Friedrich Konrad Gadebusch
Friedrich Konrad Gadebusch (born January 29, 1719 in Altefähr , Rügen ; † June 20, 1788 in Dorpat , Livonia ) was a German-Baltic historian and lawyer .
Life
Friedrich Konrad Gadebusch studied law , history and philosophy at the Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University of Greifswald and the Royal Albertus University of Königsberg before he came to Livonia in 1748 as a private tutor. In Dorpat he held various court offices from 1750, was a member of the Law Commission in Moscow from 1767 as a deputy of the city and from 1771 to 1783 mayor of justice.
Gadebusch is considered the father of modern Livonia historiography. From the years 1749 to 1783, almost 1,500 documents and letters have come down to us. Most of his correspondents came from the three Baltic states, but also from Germany, Sweden, Poland, Russia and Scotland. After his death they came into the possession of his son-in-law Johann Martin Hehn . They have been in the Latvian State Historical Archives in Riga since 1935. In 1940, the correspondence was filmed by the German Archives Commission as part of the resettlement of the Baltic Germans. The films are now part of the Herder Institute's (DSHI) document collection.
Fonts
- Treatise by Livonian historians . Johann Friedrich Hartknoch, Riga 1772.
- Experiments in Livonian history and legal scholarship , 2 volumes. Riga 1779.
literature
- Richard Hausmann: Gadebusch, Friedrich Konrad . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 8, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1878, p. 298 f.
- Christina Kupffer: The Livonian historian and lawyer Friedrich Konrad Gadebusch (1719–1788). History as memory in the age of enlightenment . Dissertation, Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen 2000. ( Document display eDISS )
Web links
- Baltic Historical Commission (ed.): Entry on Friedrich Konrad Gadebusch. In: BBLD - Baltic Biographical Lexicon digital
- Literature about Friedrich Konrad Gadebusch in the state bibliography MV
- Friedrich Konrad Gadebusch in the Digital Text Collection of Older Literature Estonia (EEVA)
- Friedrich Konrad Gadebusch in the document collection of the Herder Institute in Marburg
- Friedrich Konrad Gadebusch digitized works at the University of Tartu
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gadebusch, Friedrich Konrad |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-Baltic historian and lawyer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 29, 1719 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Altefähr , Ruegen |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 20, 1788 |
| Place of death | Dorpat |