Friedrich Busch (librarian)

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Friedrich Busch (born February 15, 1891 in Hanover ; † April 29, 1974 there ) was a German librarian .

Life

Friedrich Busch, the son of a railway official, graduated from the Kaiser-Wilhelms-Gymnasium in Hanover in 1910 . Then he turned to the study of historical sciences and classical philology at the universities of Freiburg , Marburg and Gottingen to which he interrupted by his participation in the First World War , in 1919 with the promotion of Dr. phil. graduated from Karl Brandi in Göttingen. In addition, between 1920 and 1921 he completed his specialist librarianship training at the Royal and Provincial Library, today Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Library , in Hanover and in 1923 the examination for teaching at secondary schools. During his studies he became a member of the Marburg Burschenschaft Rheinfranken .

After his first professional assignments in Hanover's public libraries , in the court library in Bückeburg and in the Herzog August Library , he moved to the Hanover City Library as a library councilor in 1925 , where he was appointed library director in 1927, a position he held until he retired in 1956. In 1931, the city library was the first public library in Germany to have a high-rise in Hildesheimer Strasse designed by Karl Elkart according to his specifications . During his time as director he also built a library system consisting of a central library and several district libraries, converted to open stacks and rebuilt the library after the Second World War . Busch also headed the Hanover City Archives from 1939 to 1942 and from 1945 to 1951 .

Friedrich Busch, who had made a name for himself in particular as a bibliographer of the history of Northwest Germany , was a member of the Historical Commission for Lower Saxony and Bremen as well as an honorary member of the Historical Association for Lower Saxony , the Lower Saxony State Association for Family Studies and the Schaumburg-Lippische Heimatverein.

Friedrich Busch married Magda, nee Hillewerth, in 1921, with whom he had two children. He died in 1974 at the age of 83 in his hometown of Hanover.

Fonts

  • Chronicle of the Mundhenke family: Deinser Linie, Jaab & Kohlreutz, Hanover, 1908
  • Contributions to the deeds and chancellery of the Dukes of Braunschweig and Lüneburg in the 13th century, Part I, in: Historical Commission for Hanover, Oldenburg, Braunschweig, Schaumburg-Lippe and Bremen. Publications, J. Zwissler, Hannover, 1921
  • Bibliography of the history of Lower Saxony for the years 1956 and 1957, in: Volume 16, Edition 3, Parts 1-2 of publications by the Historical Commission for Lower Saxony and Bremen, Hanover, 1959
  • Schaumburg Bibliography, in: Volume 31 of publications, Historical Commission for Lower Saxony, A. Lax, Hildesheim, 1964
  • With Reinhard Oberschelp , Lower Saxony State Library (Hanover) (Ed.): Bibliography of Lower Saxony History: For the years 1933 to 1955. Register, Volume 5, 1977, ISBN 3-7848-2309-2 .

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Willy Nolte : Fraternity members regular role. Berlin 1934, p. 67.
personal data
SURNAME Busch, Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German librarian
DATE OF BIRTH February 15, 1891
PLACE OF BIRTH Hanover
DATE OF DEATH April 29, 1974
Place of death Hanover