Gustav Merk

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Gustav Merk (born August 4, 1874 in Riedlingen , † 1954 in Altshausen ) was a German Roman Catholic clergyman and archivist .

Life

Merk was ordained a priest in 1901. In addition to his pastoral work, including in Tunau near Kressbronn on Lake Constance, he was repeatedly active in municipal and church archives. For years he was part-time city archivist in Ravensburg , where he organized the hospital archive and in 1907 indexed it in finding aids that are still in use in the Ravensburg city archive today.

Merk processed parish and community archives in the Oberschwaben / Swabian Alb area and published repertories on them. He also published essays and editions in regional history magazines.

Fonts

Württemberg archive inventories

  • Volume 2 - The parish and community registers of the Ravensburg and Saulgau authorities. 1912
  • Volume 9 - The parish and community registers of the Oberamt Biberach. 1913
  • Volume 10 - The parish and community registers of the Oberamt Waldsee. 1913
  • Volume 12 - The parish and community registers of the Riedlingen District Office. 1919
  • Volume 13 - The parish and community registers of the Balingen, Oberndorf and Sulz authorities. 1920

Articles and Editions

  • Catalog of priors of the Dominican convent in Mergentheim. In: Diözesanarchiv von Schwaben , 16th year (1898), pp. 187–191 ( digitized version ).
  • On the history of the Thirty Years War in Upper Swabia and in the Allgäu. Based on handwritten records from 1628–1632. In: Allgäuer Geschichtsfreund , 12th year (1899), pp. 84-104; 13th vol. (1900), pp. 55-82, pp. 85-106.
  • On the history of the nunnery in Warthausen. In: Diözesanarchiv von Schwaben , 17th year (1899), pp. 81–86 ( digitized version ), p. 127 f. ( Digitized version ); 18th vol. (1900), pp. 141-144 ( digitized version ); 19th year (1901), p. 157 f. ( Digitized version ).
  • Biberach students in the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries. In: Württemberg quarterly for regional history. NF 12 (1903), pp. 173-180 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
  • The pepper day in Ravensburg. A contribution to the history of the public poor. In: Freiburg Diöcesan Archive. Volume 33 (1905), pp. 369-379 ( digitized version ).
  • Ravensburg Hospital Archives . Gotha 1907 (?)
  • The Jagstberg Office and its administrators. In: Württemberg quarterly for regional history. NF 16 (1907), pp. 31-45 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
  • The fight for parity in Attenweiler near Biberach. In: Diözesanarchiv von Schwaben , Vol. 25 (1907), pp. 75–79 ( digitized version ), p. 92–96 ( digitized version ).
  • The new establishment of the hospital archive in Ravensburg. In: Deutsche Geschichtsblätter , 9th volume (1908), pp. 56-61 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
  • The statutes of the Society of Priests at the Church of Our Lady in Ravensburg. In: Schwäbisches Archiv , 26th vol. (1908), pp. 49–58, pp. 67–76.
  • An old village school regulation for Wolpertswende. In: Swabian Archive. 27. Vol. (1909), pp. 15-16.
  • On the history of the Sennerbad in Ravensburg. In: Swabian Archive. 27. Vol. (1909), pp. 88-91.
  • Regulations of the former Ravensburg Bailiwick of Zußdorf. In: Swabian Archive. 27. Vol. (1909), pp. 134-137.
  • Directory of the Carmelite Priors in Ravensburg. In: Swabian Archive. 27. Vol. (1909), pp. 189-190.
  • Ravensburger school and church regulations from 1721. In: Swabian archive. 28 vol. (1910), pp. 145-151.
  • On the history of the Ravensburger country schools. In: Magazine for Education. Latest episode 73 (1910), pp. 160-167.
  • On May 18, 1910, the day of remembrance of Ravensburg's 100-year membership in Württemberg. In: Oberschwäbischer Anzeiger. May 14, 1910.
  • Chronical news from the development history of the Ravensburger Schützengilde. In: Oberschwäbischer Anzeiger. June 25, 1910.
  • The Ravensburger Bürgerbuch. In: Frankfurter Blätter für Familiengeschichte. 1910-1914.
    • 15th century citizen. Episode 3 (1910), pp. 156-159, pp. 172-175, pp. 186-189, Episode 4 (1911), pp. 3-6, pp. 26-29, pp. 35-37, pp. 42, pp. 59-62, pp. 108-112, pp. 124-127, pp. 131-134, pp. 156-159, pp. 171-174, pp. 179-181, p. 188; also as a separate print: Frankfurt a. M. 1911.
    • 16th century citizens. Episode 7 (1914), pp. 28–31, pp. 44–46, pp. 54–59, pp. 76–78, pp. 107–110, pp. 115–118, pp. 133–135, pp. 138
    • 17th century citizens. Episode 7 (1914), pp. 139-142 (remainder not published).
  • On the history of the Schmalegg rule in Ravensburg. In: Schwäbisches Archiv , vol. 29 (1911), pp. 81–87.
  • Old Ravensburg graves according to the records (1680–1723) of Dr. med. Joh. Ludw. Schlapperitz . In: Frankfurter Blätter , 4th vol. (1911), pp. 76–79, pp. 92–95
  • Inventory of the Carmelite Archives in Ravensburg. In: Swabian Archive. 30. Vol. (1912), pp. 49-54, pp. 75-77, pp. 110-112, pp. 120-125 ( digitized version ; PDF; 3.6 MB).
  • Ravensburg under Bavarian administration. In: Württemberg quarterly for regional history. NF 23 (1914), pp. 405-422.
  • The Voland von Volandsegg in Ravensburg. In: Familiengeschichtliche Blätter , 12th year (1914), p. 375 f.
  • Families looted by the French in Ravensburg in 1796. In: Familiengeschichtliche Blätter , 13th year (1915), Col. 197–202.
  • To the history of the better in Schnürpflingen. In: Familiengeschichtliche Blätter , 15th year (1917), column 9 ff. ( E-Text ).
  • Ravensburg and the French in 1796. In: Württembergische Vierteljahrshefte für Landesgeschichte. NF 27 (1918), pp. 112-123.
  • The Counter Reformation and the end of the better in Schnürpflingen. In: Württembergische Vierteljahreshefte. NF 27 (1918), pp. 124-132.

