Hajo van Lengen

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Hajo van Lengen (born April 25, 1940 in Jever ) is a German historian . From 1979 until his retirement in 2005 he was director of the East Frisian landscape based in Aurich . He is best known through numerous publications, especially on the medieval history of East Frisia .

Life

Hajo van Lengen spent his childhood and youth in Jever, Oldenburg, but comes from a family with roots in East Frisia. After graduating from university , he enrolled at the University of Göttingen in 1960 and began studying history. In the fourth semester he published an essay on the history of the name East Friesland in the Middle Ages in the Emden yearbook for historical regional studies of East Frisia . As a student of Georg Schnath , he then obtained his doctorate in philology . The subject of his dissertation was the history of the East Frisian Emsigerland with a special focus on the period between the early 13th and late 15th centuries.

After completing his studies, van Lengen entered the service of the East Frisian landscape and from 1970 took over the management of the landscape library. On October 1, 1979 he was appointed landscape director . He held this position until he retired in 2005. Even after his retirement, Hajo van Lengen devotes himself to researching East Frisian history, which is documented by numerous recent publications.

Research and work areas

The so-called Frisian Middle Ages are in the focus of van Lengen's research . Here he is primarily interested in the political change that took place from Frisian freedom through chief rule to state rule. The urban development history of the free Frisian rural communities, which - according to one of van Lengen's theses in this context - "clearly stands out from the rest of the urban system of the German Middle Ages" has been extensively researched by him. The history of the East Frisian castle system is also one of his areas of research.

Hajo van Lengen's aim was and is to introduce the general public to Frisian history. This is due, among other things, to his extensive lecturing activities and the conception of exhibitions. The most famous exhibition developed by van Lengen took place in 2003 and had the theme: The Frisian Freedom of the Middle Ages - Life and Legend .

Selected publications

A detailed bibliography can be found in the festschrift on the occasion of Hajo van Lengen's 65th birthday.

  • as editor: On the history of the Order of St. John in the Frisian coastal area and the adjacent inland (= The Blue Row. H. 15). Heimatbund Oldenburger Münsterland, Cloppenburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-9810290-6-2 .
  • The Frisian freedom of the Middle Ages - life and legend. Ostfriesische Landschaftliche Verlags- und Vertriebsgesellschaft, Aurich 2003, ISBN 3-932206-30-4 .
  • with Erik Peters and Wolfgang Schwarz: The Beninga Castle in Werdenum. Archaeological investigations in 1999 and 2000 (= guide to the prehistory and early history of Lower Saxony. H. 23). Isensee, Oldenburg 2002, ISBN 3-89598-921-5 .
  • as editor: The "Emden Revolution" of 1595. Ostfriesische Landschaft, Aurich 1995, ISBN 3-925365-92-3 .
  • as editor: Collectanea Frisica. Contributions to the historical regional studies of East Frisia. Walter Deeters on his 65th birthday (= treatises and lectures on the history of East Frisia. Vol. 74). East Frisian Landscape, Aurich 1995, ISBN 3-925365-86-9 .
  • with Eckart Krömer and Heino Schmidt: Ostfriesland (= series of publications by the Lower Saxony State Center for Political Education. Landscapes of Lower Saxony and their problems 5, ZDB -ID 585200-6 ). Rautenberg, Leer 1987.
  • Town formation in East Frisia in the Middle Ages and in the early modern period. In: Lower Saxony Yearbook for State History. Vol. 52, 1980, ISSN  0078-0561 , pp. 112-116.
  • History of the Emsigerland. From the early 13th to the late 15th centuries. In 2 parts (= treatises and lectures on the history of East Frisia. Vol. 53, ISSN  0724-9772 ). Verlag Ostfriesische Landschaft, Aurich 1973 (at the same time: Göttingen, University, dissertation, 1969).

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Heinrich Schmidt: Hajo van Lengen - Appreciation and congratulations. In: Tota Frisia in partial views. Festschrift for Hajo van Lengen. 2005, p. 9.
  2. ↑ Hajo van Lengen: On the history of the name "Ostfriesland" in the Middle Ages. In: Yearbook of the Society for Fine Art and Patriotic Antiquities in Emden. Vol. 42, 1962, ISSN  0341-969X , pp. 5-15.
  3. ^ Hajo van Lengen: History of the Emsigerland. From the early 13th to the late 15th centuries. In 2 parts (= treatises and lectures on the history of East Frisia. Vol. 53). Publishing house Ostfriesische Landschaft, Aurich 1973.
  4. ^ Heinrich Schmidt: Hajo van Lengen - Appreciation and congratulations. In: Tota Frisia in partial views. Festschrift for Hajo van Lengen. 2005, p. 10.
  5. ↑ See for example Hajo van Lengen: History of Emden from the beginnings to the end of the Middle Ages. In: History of the City of Emden. Volume 1: Archaeological sources on the early history of Emden ( East Frisia in the protection of the dike. Vol. 10). Rautenberg, Leer 1994, ISBN 3-7921-0545-4 , pp. 61-159.
  6. ^ Heinrich Schmidt: Hajo van Lengen - Appreciation and congratulations. In: Tota Frisia in partial views. Festschrift for Hajo van Lengen. 2005, p. 12.
  7. ↑ He also published the book accompanying the exhibition: Hajo van Lengen (Ed.): The Frisian Freedom of the Middle Ages - Life and Legends. Ostfriesische Landschaftliche Verlags- und Vertriebsgesellschaft, Aurich 2003, ISBN 3-932206-30-4 .
  8. ^ Martin Tielke: Bibliography Hajo van Lengen. In: Tota Frisia in partial views. Festschrift for Hajo van Lengen. 2005, pp. 519-524.
personal data
SURNAME Lengen, Hajo van
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German historian
DATE OF BIRTH April 25, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Jever