Goswin von der Ropp

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Goswin von der Ropp

Goswin Freiherr von der Ropp (born June 5, 1850 in Goldingen , Kurland Governorate ; † November 17, 1919 in Marburg ; full name Eduard Leon Joseph Wessel Friedrich Goswin Freiherr von der Ropp ) was a German historian of the Middle Ages and the early modern period.

life and work

Goswin von der Ropp came from a Baltic noble family. He was the son of the head captain of Goldingen Emil Freiherr von der Ropp (1805-1857) and his wife Lucie, geb. Baroness von Hahn (1820-1889). He had two older brothers and two younger sisters; three other siblings died in early childhood. After graduating from the Gouvernements-Gymnasium in Mitau , he studied history for two semesters at the University of Berlin in 1868/69 and then at the Georg-August University of Göttingen with Georg Waitz . In November 1871 he was in Göttingen with the dissertation “Archbishop Werner von Mainz . On the imperial history of the 13th century "to the Dr. phil. PhD. After a study visit to Vienna, where he deepened his knowledge of palaeography and diplomacy with Theodor von Sickel , he was recommended by Waitz as the editor of the Hanseatic Trials from 1431 to 1476 on behalf of the Hanseatic History Association from March 1872 . In the following years, he sought out nearly forty archives and libraries between Ypres in the west and Dorpat in the east to collect material. The total output in seven volumes with a total of more than 4600 pages appeared in just 16 years, between 1876 and 1892. In July 1875 habilitated von der Ropp at the University of Leipzig with a thesis on the king of the Kalmar Union , Eric of Pomerania , for the subject of history and then taught there as a private lecturer and from March 1878 as an associate professor . For the summer semester of 1879, he took a leave of absence for a study trip to the Netherlands, which was supposed to serve to prepare a planned but not realized history of the Netherlands.

From the winter semester 1879/80 he was a full professor at the Dresden Polytechnic , from the summer semester 1881 at the University of Gießen (Rector 1886/87), in the winter semester 1890/91 at the University of Breslau and from the summer semester 1891 until his death full professor for middle classes and modern history at the University of Marburg (dean 1894, rector 1898/99).

In 1892 he was elected a corresponding member of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences . He was instrumental in initiating the foundation of the Historical Commission for Hesse in 1897 , of which he was first chairman until his death. His conception as a mediator between general and provincial research was outlined in 1897 in the memorandum on the tasks of the Historical Commission for Hesse and Waldeck . As part of the Historical Commission, he worked on the publication of the Hessian Urbare with, the Friedberger and the renown certificate book, and also as an editor of the edition of the Regesten the archbishops of Mainz 1289-1396. In September 1905 he was given the title of secret councilor .

Since 1886 von der Ropp was born with Mathilde. Loesevitz (1858–1932) married, Georg Ebers' eldest stepdaughter . The couple had a daughter and three sons, the first of whom died in infancy, while the other two fell at the start of World War I , in August and September 1914.

Von der Ropp put the focus of his work on source editions, less on historiography. This can be seen in the fact that his most extensive performing work was his dissertation with almost 200 pages; after his habilitation thesis, he essentially limited himself to journal articles. His importance as a historian lies in addition to his organizational achievements in his large document and file publications, the careful and thorough processing of which was praised as exemplary by contemporary critics.

Publications (selection)

  • Archbishop Werner of Mainz. A contribution to the history of the German Empire in the 13th century. Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, Göttingen 1872 (also Phil. Diss. University of Göttingen) ( digitized version of the Bavarian State Library).
  • King Eric the Pomeranian and the Scandinavian Union. Habilitation thesis. Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875. ( Digitized version of the Bavarian State Library).
  • Hanserecesse . Second section: Hanserecesse from 1431–1476. 7 volumes. Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1876–1892 ( digital copiesat the Hanseatic History Association).
  • On the German-Scandinavian history of the 15th century . Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1876 (contains the habilitation thesis from 1875 with an appendix The Swedish historical sources in the 15th century .) ( Digitized at archive.org).
  • German colonies in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. Academic speech to celebrate the foundation festival of the Grand Ducal Hessian Ludewigs University. v. Münchow, Giessen 1886.
  • Social-political movements in the peasant class before the peasant war. Speech given at the beginning of the rectorate on October 16, 1898 . Elwert, Marburg 1899.
  • Göttingen statutes. Files on the history of the administration and guilds of the city of Göttingen up to the end of the Middle Ages (= sources and representations on the history of Lower Saxony , vol. 25). Hahnsche Buchhandlung, Hanover and Leipzig 1907.
  • Merchant life at the time of the Hanseatic League . Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1907 (= Pfingstblätter des Hansischen Geschichtsverein , Blatt III, 1907) ( digitized at archive.org).

literature

Web links

Wikisource: Goswin von der Ropp  - Sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See Hessisches Staatsarchiv Marburg (HStAMR), Best. 915 No. 5713, p. 580 ( digitized version ).
  2. ^ Hanserecesse from 1431-1476. Edited by Goswin Frhr. von der Ropp. First volume (= Hanserecesse , section 2, volume 1). Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1876, p. XX.
  3. ↑ 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. 204.
  4. ^ Historical Commission for Hesse: History , accessed on May 19, 2017.
  5. ^ Oskar Stavenhagen (edit.): Genealogical Handbook of the Courland Knighthood , Vol. 2. CA Starke Verlag , Görlitz 1937, p. 945 f. ( Digitized version of the Bavarian State Library).
personal data
SURNAME Ropp, Goswin from the
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ropp, Goswin Freiherr von der; Ropp, Eduard Leon Joseph Wessel Friedrich Goswin Freiherr von der
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German historian
DATE OF BIRTH June 5, 1850
PLACE OF BIRTH Kuldīga , Courland Governorate
DATE OF DEATH November 17, 1919
Place of death Marburg