Friedrich Bothe (historian)

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Friedrich Bothe (born March 3, 1869 in Nöschenrode ; † September 13, 1952 in Frankfurt am Main ) was a German teacher and historian .

life and work

During his studies in 1888 Bothe became a member of the Palaeomarchia Halle Landsmannschaft . After completing his studies, he taught German, history, fencing, swimming and gymnastics at the Liebig School in Frankfurt am Main from 1900 to 1932 . In 1922 he was appointed senior teacher . He earned his real merits with his research and publications on the history of the city of Frankfurt am Main .

His book History of the City of Frankfurt am Main, first published in 1913 (reissued in revised versions in 1923 and 1929, re-published several times unchanged since then) became a standard work. Other focal points of his work were the financial and economic history of the city. In 1939, on the occasion of his 70th birthday, he donated two of Adam Elsheimer's paintings , The City of Frankfurt am Main Seen from the South and Little Tobias, which he had identified .

In 1929 Bothe received the plaque of honor from the city of Frankfurt am Main , and on his retirement in 1932 the silver honor box for his services as a teacher. In 1939 the Frankfurt Association for History and Regional Studies made him an honorary member. His grave is in the Frankfurt main cemetery .

Publications (selection)

  • History of the Liebig-Oberrealschule (Festschrift, 1905)
  • The development of direct taxation in the imperial city of Frankfurt am Main up to the revolution 1612–1614 (= political and social science research, volume 26.2). Leipzig 1906. Digitized
  • Contributions to the economic and social history of the imperial city of Frankfurt am Main. Supplement to the annual report of the Liebig Realschule in Frankfurt aM Altenburg, 1906. Digitized
  • Patrician fortune in the 16th century (1908)
  • Contributions to Frankfurt art history in the 17th century (1908)
  • The will of the Frankfurt merchant Jakob Heller in 1519 (1909)
  • From Frankfurt's legend and history (1911)
  • Regional studies of the province of Hessen-Nassau (1914)
  • Frankfurt's economic and social situation before the 30 Years War and the Fettmilch Uprising (1920)
  • Princely Economic Politicians and the Imperial City of Frankfurt am Main before the Thirty Years' War (1929)
  • Critical examination of new research on the oldest Frankfurt (1929)
  • History of the city of Frankfurt am Main . 3rd, expanded edition. Frankfurt am Main, 1929. Digitized
  • The Economy in Frankfurt am Main up to the 18th Century (1932)
  • Economy and culture in Goethe's father's house (1932)
  • Three generations of Goethe (1932)
  • Methods for calculating the purchasing power of money (1933)
  • With Goethe through Frankfurt (1937, together with his son Hans)
  • Adam Elsheimer, the painter of Frankfurt (1939)
  • Customs and Customs in Old Frankfurt (1941)
  • Goethe and his hometown Frankfurt (1949)
  • Archbishop Johann Schweikart of Mainz and the Frankfurt Catholics at the time of the Fettmilch Uprising (1951)

The estate with unpublished manuscripts is in the Institute for Urban History .

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Berthold Ohm and Alfred Philipp (eds.): Directory of addresses of the old men of the German Landsmannschaft. Part 1. Hamburg 1932, p. 347.

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personal data
SURNAME Bothe, Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German teacher and historian
DATE OF BIRTH March 3, 1869
PLACE OF BIRTH Nöschenrode
DATE OF DEATH September 13, 1952
Place of death Frankfurt am Main