Gotthard by Hansen
Gotthard Johann von Hansen , also Johann Gottfried von Hansen (born August 10, 1821 in Reval ; † August 28, 1900 there ) was a German-Baltic historian and city archivist of Reval, Russia . He also published under the name G. Sprengfeld .
Life
Gotthard von Hansen was the son of the rent master and archivist Johann von Hansen and of Anna Dorothea geb. Jumping field. His pseudonym goes back to the maiden name of the mother. The Baltic German attended a grammar school in St. Petersburg . From 1841 he studied there Philology, from 1842 to 1846 at the University of Tartu Russian language and literature. In 1847 he married Henriette Ernestine Bienert in Reval.
From 1848 to 1854 he was a lecturer at the Forestry and Measurement Institute in St. Petersburg, from 1854 to 1885 senior teacher at the Gouvernements-Gymnasium in Reval and from 1872 to 1882 city councilor. From 1887 to January 1900 he was the city archivist.
Gottfried von Hansen continued the organization and development work in the city archive and published inventories as well as books and articles on the city's history.
Fonts (selection)
- bibliography
- Carola L. Gottzmann , Petra Hörner: Lexicon of the German-language literature of the Baltic States and St. Petersburg . De Gruyter, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-11-019338-1 , p. 538 f .
- Monographs
- The churches and former monasteries of Reval , Reval 1873, reprint of the 3rd edition Hannover-Döhren 1973
- My hometown Reval 50 years ago, Dorpat 1877, facsimile Tallinn 1992
- The Codices manuscripti and printed books in the Reval City Library, Reval 1893
- as editor
- History sheets of the Revalsche Gouvernements-Gymnasium, Reval 1881
- Old Russian documents that are kept in the Reval City Archives, Reval 1890
- Catalog of the Reval City Archives, Reval 1896, 2nd revised and enlarged edition in 4 volumes Tallinn 1924–1926
Web links
- Baltic Historical Commission (ed.): Entry on Gotthard von Hansen. In: BBLD - Baltic Biographical Lexicon digital
Individual evidence
- ↑ Henning von Wistinghausen : The Revaler customs affair of 1817. In: Jürgen von Hehn, Csaba János Kenéz (editor): Reval and the Baltic countries. Festschrift for Hellmuth Weiss on his 80th birthday, Marburg 1980, p. 377
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hansen, Gotthard from |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hansen, Gotthard Johann von (full name); Hansen, Johann Gottfried von; Sprengfeld, G. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-Baltic historian and city archivist of Reval, Russia |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 10, 1821 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Reval |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 28, 1900 |
| Place of death | Reval |