Georg Mentz

Georg Mentz (born March 31, 1870 in Apolda ; † June 26, 1943 in Jena ) was a German modern historian.

life and work

Mentz was the son of the mayor of Apolda. He studied history in Jena and received his doctorate in 1892 under Ottokar Lorenz . In 1896 he completed his habilitation and in 1901 he became a non-civil servant professor and in 1910 a civil servant associate professor in Jena. In 1923 he became a full professor.

He dealt with German history in the 16th and 17th centuries and Thuringian regional history (Duchy of Weimar, biography of Johann Friedrich I (Saxony) ). He was also known for his handbook on German history in the age of the Reformation, the Counter-Reformation and the Thirty Years' War, published in 1913.

From 1931 to 1940 he headed the Association for Thuringian History and Archeology , was the editor of its magazine until 1939 and in 1937 he became an honorary member of the newly founded Thuringian Historical Commission .

Politically, he was close to Friedrich Naumann and had been a member of the DDP since 1918 . He was active in the Association for Germanness Abroad (VDA) , of which he had been a member since 1897 and of which he headed the Thuringian regional association from 1907 to 1933. In a congratulatory address on his 70th birthday, he was described as an "old champion of German abroad".

Fonts (selection)

Monographs and Articles

• Is it proven that Trithemius was a forger? , Frommann, Jena 1892 (= dissertation University of Jena 1892), archive
• Johann Philipp von Schönborn, Elector of Mainz, Bishop of Würzburg and Worms 1605–1673. A contribution to the history of the seventeenth century. Fischer, Jena 1896–1899 (Habilitation 1896, second part 1899), Archives
• German journalism in the 17th century. A lecture , Hamburg 1897
• Louis XIV, his empire and his time. With a timetable. Schroeder, Bonn and Leipzig 1922 (= Library of Culture and History; Vol. 24)
• German history in the age of the Reformation, the Counter Reformation and the Thirty Years War 1493–1648. A handbook for students. Mohr, Tübingen 1913
• European history in the age of Charles V, Philip II and Elisabeth. Teubner, Leipzig and Berlin 1921 (= history of modern times; 2, From nature and spirit world 528)
• Weimar state and regent history from the Peace of Westphalia to the accession of Carl August , in: Erich Marcks , Willy Andreas (ed.) (On behalf of the Thuringian Minister for Popular Education): Carl August. Representations and letters on the history of the Weimar dynasty and country , Frommann, Jena 1936
• A century of Thuringian historical research. The entire association of German history and antiquity associations for its annual meeting in Gotha on 19–24. September 1937 presented by the Association for Thuringian History and Archeology . Fischer, Jena 1937

Editor and editor

• (Arrangement) Johann Friedrich the Magnanimous 1503–1554. Name of the association for Thuringian history and antiquity published by the Thuringian historical commission, 3 parts, Fischer, Jena 1903, 1908 (= contributions to the modern history of Thuringia; vol. 1), part 1, archives , part 2, archives , part 3, Archives
• (Ed.) The Wittenberg article from 1536 (article of the christian lahr, of which the legates from Engelland traded with the doctor Martino in 1536´). Latin and German for the first time. Deichert, Leipzig 1905 (= source writings on the history of Protestantism, volume 2)
• (Editing) Manuscripts from the Reformation , Marcus & Weber, Bonn 1912 (= Tabulae in usum scholarum 5)
• (Ed.) Directory of names , in: Regesta diplomatica necnon epistolaria historiae Thuringiae / Name of the Association for Thuringian History and Antiquity ed. v. Otto Dobencker , Volume 4: 1267–1288, Part 3. Fischer, Jena 1939

literature

• Uwe Hoßfeld u. a. (Ed.): Combative Science. Studies at the University of Jena under National Socialism , Böhlau 2003, p. 915
• Georg Mentz on his 70th birthday. March 31, 1940 , In: Journal of the Association for Thuringian History and Archeology. 1940, vol. 34, p. VI. ( Digitized version )
• Lothar Frede, Willy Flach: Georg Mentz 1870-1943. In: Journal of the Association for Thuringian History and Archeology. 1943, vol. 37, p. 7 ff. ( Digitized version )

Web links

Wikisource: Georg Mentz  - Sources and full texts

• Georg Mentz in the German biography