Georg Meyer-Erlach

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Georg Meyer-Erlach

Georg Meyer-Erlach (born September 10, 1877 in Erlach , † November 7, 1961 in Würzburg ) was a German chemist and student historian.

Life

Meyer-Erlach attended the humanistic New High School in Würzburg . After graduating from high school, he studied chemistry at the Julius Maximilians University of Würzburg . In 1899 he became active in the Corps Moenania Würzburg . As an inactive , he moved to the University of Geneva and the University of Jena . After graduating as Dr. phil. In 1910 he became director of a chemical factory in Nienburg / Weser . As a reserve officer in the Bavarian Army , he took part in the whole of the First World War , most recently as a captain in the 5th Reserve Field Artillery Regiment . For his achievements during the war he was awarded both classes of the Iron Cross and the Order of Military Merit IV class with swords. In 1922 he retired to Würzburg as a private scholar . In the following years he published numerous works on Franconian history and student history . From 1933 to 1936 he self-published the archive for student and university history. After the Second World War, he was entrusted by the Congress of Representatives of the Association of Old Corps Students with the security and indexing of the archives and collections of the Kösener Seniors Convent Association at the Institute for University Studies in Würzburg. From 1955 to 1960 he headed the institute.

With 19 other Mainlanders he received the Ribbon of the Corps Lusatia Breslau in 1951 . They all helped with Lusatia's reconstitution in Hamburg in 1952 . Meyer-Erlach was a founding member of what would later become the German Society for University Studies (DGfH). He wrote over 170 essays and newspaper articles. His estate is in the Kösener archive in the Institute for University Studies. The Friends of Mainfränkischer Kunst und Geschichte elected him an honorary member in 1957. A detailed bibliography was published in the Mainfränkisches Jahrbuch für Geschichte und Kunst 14 (1962), p. 349 f. released.

Works

  • The guarantee of the Würzburg Student Society. Archive for Student and University History 1933. pp. 3–23.
  • The departure of the Würzburg students to Wertheim in 1849. In: Archive for Student and University History 1933. pp. 95–109.
  • The Langwerth von Simmern register. Archive for Student and University History 1935. pp. 283–291.
  • The Institute for University Studies in Würzburg. The Convent 1951, p. 232.
  • The student camaraderie. The Convent 1954. p. 19.
  • On the history of the IfH and the re-establishment of the historical commission of the Kösener. Once and Now 18 (1973). P. 212f.

literature

  • Erich Bauer : In memoriam Dr. Georg Meyer-Erlach Moenaniae (xxx), Lusatiae Breslau. German corps newspaper 1/1962. Pp. 10-12.
  • Albin Angerer : Georg Meyer-Erlach . Mainfränkisches Jahrbuch für Geschichte und Kunst, Vol. 14 (1962), pp. 344-360.
  • Walter M. Brod (alias Brod I.): A late, but well-deserved honor for our corps brother Dr. phil. Georg Meyer-Erlach: * 1877 - rec. 1899 - † 1961. Mainländer-Nachrichten 183 (2002), p. 48 f.
  • Friedhelm Golücke (ed.): Author's lexicon on student and university history. A bio-bibliographical directory. Cologne 2004. pp. 228-229.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Kösener Corpslisten 1960, 141/625; 81/505
personal data
SURNAME Meyer-Erlach, Georg
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Meyer, Georg (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German chemist and student historian
DATE OF BIRTH September 10, 1877
PLACE OF BIRTH Erlach (Ochsenfurt)
DATE OF DEATH November 7, 1961
Place of death Wurzburg