Gottfried Kentenich

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Gottfried Kentenich (born May 17, 1873 in Bonn ; died October 9, 1939 there ) was a German historian and librarian .

Life

Gottfried Kentenich attended high school in Bonn from 1883 to 1892. He then studied classical philology , German and history from 1893 to 1896 at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität . At the same time he worked as an assistant at the Bonn library . In 1896 he received his doctorate in Bonn. In 1898 he passed the state examination for the higher teaching post and worked as a high school teacher in Bonn, Trier and Kempen. In 1901 he became a senior teacher at the Trier grammar school . One of his students was Peter Wust .

In 1903 he succeeded Max Keuffer as the city librarian and city archivist of the Trier city library . He cataloged the foundation of Franz Xaver Kraus (12,000 volumes). Kentenich converted the library into a utility library that was open to the public. In 1915 he was appointed professor. In 1934 he left the service voluntarily. He was now living in Bonn again.

Kentenich published 23 independent book publications and 403 articles in magazines. His “History of the City of Trier from its Foundation to the Present” is still a standard work of regional history.

Works

  • Analecta Alexandrina . Bonn 1896 digitized (Diss.Bonn)
  • The oldest document of the city of Trier. In: New archive of the Society for Older German History . 1904, Volume 29, pp. 476 ff. DigiZeitschriften
  • Gottfried Kentenich:  Marx, Jakob . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 52, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1906, p. 223 f.
  • A list of the members of the Cologne cathedral chapter from the 14th century . In: New archive of the Society for Older German History . 1907, pp. 240-242. DigiZagazin
  • Gottfried Kentenich:  Dietrich I. (Archbishop of Trier) . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 54, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1908, p. 685.
  • Gottfried Kentenich:  Stramberg, Christian von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 54, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1908, p. 607 f.
  • Gottfried Kentenich:  Theodorich II., Archbishop of Trier . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 54, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1908, p. 686 f.
  • From the life of a Trier patrician. A contribution to the art and economic history of the city of Trier in the 15th century . Lintz, Trier 1909. Dilibri
  • Gottfried Kentenich:  Werner von Falkenstein . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 55, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1910, p. 47 f.
  • Gottfried Kentenich:  Werner, diocese saint of the diocese of Trier . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 55, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1910, p. 45 f.
  • Gottfried Kentenich:  Zell, Friedrich Josef . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 55, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1910, pp. 415-417.
  • How the Moselle Country came to Prussia . In: Trierische Chronik No. 7/8, April – May 1914. Dilibri
  • The creation of the district of Trier . An introduction to the local history of the Trier district . F. Lintz, Trier 1914.
  • Max Keuffer and Gottfried Kentenich: Directory of the manuscripts of the historical archive (descriptive directory of the manuscripts of the Trier City Library 8), Trier 1914. manuscripta mediaevalia
  • The history of the city of Trier from its foundation to the present. Memorandum for the centenary of the city's membership of the Prussian state . Lintz, Trier 1915. Dilibri
  • The German folk song of the present. With a melody attachment . F. Lintz, Trier 1919. DNB
  • The legal manuscripts of the Trier City Library . Trier 1919. ( Descriptive directory of the manuscripts of the Trier city library . Booklet 9) Dilibri
  • Trier, its history and art treasures. Short illustrated guide . J. Linz, Trier 1924. (2nd, verb. Edition Jacob Lintz, Trier 1933. Dilibri )
  • The Genovefa legend , its creation and its oldest dated text . Trier 1927. Dilibri
  • Beethoven's German style and art . Lintz, Trier 1929.
  • Electoral beginnings on the Rhine . Klopp, Berlin 1930. Dilibri
  • Trier and the Trier region during the occupation period 1919–1930. 12 years under the scourge of foreign rule . Volksfreund Druckerei, Trier 1930. Dilibri
  • The philological manuscripts of the Trier City Library . Self-published by the Trier City Library, Trier 1931. ( Descriptive directory of the manuscripts of the Trier City Library 10) Dilibri manuscripta mediaevalia

literature

  • An overview of the previously published works, writings and essays by Prof. Dr. Gottfried Kentenich, director of the Trier city library and archivist for the city of Trier . City library, Trier 1933.
  • Hubert Schiel : Gottfried Kentenich . In: Trier, a center of occidental culture . Rhine. Publishing house for monument preservation and homeland protection. 1952, pp. 217-219.
  • Paul Bissels: The Trier City Library under Gottfried Kentenich . In: Kurtrierisches Jahrbuch . 1968, pp. 317-324.
  • Richard Laufner: Kentenich, Gottfried . In: Heinz Monz (ed.): Trier biographical lexicon . Landesarchivverwaltung, Koblenz 2000, ISBN 3-931014-49-5 , p. 214.

Web links

Wikisource: Gottfried Kentenich  - Sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Philosophers' letters from and to Peter Wust. LIT-Verlag, Berlin 2013. ISBN 978-3-643-11743-4 , p. 387.
personal data
SURNAME Kentenich, Gottfried
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German historian and librarian
DATE OF BIRTH May 17, 1873
PLACE OF BIRTH Bonn
DATE OF DEATH October 9, 1939
Place of death Bonn