Franz Wachter (archivist)

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Franz Wachter (born March 21, 1853 in Ludwigslust , † March 30, 1923 in Aurich ) was a German historian and archivist .

Life

After passing the Abitur examination at Parchimer Friedrich-Franz Gymnasium in Easter 1874, Wachter studied geography and history in Rostock and Halle . After his doctorate as Dr. phil. In 1879 he joined the Prussian archives service and initially worked as an archivist in Breslau , where he married. He worked temporarily in Düsseldorf, but could not really settle in there and initially returned to Breslau. In 1897 he was offered a position as the first senior archivist in the Prussian State Archives in Aurich , which he accepted and filled in until 1921. He worked in the new building with three employees and occasional temporary help, the state archive holdings were also supplemented by noteworthy private deposits from the East Frisian landscape and the Inn- and Knyphausen family .

Wachter also wrote articles for the Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie .

Works

  • The influence of the national and clerical position of Gislebert von Mons on his historiography . Hall 1879
  • East Frisia under the influence of neighboring countries . Aurich 1904
  • The legacy of the Cirksena. A piece of East Frisian history and the struggle for supremacy in northern Germany . Aurich 1921
  • Exchange of letters from Ubbo Emmius . Aurich 1911 and The Hague 1923
  • Scriptores rerum Silesiacarum
    • Volume 6: Historical Sources of the Hussite Wars . Breslau 1883, sbc.org.pl
    • Volume 12: Historians of Silesia in the XV. Century . Wroclaw 1883
    • Volume 16: Files of the court martial from 1758 because of the surrender of Breslau on Nov. 24, 1757 . Wroclaw 1895
  • The historians of prehistoric German times (as translators):

Individual proof

  1. ↑ See the entry of Franz Wachter's matriculation in the Rostock matriculation portal

Secondary literature

  • Walter Deeters : Wachter, Franz . In: Biographical Lexicon for East Frisia . Ostfriesische Landschaft, Aurich 1993, on ostfriesenelandschaft.de
  • Günther Möhlmann: Franz Wachter 1853-1923 . In: Otto Heinrich May (ed.): Niedersächsische Lebensbilder, Vol. 3, Hildesheim: Lax 1957, pp. 328-340
  • On the 350th anniversary of the Grand Ducal Friedrich-Franz-Gymnasium in Parchim, Parchim 1915, p. 13

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personal data
SURNAME Wachter, Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German historian and archivist
DATE OF BIRTH March 21, 1853
PLACE OF BIRTH Ludwigslust
DATE OF DEATH March 30, 1923
Place of death Aurich