Georg Wilhelm Sante
Georg Wilhelm Sante (born October 3, 1896 in Hildesheim , † March 11, 1984 in Wiesbaden ) was a German historian and archivist .
Life
Born the son of a district court director, Sante first attended grammar school in Elberfeld (1908–1914), where he also passed the Abitur. In World War I he fought on the Western Front and was released as a lieutenant in the reserve . He then studied history and art history in Münster , Munich and Bonn . In 1923 he received his doctorate from the University of Bonn with a thesis on Johann Wilhelm's policy on the Electoral Palatinate and the peace treaties in Utrecht, Rastatt and Baden . After completing his doctorate, he studied law in Munich. At the same time, Sante worked as a historian and scholarship holder for the emergency community of German science . In 1927/28 he completed his archivist training at the Prussian Institute for Archival Science in Berlin-Dahlem and, after passing the exam, was assigned to the Prussian State Archives in Wiesbaden as a research assistant. After a delegation to the Saarbrücken City Archives (1929–1935) and an assignment as a consultant for archival protection in Belgium and northern France (1940–1944), he made a career in Wiesbaden and in 1947 was entrusted with the management of the State Archives - renamed Main State Archives Wiesbaden . At the same time he was appointed archivist in the Hessian Ministry of Culture .
Sante founded the nationwide conference of archivists (1953), was treasurer (1947–1957) and chairman (1957–1961) of the Association of German Archivists . Even after his retirement (1961) he still held numerous offices and functions. So until 1968 he headed the entire association of German history and antiquity associations .
Fonts (selection)
- Empire and countries. History of the German Territories. 2 volumes, Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 1986.
- (Ed.) Handbook of the historical sites in Germany. 12 volumes, Kröner, Stuttgart 1958 ff.
literature
- Wolfgang Freund: People, Empire and Western Frontier. German studies and politics in the Palatinate, Saarland and annexed Lorraine 1925–1945 (= publications of the Commission for Saarland State History and Folk Research . No. 39 ). Commission for Saarland State History and Folk Research, Saarbrücken 2006, ISBN 3-939150-00-2 , p. 98-100 .
- Fritz Geisthardt: Georg Wilhelm Sante. Retired archive director In: Nassauische Annalen 95 (1984), p. 460.
- Els Herrebout: Georg Sante and the German archive protection in Belgium during the Second World War. In: The German Archives and National Socialism 10 (2007), pp. 208–216.
- Gerhard Menk : A Wiesbaden archivist as a gray eminence in the archival system of the post-war period: Georg Wilhelm Sante. In: Archivnachrichten aus Hessen 10, Heft 3 (2010), pp. 33–39.
- Georg Wilhelm Sante on his 80th birthday . In: Der Archivar 29 (1976), Heft 4, Sp. 365-366.
- Eva Rödel: Georg Wilhelm Sante (1896–1984). In: Encyclopedia of Archival Writers, 1515–2015, ed. by Luciana Duranti and Patricia C. Franks, Lanham 2019, pp. 477-479.
- Wolf-Heino Struck : Georg Wilhelm Sante in memory . In: Der Archivar 37 (1984), Heft 2, Sp. 175-180.
- Of archival art and responsibility. Ceremony for Georg Wilhelm Sante. In: Der Archivar 9 (1956), issue 4.
Web links
- Written estate of Georg Wilhelm Sante in the Hessian Main State Archive, Wiesbaden
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sante, Georg Wilhelm |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German historian and archivist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 3, 1896 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hildesheim |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 11, 1984 |
| Place of death | Wiesbaden |