Günther Wrede

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Cover page of Günther Wrede's dissertation, printed in 1927.

Günther Wrede (born March 28, 1900 in Marburg , † October 13, 1977 in Osnabrück ) was a German historian and senior archivist.

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Otto Ludwig Günther Wrede was born on March 28, 1900 in Marburg as the second son of the professor of German studies and private lecturer Ferdinand Wrede and his wife Malwine, nee. Wimmer born.

After graduating from high school in 1918 at the Philippinum grammar school in Marburg , Wrede first began studying German and classical philology in Marburg and Tübingen , but then switched to history. He returned to Marburg and completed his studies there until 1925. In Marburg, his lecturer, Professor of Medieval History and Historical Auxiliary Sciences, Edmund Stengel, pointed the way for Wrede's future life. In February 1925, Wrede presented his study The Territorial History of the County of Wittgenstein as a dissertation and was awarded a doctorate due to his work at the University of Marburg. phil. PhD.

This extensive historical work was presented in print in 1927 and forms " the foundation of all historical work in Wittgenstein" up to the present day .

After receiving his doctorate, Wrede stayed in Marburg as Stengel's assistant until 1926 and then trained as an archivist at the Prussian Secret State Archives in Berlin-Dahlem.

Wrede had been a full member of the Historical Commission for Westphalia since May 13, 1932 .

After his use in the State Archives in Münster and Marburg - where he had played a key role in the move of the archive from Marburg Castle to the current archive building since 1934 - Wrede was transferred to Osnabrück in 1939, where he was entrusted with the management of the local archive. Shortly before his death, he completed his late work, the Historical Directory of the Former Prince Diocese of Osnabrück . Wrede remained in Osnabrück as director of the State Archives until his retirement and died there on October 13, 1977.

Fonts

  • Günther Wrede (1931): Ducal power and Cologne territorial policy in Westphalia. In: Westfalen, Vol. 16, pp. 139–151.
  • Günther Wrede (1931): Dietrich von Niem and the Lemgo monastery. In: Westfälische Zeitschrift, Vol. 88, 1 (1931), pp. 186-195.
  • Günther Wrede (1936): On historical spatial research in north-west Germany. In: Historische Zeitschrift, Vol. 153 (1936), pp. 306-317.
  • Günther Wrede (1935): Limits of the Neumark 1319–1817. Greifswald. Penners, Theodor (arr.) Hildesheim (1975–1980).

literature

  • Wolfgang Leesch: The German archivists 1500–1945. Saur, Munich et al. 1985-1992, ISBN 3-598-10606-8 , p. 683.
  • Max Arnim: International Personal Bibliography. 2nd, completely revised edition of vol. 3 (reporting period 1944–1959) in 3 up to the respective year of publication, supplemented vol. 3–5, volume 5. Leipzig 1987, p. 426.
  • Karl Ernst Demandt : Günther Wrede †. In: Der Archivar 31 (1978), Sp. 438-441.
  • Otto Merker : Günther Wrede 1900–1977. In: Niedersächsisches Jahrbuch für Landesgeschichte 50 (1978), pp. 509-512.
  • Theodor Penners : Günther Wrede to the memory. In: Osnabrücker Mitteilungen 83 (1977), pp. IX – XV.
  • Westfalenspiegel, ed. from the Westfälischer Heimatbund and the Landesverkehrsverband 25, Issue 11 (1977), p. 49.
  • Westphalian News, October 15, 1977.
  • Who is who? Das deutsche Who's who (continuation of Wer ist's?), 19 (1976/1977), p. 1113.
  • Kürschner's Deutscher Schehrtenkalender: bio-bibliographical directory of German-speaking scientists of the present, 12 (1976), p. 3571.
  • Wilhelm Kohl: The members of the historical commission of Westphalia. 75 years of the Historical Commission of Westphalia (= writings of the Historical Commission of Westphalia. Vol. 8). Aschendorff, Münster 1972, p. 28.
  • Who is who? Das deutsche Who's who (continuation of Wer ist's?), 16 (1969/1970), p. 1470.
  • Johannes Burkardt: Günther Wrede and his "Territorial History of the County of Wittgenstein". In: Wittgenstein. Leaves of the Wittgensteiner Heimatverein eV, year 85, June 1997, vol. 61, H. 2. Bad Laasphe 1997.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Baptism entry church book Marburg Stadt, Luth.Gemeinde, Taufen 1892–1913, p. 182, No. 1375, inspection on December 4, 2018.
  2. ^ Günther Wrede: Territorial history of the County of Wittgenstein. Marburg 1927.
  3. ^ Eberhard Bauer: First names of the Wittgensteiner localities. An overview of the current state of knowledge. In: Wittgenstein. Leaves of the Wittgensteiner Heimatverein eV, year 85, June 1997, vol. 61, H. 2. Bad Laasphe 1997, p. 46.
  4. ^ Johannes Burkardt: Günther Wrede and his "Territorial History of the County of Wittgenstein". In: Wittgenstein. Leaves of the Wittgensteiner Heimatverein eV, year 85, June 1997, vol. 61, no. 2, Bad Laasphe 1997, pp. 61-64.
  5. ^ Günther Wrede: Historical place directory of the former Prince Diocese of Osnabrück. Hildesheim 1975.
personal data
SURNAME Wrede, Günther
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wrede, Otto Ludwig Günther (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German historian and senior archivist
DATE OF BIRTH March 28, 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH Marburg
DATE OF DEATH October 13, 1977
Place of death Osnabrück