Merk's works also include repertories, regesta and other unpublished manuscripts in the Ravensburg City Archives.

literature

  • Albert Hengstler: The Ravensburger City Archives. Memorandum on the occasion of the 25 years of office of city archivist Dr. Alfons Dreher, 1925–1950. Ravensburg 1950.
  • Paul Kopf: From Church Life in the Year of Zero Hour (1945). In: Rottenburger yearbook for church history. Volume 4 (1985), ISBN 3-7995-6354-7 , pp. 189-216, on Merk et al. Note on p. 200.
  • Max Miller: 70 years of regional historical research. Report on the activities of the Württemberg Commission for State History 1891-1954 and the Commission for Historical Regional Studies in Baden-Württemberg 1954 to 1961. In: Journal for Württemberg State History. 21 vol. (1962), pp. 1-236, on Merk p. 46.
  • Hans Ulrich Rudolf (Hrsg.): The district of Ravensburg in the mirror of the literature. A district bibliography. OVA, Ravensburg 1999, ISBN 3-926891-22-X .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Gustav Merk: The reorganization of the hospital archive in Ravensburg. In: German history sheets. Volume 9, 1908, pp. 56-61 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
  2. ↑ Ravensburg City Archives
personal data
SURNAME Merk, Gustav
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German priest and archivist
DATE OF BIRTH 4th August 1874
PLACE OF BIRTH Riedlingen
DATE OF DEATH 1954
Place of death Altshausen