Erich König
Erich König (completely Erich Karl Paul König ) (born May 23, 1881 in Liegnitz , Province of Silesia , † September 19, 1940 in Tübingen ) was a German historian.
Erich König was born as the son of the teacher Paul König and his wife Maria geb. Heyn born. In his hometown Liegnitz he attended grammar school from Easter 1891 and acquired the certificate of maturity in 1900. He studied history in Munich, Breslau and Berlin and received his doctorate in Munich in 1904 with a thesis on Cardinal Giordano Orsini (1360 / 70–1438) supervised by Hermann Grauert . From 1906 to 1918 he worked as an intern at the General Reich Archives in Munich . In 1913 he became a private lecturer there , from 1919 he taught as an associate professor at the University of Tübingen. As editor, König dealt with the high medieval chronicles from Zwiefalten Monastery (Ortlieb and Berthold), the sources on the history of the Guelphs and the humanist Konrad Peutinger .
From 1912 to 1925, König was editor of the historical yearbook of the Görres Society.
Works (selection)
- Cardinal Giordano Orsini († 1438). A picture of life from the time of the great councils and humanism. First part. Freiburg i. Br. 1906. (With curriculum vitae after p. 47) Digitized at Internet Archive
- Peutinger Studies , Freiburg i. Br. 1914. Digitalisat the ULB Dusseldorf
- Konrad Peutinger's correspondence. Munich 1923. Digitalisat the ULB Dusseldorf
- Historia Welforum , Stuttgart 1938. Digitalisat the ULB Dusseldorf
Web links
- Erich König estate in holdings J 2 (unprinted treatises and materials on regional history (smaller scientific estates and collections)) of the Stuttgart State Archives .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | King, Erich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 23, 1881 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Liegnitz , Province of Silesia |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 19, 1940 |
| Place of death | Tübingen |