Hanns Gringmuth-Dallmer
Hanns Paul Gerhard Gringmuth-Dallmer (born November 23, 1907 in Opole as Hanns Gringmuth ; † September 7, 1999 in Plauen (Vogtland) ) was a German archivist and historian .
Life
The son of a government councilor attended the cathedral high school in Merseburg from 1917 to 1921 . There he passed the Abitur in 1926. He then studied history and German at the universities of Jena , Bonn and Halle (Saale) . At the latter university he received his doctorate in 1934 under Hans Herzfeld with a thesis on “The organization of authorities in the Duchy of Magdeburg. Their development and integration into the Brandenburg-Prussian state ”. From 1936 to 1937 he attended the Institute for Archival Studies in Berlin and in 1937 became archivist at the Magdeburg State Archives under Walter Möllenberg's direction. In 1941 he was appointed to the State Archives Council.
At the Second World War Gringmuth-Dallmer participated actively. He was drafted into the Wehrmacht on October 1, 1939 and was taken prisoner by the Soviets , from which he was released in September 1947. In 1948 he was appointed director of the state archives of Saxony-Anhalt and replaced Charlotte Knabe . Immediately before his 60th birthday, he was deposed as director and transferred to the newly created branch in Wernigerode as head . He worked there until 1976 and then moved to the Federal Republic of Germany.
Gringmuth-Dallmer was a member of the Historical Commission of the Saxon Academy of Sciences in Leipzig , a member of the Hanseatic History Association and a member of the Historical Commission for Saxony-Anhalt . He is the father of Eike Gringmuth-Dallmer .
Fonts
- The organization of the authorities in the Duchy of Magdeburg. Its development and integration into the Brandenburg-Prussian state , 1934 (dissertation).
- (Ed.) Complete overview of the holdings of the State Main Archives Magdeburg , Halle (Saale) 1954 ff.
literature
- Josef Hartmann : On the death of Hanns Gringmuth-Dallmer . In: Saxony and Anhalt. Yearbook of the Historical Commission for Saxony-Anhalt , Vol. 22 (1999/2000), pp. 419–423.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gringmuth-Dallmer, Hanns |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gringmuth-Dallmer, Hanns Paul Gerhard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German archivist and historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 23, 1907 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Opole |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 7, 1999 |
| Place of death | Plauen (Vogtland) |