Hans Heinrich Kaminsky

Hans Heinrich Kaminsky (born May 9, 1938 in Leverkusen ; † June 1, 2018 ) was a German historian .

The son of an engineer spent school and university in the Rhineland. In 1958 he passed the Abitur at Leverkusen High School. He completed his studies in history, historical auxiliary sciences , Middle Latin philology and German studies from 1958 to 1964 at the University of Cologne . His academic teachers included Theodor Schieffer , Heinrich Büttner and Karl Langosch . From 1966 to 1972 he worked at the University of Giessen as a research assistant to Carlrichard Brühl . With Theodor Schieffer he received his doctorate in 1968 with a thesis inspired by Büttner on the Corvey Imperial Abbey during the Salier period . He taught from 1972 until his retirement in 2003 as a professor for medieval history and historical auxiliary sciences at the University of Giessen. From 1981 to 1985 he was an honorary city councilor in Giessen. The promotion and application of auxiliary sciences was important to him. From 1985 to 2003 he was 1st chairman of the "Gießener Numismatic Society e. V. “In 2005 he became a scientific member of the Historical Commission for Hesse .

He devoted himself primarily to the history of Hesse and published numerous works on individual cities, villages and noble families. He tried to show that the table goods directory was most likely an inventory under Lothar III. from the years before his first Italian train in 1132/33. For the Lexicon of the Middle Ages he wrote numerous articles on the early medieval history of Italy .

Fonts

A list of publications on the history of the state of Hessen can be found in: Ulrich Ritzerfeld: State history in the mirror of Latin written sources. Research by Hans Heinrich Kaminsky. In: Hessisches Jahrbuch für Landesgeschichte 58 (2008), pp. 207–210, here: pp. 208–210.

Studies on the Imperial Corvey Abbey in the Salier period (= publications of the Historical Commission for Westphalia. Vol. 10.4 = Treatises on Corveyer historiography. Vol. 4). Böhlau, Cologne et al. 1972, ISBN 3-412-85073-X .

literature

Ulrich Ritzerfeld: State history in the mirror of Latin written sources. Research by Hans Heinrich Kaminsky. In: Hessisches Jahrbuch für Landesgeschichte 58 (2008), pp. 207–210.

Web links

Literature by and about Hans Heinrich Kaminsky in the catalog of the German National Library
Publications by Hans Heinrich Kaminsky in the Opac der Regesta Imperii
Obituaries
Obituary of the University of Giessen , June 2018.

Remarks

↑ See the reviews by Hans Hubert Anton in: Vierteljahrschrift für Sozial- und Wirtschaftsgeschichte 61 (1974), pp. 570–571; Wolfgang Metz in: Historische Zeitschrift 218 (1974), pp. 391–392.
^ Ulrich Ritzerfeld: State history in the mirror of Latin written sources. Research by Hans Heinrich Kaminsky. In: Hessisches Jahrbuch für Landesgeschichte 58 (2008), pp. 208–210, here: p. 208.
↑ Hans Heinrich Kaminsky: The "table goods directory of the Roman king". An inventory for Lothar III.? In: German Archive for Research into the Middle Ages 29 (1973) pp. 163–196 ( online ).

personal data
SURNAME	Kaminsky, Hans Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German historian
DATE OF BIRTH	May 9, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH	Leverkusen
DATE OF DEATH	June 1, 2018

[1] See the reviews by Hans Hubert Anton in: Vierteljahrschrift für Sozial- und Wirtschaftsgeschichte 61 (1974), pp. 570–571; Wolfgang Metz in: Historische Zeitschrift 218 (1974), pp. 391–392.

[2] Ulrich Ritzerfeld: State history in the mirror of Latin written sources. Research by Hans Heinrich Kaminsky. In: Hessisches Jahrbuch für Landesgeschichte 58 (2008), pp. 208–210, here: p. 208.

[3] Hans Heinrich Kaminsky: The "table goods directory of the Roman king". An inventory for Lothar III.? In: German Archive for Research into the Middle Ages 29 (1973) pp. 163–196 ( online ).