Friedrich Facius

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Friedrich Facius (born August 17, 1907 in Winzlar ; † February 10, 1983 in Mannheim ) was a German archivist and Thuringian regional historian .

Life

Facius came from a Thuringian farming family attested to since the 17th century. After graduating from high school, from 1927 he studied history , German and Latin in Heidelberg , Berlin and Jena . With a doctorate in Willy Andreas doctorate he became Dr. phil. In 1933 he started the preparatory service for the archives career in the State Archives Weimar . Since it was founded by Armin Tille , the Thuringian archive administration has trained its legal clerks themselves. Facius was nominally a member of the Main State Archives in Weimar until 1947, although he - suspicious of the conditions there from the start - did not take up the service after returning from the Second World War , but stayed in Mannheim.

From 1935 on, he headed the Altenburg State Archive from Weimar as archivist , with whose archivist Walter Grünert he was lifelong friends. In 1939 he became a state archivist. In the post-war period in Germany, he moved from Weimar to Mannheim, where his family followed him in 1948. From 1952 to 1961 he was at the newly founded Federal Archives Koblenz , then first State Archives Councilor at the branch of the Main State Archives Stuttgart in Ludwigsburg . There he became senior state archivist in 1962. The last stop in his professional life was Freiburg im Breisgau . As archive director from 1967 to 1972 he continued the development of the Freiburg branch of the General State Archive in Karlsruhe , responsible for southern Baden , after Karl Wellmer had died.

The father's occupation aroused Facius' scientific interest in gardens and parks of the Baroque , especially in Altenburg and Wilhelmsthal . By carefully studying the sources , he refuted the fact that Napoleon Bonaparte organized a hare hunt on the battlefield of Jena and Auerstedt in 1808 .

His estate is in the General State Archives in Karlsruhe.

Memberships

Publications

  • Administrative printed matter of the Thuringian states from the 18th century to 1922 (bibliography), 1933.
  • Allstedt. The history of the city constitution . 1937.
  • The Altenburg Castle Garden. On the history of his artistic design from 1592–1850 . 1936.
  • The great Altenburg pond. History of its artificial design mainly in the 18th century . 1940.
  • Thuringian troop history. Bibliography of the Thuringian regiments and battalions from the 17th century to 1918 . German City Book , Vol. 2, 1943.
  • State and economy [in the German Confederation]. 1959.
  • Political history of Thuringia from 1828 to 1945 , in: Geschichte Thüringens , Vol. V, 2. 1978.

literature

  • Hans Patze: Friedrich Facius to the memory . In: Blätter für deutsche Landesgeschichte 119, 1983, pp. 173–175.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ UrMel Jena  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Toter Link / ecb.thulb.uni-jena.de  
  2. ↑ Dissertation: State, Administration and Economy in Saxe-Gotha under Duke Friedrich II. (1691–1732)
  3. ↑ a b c Hans Patze: Friedrich Facius to the memory . In: Blätter für deutsche Landesgeschichte 119, 1983, pp. 173–175.
  4. ↑ Baden-Württemberg State Archives
  5. ↑ Böhlau
  6. ^ German city book (WWU Münster)
personal data
SURNAME Facius, Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German archivist and historian
DATE OF BIRTH 17th August 1907
PLACE OF BIRTH Winzlar
DATE OF DEATH February 10, 1983
Place of death Mannheim