Friedrich von Schrötter (numismatist)

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Friedrich Ferdinand Theobald Freiherr von Schrötter (born January 17, 1862 in Cologne , † February 4, 1944 in Schweizermühle near Pirna) was a German economist, art historian and numismatist with a focus on the modern coinage of Brandenburg-Prussia.

Life

The son of the Prussian major general Freiherr Theobald von Schroetter (1820-1881) and his wife Josephine passed his Abitur at the humanistic grammar school in Wiesbaden . Schrötter initially aspired to a career as an officer and from 1882 served as a second lieutenant in Fusilier Regiment No. 80 , but increasingly suffered from hearing loss . In 1889 he became an educator at the cadet institute in Potsdam and began studying philosophy, history and economics at the Friedrich Wilhelms University in Berlin . Schrötter received his doctorate on October 1, 1892 under Gustav von Schmoller on the Brandenburg-Prussian army constitution under the Great Elector .

Schrötter was actually supposed to join the archives, but was called in to collaborate on Acta Borussica due to a lack of positions . Here he first worked on the Prussian and Electoral Saxon wool industry. Finally, in 1893, instead of the bank director and numismatist Emil Bahrfeldt, he was given the task of working on Prussian money and coin history. With the help of Julius Menadier , he began work in 1895. On April 1, 1899, he also joined the Berlin Coin Cabinet in the Bode Museum as a laborer . On October 1, 1902, he became assistant director there and on April 1, 1920 curator . Even after his retirement in 1927, he worked there for ten more years. On July 18, 1911, he received the title of professor.

On the basis of these collections, the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences published a fundamental work on the coinage of Brandenburg-Prussia in the period 1640–1873 in the context of Acta Borussica in 12 volumes .

From 1904, Friedrich Freiherr von Schrötter re-cataloged the Middle Ages / Modern Times collection, which he completed in 1930 in 27 volumes. Friedrich von Schrötter retired from active professional life in 1927. He played a major role in a new classification and inventory of all medieval and modern coins and medals in the cabinet, based on the concept developed by Julius Menadier . The “Dictionary of Coin Studies” published by him in 1930 is still a standard work in numismatic literature, even if it is somewhat out of date in places.

The family comes from Groß Wohnsdorf in East Prussia . From 1688 or 1702 to 1945 the ownership of manors there ( Groß Wohnsdorf Castle ) belonged to the von Schrötter family.

family

Schrötter married Martha Emilie (Lili) Eleonore Karoline Klein (born December 5, 1864) in Sondershausen on September 19, 1896 . The couple had several children:

  • Friedrich Theobald Franz Wilhelm (born July 31, 1897)
  • Johannes Robert Otto Ernst (born March 21, 1901)

Fonts (selection)

Ruins of the medieval tower of the castle building of Gut Groß Wohnsdorf, now Kurortnoje (Kaliningrad) of the von Schrötter family.
  • Prussian coinage in the 18th century. 7 volumes. Parey, Berlin 1902-1913;
    • Descriptive part, booklet 1: The coins from the time of the kings Friedrich I and Friedrich Wilhelm I 1902, ( digitized version );
    • Descriptive part, booklet 2: The coins from the time of King Frederick II the Great. 1904, ( digitized version );
    • Descriptive part, volume 3: The coins from the time of the kings Friedrich Wilhelm II. And Friedrich Wilhelm III. until 1806. 1904;
    • Coin History Part, Volume 1: The Coin Administration of Kings Friedrich I and Friedrich Wilhem I 1701–1740. 1904, ( digitized version );
    • Coin History Part, Volume 2: The establishment of Prussian coinage by Friedrich the Elder. Size and Graumann. 1740-1755. 1908, ( digitized version );
    • Münzgeschichtlicher Part, Volume 3: The money of the seven years' war and the coin reform after peace. 1755-1765. 1910, ( digitized version );
    • Münzgeschichtlicher Part, Volume 4: The last 40 years. 1765-1806. 1913, ( digitized version ).
  • The coinage of Brandenburg during the validity of the Zinna and Leipzig coinage. In: Hohenzollern yearbook. Vol. 11, 1907, ISSN  2364-0529 , pp. 63-74 .
  • Description of the modern coins 1556–1794 (= The coins of Trier. 2 = Publications of the Society for Rhenish History. 30, 2). Hanstein, Bonn 1908.
  • Description of the modern coins of the archbishopric and the city of Magdeburg 1400–1682. Baensch, Magdeburg 1909.
  • The coins of Friedrich Wilhelm the Great Elector and Friedrich III. of Brandenburg. 2 volumes. Parey, Berlin 1913-1922.
  • History of the modern coinage and monetary system in the Electorate of Trier 1550–1794. Parey, Berlin 1917, ( digitized version ).
  • The Halberstadt mint 1651 to 1680. In: Journal of the Harz Association for History and Archeology. Vol. 54, 1921, ZDB -ID 214078-0 , pp. 9-28 .
  • Prussian coinage 1806–1873. 3 volumes. Parey, Berlin 1925–26, (digital copies: descriptive part , coin history part. Volume 1 , coin history part. Volume 2 ).
  • Brandenburg-Franconian coinage. 2 volumes. Riechmann, Halle (Saale) 1927–1929;
    • Part 1: The coinage of the Hohenzollern Burgraves of Nuremberg and the Margraves of Brandenburg in Franconia 1350–1515 (= Coin Studies. 3, ZDB -ID 528418-1 ). 1927;
    • Part 2: The coinage of the Hohenzollern burgraves of Nuremberg and the Margraves of Brandenburg in Franconia 1515–1603 (= coin studies. 7). 1929.
  • as editor: Dictionary of Coin Studies. de Gruyter, Berlin et al. 1930, (2nd, unchanged edition. ibid 1970).

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://kalliope-verbund.info/de/eac?eac.id=119048981
  2. ↑ 1902–1913 “Corpus Nummorum Borussicorum”. Publication of coins and the history of coins in Prussia 1701–1806 in seven volumes by Friedrich Freiherr von Schrötter. 1913–1926 supplemented by another five volumes for the period 1640–1700 and 1806–1873. Most monumental work on the history of coins and money in the German states.
  3. ↑ http://wiki-de.genealogy.net/Wohnsdorf
personal data
SURNAME Schrötter, Friedrich von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schrötter, Friedrich Ferdinand Theobald Freiherr von (full name); Schrötter, Friedrich Freiherr von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German economist, historian and numismatist
DATE OF BIRTH January 17, 1862
PLACE OF BIRTH Cologne
DATE OF DEATH February 4, 1944
Place of death Swiss mill