Felix Matuszkiewicz

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Felix Matuszkiewicz (born January 11, 1885 in Sprottau , † April 18, 1956 in Neustadt an der Donau ) was a German historian and legal scholar, founder of the Municipal Museum in Sprottau.

His parents were Josef Matuszkiewicz and Margaret geb. Kopankiewicz. After graduating from high school in 1903, he studied law at the universities of Heidelberg , Leipzig , Greifswald and Breslau . He obtained his doctorate in Breslau in 1910. In 1908, as a trainee lawyer at the Royal District Court of Sprottau, he self-published the book “Geschichte der Stadt Sprottau”. The work was created on the basis of research in the city archive. From 1912 he worked as a lawyer and notary in Sprottau. At the same time he dealt with the history of the Sprottauer Kreis and edited several books.

On June 28, 1928, two museums were opened in Sprottau: the Sprottau Local History Museum and the Heinrich Laube Museum , which were created thanks to the initiative of Matuszkiewicz.

In spring 1945 Matuszkiewicz had to leave Sprottau and settled in Passau . There he was hired by the American authorities as a judge. However, he tried to return to the profession of lawyer. He retired in 1955 and died a year later.

The Sprottau Municipal Museum, which reopened on June 18, 2004, bears his name.

Works (selection)

  • 100 years of Carl Lamprecht  : Sprottau: C. Lamprecht, 1939
  • Book printing, libraries and newspapers in Sprottau  : Sprottau i. Schles. : Wildner, 1938
  • Friedrich Magnus von der Goës, a Kurland baron, Sprottau chamberlain and philanthropist  : Sprottau: Wildner, 1936
  • Nickel Jacob from Sprottau, the old master of Silesian apiculture (1576)  : Sprottau: Wochenblatt-Druckerei [L. Wildner], 1933
  • The Anna chapel near Dalkau  : Glogau: Glogauer Druckerei, 1930
  • Guide through the municipal museum of local history and foliage in Sprottau  : Sprottau: Magistrat, 1929
  • The medieval court system of the Principality of Glogau  : Breslau: Hirt, 1911
  • History of the town of Sprottau  : Sprottau: self-published, 1908

literature

  • Felix Matuszkiewicz: History of the City of Sprottau , Nabu Press, 2011, ISBN 9781270784227
  • Felix Matuszkiewicz: Historia Szprotawy , translation and editing: Jarosław Kuczer, Szprotawa: Urząd Miejski, 2010 ISBN 9788393048601

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personal data
SURNAME Matuszkiewicz, Felix
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German historian and legal scholar
DATE OF BIRTH January 11, 1885
PLACE OF BIRTH Sprottau
DATE OF DEATH April 18, 1956
Place of death Neustadt an der Donau