Erhard Hirsch

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Erhard Hirsch Halle around 1990

Erhard Hirsch (born April 24, 1928 in Leipzig) is a German classical philologist , Germanist and cultural historian.

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Erhard Hirsch was born in Leipzig and grew up in Dessau , where he graduated from high school in 1947. From 1948 to 1953 he studied Classical Philology and German at the Martin Luther University in Halle-Wittenberg . After the state examination, he worked in the student language training of his alma mater in Halle (Saale) until he retired .

His actual field of research, however, was the Dessau-Wörlitzer Kulturkreis , for which Hirsch made great contributions. In 1964 he became secretary of the newly founded commission for research and maintenance of the Dessau-Wörlitz cultural area. In 1969 he submitted his dissertation on 'Progressive achievements and reactionary tendencies of the Dessau-Wörlitz cultural area in the reception of enlightened contemporaries 1770–1815', with which he was awarded a doctorate. phil. received his doctorate. A large number of publications on the subject of the garden kingdom and the Dessau Enlightenment followed. He submitted his habilitation thesis 'A Garden for People: Practiced Enlightened Humanism' in 1992. In 1994 he was awarded a professorship .

Hirsch is a member of the Historical Commission of Saxony-Anhalt and the Regional Studies Commission of the Saxon Academy of Sciences in Leipzig.

Appreciations

Hirsch received the Leibniz Medal of the Academy of Sciences in 1985 and the Monument Prize of the State of Saxony-Anhalt in 1997. In 2001 he was honored with the Federal Cross of Merit in recognition of his life's work for the Dessau-Wörlitz Garden Realm, which has meanwhile been declared a World Heritage Site .

Works (selection)

  • Dessau-Wörlitz. Enlightenment and Early Classics. Köhler & Amelang, Leipzig / CH Beck, Munich 1985, ²1987, ISBN 3-406-30736-1 ; 4th edition. Stekovics, Dößel 2013, ISBN 978-3-89923-127-4 .
  • Leopold III. Friedrich Franz. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 14, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1985,ISBN 3-428-00195-8, pp. 268-270 ( digitized version).
  • The Dessau-Wörlitz Reform Movement in the Age of Enlightenment. Person-structures-effects. Max Niemeyer Verlag, Tübingen 2003, ISBN 3-484-81018-1 .
  • Prince Leopold III. Friedrich Franz of Anhalt-Dessau . (DKV art guide No. 561/4). Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich / Berlin 2003.
  • From early German classic. Dessau-Wörlitz in the judgment of the Enlightenment. In: Dessau-Wörlitz contributions XI.1-5 (= Between Wörlitz and Mosigkau 55. 1-5), Dessau 2003–2008, published by the city of Dessau-Roßlau.
  • Dessau - In the garden realm of Prince Franz von Anhalt-Dessau. Photos by Sebastian Kaps, Dessau, Anhaltische Verlagsgesellschaft mbh, 1994, ISBN 3-910192-30-0
  • Small writings on Dessau-Wörlitz. Verlag Janos Stekovics, 2011. 1st edition, 712 pages, 758 illustrations. ISBN 3-89923-267-4 .

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personal data
SURNAME Hirsch, Erhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German philologist, classical philologist and cultural historian
DATE OF BIRTH April 24, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Leipzig