Gustav Hertzberg

Gustav Friedrich Hertzberg (1826–1907)

Gustav Friedrich Hertzberg (born January 19, 1826 in Halle (Saale) ; † November 16, 1907 there ) was a German author, historical and regional historian. He taught at the University of Halle .

Life

Gustav Friedrich Hertzberg was the eldest son of the out -rounders originating Medical Council Gustav Ludwig Hertz mountain and its from Erfurt originating wife Friederike born, Bucholz. From 1835 to 1843 he attended the educational department of the Francke Foundations , where his father worked as a doctor, and passed his Abitur there at the age of 17. At the request of his mother, Gustav Hertzberg then studied theology at the University of Halle . In the autumn of 1844 he began studying Oriental and Ancient Philology at the University of Leipzig . He returned to the University of Halle in 1847, where Gottfried Bernhardy and Heinrich Leo were among his teachers. Hertzberg was on 30 November 1848 Doctor of Philosophy PhD . In 1850 he passed the state examination and took a position as an assistant teacher at the Pedagogy of the Francke Foundations, where he taught until 1855. In 1851 , Hertzberg completed his habilitation at the University of Halle with the writing De rebus Graecorum inde from Achaici foederis interitu usque ad Antoninorum aetatem for the subject of ancient history . In 1854 he entered the Masonic lodge " To the Three Swords ", in which, among other things, he held the office of speaker for 24 years. He was also a member of the National Liberal Party . The Prussian minister of culture, Moritz August von Bethmann-Hollweg , summoned him to Berlin in 1858 , where the historian was editor of the Prussian weekly newspaper until 1860 . An editorial activity at the national liberal Hallische Tageblatt followed in the years from 1866 to 1871.

After his return to Halle, he was appointed adjunct professor for ancient history on April 4, 1860 ; the Philosophical Faculty applied for a full professorship several times (1875 and 1882) to no avail. It was not until 1889 that an ordinariate for the subject was set up, which was then assigned to Eduard Meyer , and Hertzberg received the status of a full honorary professor in the same year . The historian was also a member of the historical commission of the Province of Saxony (from 1895) and chairman of the Saxon-Thuringian History Association .

Gustav Hertzberg's grave in Halle's Stadtgottesacker

Hertzberg held lectures until shortly before his death. He died on November 16, 1907 and was buried in the Stadtgottesacker (Dept. II). He left behind his second wife Auguste Ziebarth, whom he married in 1862 after his first wife, Rosalie Zimmermann, whom he married in 1854, died giving birth to their son Heinrich in 1859. The first marriage had two daughters and a son, and the second marriage had another daughter. On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of his death, a memorial plaque was unveiled on November 16, 2007 at the house where he died at Bernburger Strasse 2 in Halle.

Writing activity

Hertzberg published primarily writings for a wide readership, mostly on the history of Greece and Byzantium . He achieved regional importance with his works on the history of his hometown, in particular the three-volume work History of the City of Halle an der Saale (1889-1893).

Award

In 1901 Gustav Friedrich Hertzberg was given honorary citizenship of the city of Halle on the occasion of his 50th anniversary as a doctor. Five years later, on the occasion of his 80th birthday, he was honored with the naming of a street in Halle and the award of the title of Privy Councilor , the award of which he was intended to be awarded 10 years ago, but which he had refused. In addition, Hertzberg was a bearer of the Red Eagle Order 4th class and the Prussian Crown Order 3rd class.

Works (selection)

• De rebus Graecorum inde from Achaici foederis interitu usque ad Antoninianorum aetatem . Habilitation thesis. Pfeffer, Halle 1851.
• The Asiatic campaigns of Alexander the great. (= Youth library of Greek and German antiquity. 14-16). 2nd vol., Orphanage Bookstore, 1863–1864.
• On the history of the union of Wittenberg and Halle. Hall 1867.
• From Emperor Arcadius to the Latin Crusades. (= General history of states. Volume 1). Perthes, Gotha 1876.
• From the Latin crusades to the completion of the Ottoman conquest (1204–1470) (= General History of States. Volume 2). Perthes, Gotha 1877.
• From the completion of the Ottoman conquest to the rise of the Modern Greeks against the gate (1470–1821) (= General History of States. Volume 3). Perthes, Gotha 1878.
• From the uprising of the Modern Greeks against the Porte to the Peace of Berlin (1821–1878) (= General History of States. Volume 4). Perthes, Gotha 1879.
• History of Hellas and Rome. (= General history in individual representations . Hauptab. 1, Part 5). Grote, Berlin 1879.
• History of the Roman Empire. (= General history in individual representations . Hauptab. 2, Part 1). Grote, Berlin 1880.
• Löbejün and Cönnern during the Thirty Years' War . Pfeffer, Halle 1882.
• History of the Byzantines and the Ottoman Empire until the end of the sixteenth century. (= General history in individual representations . Hauptab. 2, Part 7). Grote, Berlin 1883.
• Athens: depicted historically and topographically . Publishing house of the orphanage bookshop, 1885.
• History of the city of Halle an der Saale . 3 volumes. Publishing house of the bookstore of the orphanage, Halle 1889–1893.
• Brief history of ancient Greek colonization. Bertelsmann, Gütersloh, 1892.
• History of the Masonic lodge to the three swords in the Orient of Halle. Gebauer-Schwetschke, Halle 1893, 1907.
• Brief overview of the history of the university in Halle a. S. until the middle of the 19th century. Anton, Halle 1894.
• The historical significance of the Saalethal. Hendel, Halle 1895.
• August Hermann Francke and his Halle orphanage; with illustration and a plan from the Francke Foundations. Publishing house of the orphanage, Halle 1898.

literature

• Gerhard Grimm:  Hertzberg, Gustav. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 8, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1969, ISBN 3-428-00189-3 , p. 717 ( digitized version ).
• Gustav Friedrich Hertzberg. In: Historical Commission for the Province of Saxony and for Anhalt (Hrsg.): Mitteldeutsche Lebensbilder. Volume 5, Magdeburg 1930.
• UAH PA 7795 Hertzberg; Chronicle 1907/08, pp. 22-25.
• Gustav Friedrich Hertzberg (1893–1907), Heinrich Hertzberg (1908–1918): History of the Masonic Lodge to the three swords in the Orient from Halle . Gebauer-Schwetschke, Halle 1918, pp. 29–33.

Web links

Commons : Gustav Hertzberg  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Wikisource: Gustav Friedrich Hertzberg  - Sources and full texts

• Literature by and about Gustav Hertzberg in the catalog of the German National Library
• Entry on Gustav Hertzberg in the Catalogus Professorum Halensis