legal sources of the Canton of Graubünden / The statutes of the judicial communities / The Ten Courts Association / Langwies court. Schwabe Verlag, Basel, ISBN 978-3-79651810-2 .
Web links
- Florian Hitz: Elisabeth Meyer-Marthaler. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Elisabeth Meyer-Marthaler. In: Bibliography of Swiss History
Individual evidence
- ↑ Thurgauer Jahrbuch: Nekrolog für Elisabeth Meyer-Marthaler (1916–2001). Retrieved April 27, 2020 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Meyer-Marthaler, Elisabeth |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 27, 1916 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Winterthur |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 1, 2001 |
| Place of death | Frauenfeld |