Gerold Meyer von Knonau (historian)

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Gerold Meyer von Knonau
Gerold Meyer von Knonau as a student, around 1865
Meyer von Knonau (left) with Johann Rudolf Rahn around 1905

Gerold Meyer von Knonau (born August 5, 1843 in Zurich ; † March 16, 1931 there ) was a Swiss historian .

Gerold Meyer von Knonau was the son of Gerold Meyer von Knonau , State Archivist of Zurich , and the Emmerentiana Cleopha Meyer. The family name comes from the Knonau court , his grandfather was the statesman Ludwig Meyer von Knonau . He studied history first in Zurich with Max Büdinger and Georg von Wyss (1816–1893), from 1863 to 1866 in Bonn with Heinrich von Sybel , then in Berlin with Leopold von Ranke , Wilhelm Wattenbach and Philipp Jaffé and finally in Göttingen with Georg Waitz . In Zurich he received his doctorate in 1866 with a thesis inspired by Büdinger on the Carolingian historian Nithard . In 1867 he also completed his habilitation in Zurich. In 1870 he became an associate professor and from 1872 to 1920 he taught history at the University of Zurich . In 1896/97 he was rector . As a student, Meyer was a member of the Zofingia student union , where he made friends with the art historian Johann Rudolf Rahn . Meyer von Knonau died childless in March 1931.

Meyer von Knonau dealt with early St. Gallen historiography, with the chartular of the Rheinau monastery and with the chronicler Johann von Winterthur . With Jakob Hermann Wartmann (1835–1929) Meyer von Knonau published the St. Gall historical sources in 1870/71. On behalf of the Historical Commission of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences , of which he was also a member, he wrote the yearbooks of the German Empire under Heinrich IV and Heinrich V. The seven-volume work was published in the context of Leopold von Ranke designed yearbooks of German history and, with 3344 printed pages and 5698 footnotes, is the most comprehensive individual service in the series. Meyer von Knonau's yearbooks are still considered to be the basic work for the history of events in the late Salier period. His view that Henry IV's trip to Canossa was, despite all the humiliation, a clever move that forced the Pope to absolution , is widely recognized in research.

Meyer von Konau wrote numerous articles for the Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie . In the General History Research Society of Switzerland he was archivist from 1874 to 1894 and president from 1894 to 1922. In 1893 the Association for the History of Lake Constance and its Surroundings appointed him an honorary member. In 1914 he was elected a foreign member of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences .

Fonts (selection)

  • Vita et Miracula sancti Galli. - Vita et Miracula sancti Otmari (= St. Gallic historical sources . Vol. 1 = Communications on patriotic history. Vol. 12), St. Gallen 1870.
  • Ratperti Casus sancti Galli (= St. Gall's historical sources . Vol. 2 = Communications on patriotic history. Vol. 13), St. Gallen 1872.
  • Ekkeharti (IV.) Casus sancti Galli (= St. Gall's historical sources. Vol. 3 = Communications on patriotic history. Vol. 15/16), St. Gallen 1877.
  • Continuatio Casuum sancti Galli. - Conradi de Fabaria Continuatio Casuum sancti Galli (= St. Gall's historical sources. Vol. 4 = Communications on patriotic history. Vol. 17), St. Gallen 1879.
  • Christian Kuchimeister's Nüwe Casus Monasterii sancti Galli (= St. Gallic historical sources . Vol. 5 = Communications on patriotic history. Vol. 18), St. Gallen 1881.
  • Yearbooks of the German Empire under Heinrich IV. And Heinrich V. 7 volumes, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1890–1909 (ND Berlin 1964–1965).
  • Monachus Sangallensis (Notkerus Balbulus) De Carolo Magno (= St. Gallic historical sources . Vol. 6 = communications on patriotic history. Vol. 36). St. Gallen 1920.
  • Ekkehards IV. Casus sancti Galli together with samples from the other Latin-written sections of the St. Gallen monastery chronicle (= The Historians of the German Past. Vol. 38). 3. Edition. Leipzig 1925.

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Remarks

  1. ↑ Pierre Surchat: Meyer von Knonau, Gerold. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
  2. ↑ Gerold Meyer von Knonau: About Nithards four books stories. The fratricidal war between the sons of Louis the Pious and his historian. Leipzig 1866.
  3. ↑ Ursula Isler : Johann Rudolf Rahn. Founder of Swiss art history. Zurich 1956, p. 19.
  4. ↑ Rudolf Schieffer: Gerold Meyer von Knonau's picture of Heinrich IV. In: Gerd Althoff (Ed.): Heinrich IV. Ostfildern 2009, pp. 73–86, here: p. 73.
  5. ↑ Harald Derschka : The association for the history of Lake Constance and its surroundings. A look back at one hundred and fifty years of club history 1868–2018. In: Writings of the Association for the History of Lake Constance and its Surroundings , 136, 2018, pp. 1–303, here: p. 74.
  6. ↑ Holger Krahnke: The members of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen 1751-2001 (= Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Philological-Historical Class. Volume 3, Vol. 246 = Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Mathematical-Physical Class. Episode 3, vol. 50). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2001, ISBN 3-525-82516-1 , p. 168.
personal data
SURNAME Meyer von Knonau, Gerold
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss historian
DATE OF BIRTH August 5, 1843
PLACE OF BIRTH Zurich
DATE OF DEATH March 16, 1931
Place of death Zurich