Georg Wolfram
Georg Karl Wolfram (born December 3, 1858 in Allstedt , † March 14, 1940 in Jena ) was a German archivist , librarian and historian .
Wolfram became director of the Metz city archives in 1888 . From 1909 to 1918 he headed the university and state library in Strasbourg and after the end of the First World War he moved to Frankfurt am Main , where he founded the “Scientific Institute of the Alsace-Lorraine in the Reich”. From 1922 to 1933 he headed the entire association of German history and antiquity associations . He founded the Society for Lorraine History and Antiquity. Politically, he had a German national stance.
Fonts
- Catalog of the current journals of the Imperial University and State Library , Trübner, Strasbourg 1911.
- Alsace-Lorraine and its future , Brückmann, Berlin 1918.
- The ethnic peculiarity of Alsace-Lorraine , Finckh, Basel 1918.
- Cultural interrelationships between Alsace and Baden , Freiburg 1926.
- Metz and Lorraine , Deutscher Kunstverlag, Berlin 1926.
- Origin of national and political borders in the west , Englert & Schlosser, Frankfurt a. M. 1926.
- Alsace-Lorraine Atlas. Regional studies, history, culture and economy of Alsace-Lorraine, represented on 45 map sheets with 115 main and secondary maps , self-published. d. Scientific Institute of the Alsace-Lorraine in the Reich, Frankfurt a. M. 1931.
- Science, art and literature in Alsace-Lorraine 1871–1918 , Institute of the Alsace-Lorraine in the Empire at the University of Frankfurt, Frankfurt a. M. 1934.
- A Mighty Fortress Is Our God. The time of origin and the original meaning of the Luther song , de Gruyter, Berlin-Leipzig 1936.
- Constitution and administration of Alsace-Lorraine 1871–1918 , Publ. For Social Policy, Economy and Statistics, Berlin 1936.
literature
- O. Lauffer: Obituary Georg Wolfram. In: Blätter für Deutsche Landesgeschichte 85, 1939, pp. 175–179.
- German Biographical Encyclopedia , Volume 10, 1999, p. 580.
- Alfred Wendehorst : 150 years of the whole association of German history and antiquity associations , here p. 22, PDF (351.3 kB) on the association's homepage. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
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| SURNAME | Wolfram, Georg |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wolfram, Georg Karl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German archivist, librarian and historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 3, 1858 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Allstedt |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 14, 1940 |
| Place of death | Jena |