Erich Kittel

Hermann Karl Erich Kittel (born December 30, 1902 in Budweis ; † August 19, 1974 in Detmold ) was a German archivist and director of the Detmold State Archive.

After completing his doctorate at the Humboldt University in Berlin, Erich Kittel was State Archives Councilor at the Prussian Secret State Archives in Berlin-Dahlem from 1931 . From 1939 to 1945 he served as a reserve officer in Poland, France and Russia. After a short stop at the Osnabrück State Archives , he took over the management of the Lippisches Landesarchiv, which later became the Detmold State Archives , in 1946 , which he ran until he retired.

In addition, from 1946 to 1950 he was head of the Lippische Landesbibliothek , member of the historical commission for Westphalia (board 1970–1974) and from 1949 to 1969 chairman of the natural science and historical association for the state of Lippe . In 1968 he was awarded the Cross of Merit 1st Class of the Federal Republic of Germany.

Publications

• Detmold until the end of the 17th century (1953)
• The Externsteine as a playground for swarming spirits and in the judgment of science (1965)
• Seal (1970)
• Contributions to regional history and to the historical auxiliary sciences in specialist journals

literature

• Heribert Sturm : Biographical lexicon on the history of the Bohemian countries. Published on behalf of the Collegium Carolinum (Institute) , Vol. II, R. Oldenbourg Verlag Munich 1984, ISBN 3-486-52551-4 , p. 125
• Kürschners Deutscher Schehrtenkalender , bio-bibliographical directory of German-speaking scientists of the present, 11 (1970), Verlag Walter de Gruyter p. 1448 f.
• East German Family Studies (1975), p. 262
• Hans Patze : Erich Kittel in memory. In: sheets for German national history . 111th year, 1975, pp. 241-244 ( digitized version ).

Web links

• Biographical information on the website of the Historical Commission for Westphalia

Remarks

1. ↑ Short biography at the Lippische Landesbibliothek. (PDF; 14 kB) Accessed August 5, 2012 .