Hans Prutz

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Hans Prutz

Hans Prutz (born May 20, 1843 in Jena , † January 29, 1929 in Stuttgart ) was a German historian and university professor.

Life

The son of the liberal writer Robert Prutz studied from 1860 to 1863 at the University of Jena and the Friedrich-Wilhelms University in Berlin history . He had been a member of the Germania Jena fraternity since 1860 and later remained closely associated with the fraternity movement. In 1863 he was in Berlin with a thesis on Henry the Lion doctorate . From 1863 to 1872 Prutz worked as a high school teacher in Danzig . From 1872 he was a senior teacher at the Friedrich Werderscher Gewerbeschule in Berlin. In 1873 he completed his habilitation in history at the Berlin University. In 1874 he undertook a research trip to Syria and Tire on behalf of the Chancellery in order to find the presumed grave site of Emperor Frederick I together with Johann Nepomuk Sepp .

In 1877 Prutz was appointed full professor of history at the Albertus University in Königsberg . In 1888/89 he was its rector . Prutz became a Freemason in Königsberg . In 1902 he had to give up the Königsberg chair because of an eye problem and moved to Munich . From 1922 he lived in Stuttgart . In his Prussian history he turned against the myth of "Prussia's German profession".

Prutz had been a corresponding member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences since 1921 .

Works

  • Heinrich the Lion Duke of Bavaria and Saxony. A contribution to the history of the Hohenstaufen era. Leipzig 1865 (e-copy, limited preview ).
  • Henry the Lion. History, legend and poetry , Leipzig 1866.
  • About a book of formulas from the beginning of the fifteenth century . In: New Prussian Provincial Papers . Fourth episode. Volume 6, Königsberg 1869, pp. 193-214. .
  • Radewin's continuation of the Gesta Friderici imperatoris of Otto von Freising, its composition and its value. A source-critical examination (habilitation thesis). Danzig 1873 ( e-copy ).
  • Kaiser Friedrich I. , 3 vol., Danzig 1871–1874.
    • Volume 1: 1152-1165 , Danzig 1871 ( e-copy ).
    • Volume 2: 1166-1177 . Danzig 1871 ( e-copy ).
    • Volume 3: 1177-1190 , Danzig 1874 ( e-copy ).
  • History of the Neustadt district in West Prussia . Danzig 1872 ( e-copy ).
  • From Phenicia. Geographical sketches and historical studies , Leipzig 1876.
  • Secret Doctrine and Statutes of the Templars Order. A critical investigation , Berlin 1879.
  • Cultural history of the crusades , Berlin 1883 (e-copy 1994, limited preview ).
  • Development and fall of the order of the Templars. Using previously unprinted materials . Berlin, Grote, 1888; E-copy: Walluf, Martin Sendet, 1978. ISBN 3500246400 ( limited preview ).
  • Maltese documents and regesta on the history of the Knights Templar and Johanniter . Berlin 1883 (e-copy, limited preview ).
  • State history of the West in the Middle Ages from Charlemagne to Maximilian , 2 vols., Berlin 1885–1887.
    • Volume 1: The dissolution of the Carolingian Empire and the separation of the Germanic and Romanic empires. 814-887 . Berlin 1885 ( limited preview ).
  • with Herman Schiller : Guide for history teaching in the upper classes of higher educational institutions. 3 parts. Grote, Berlin 1890-1891 ( digitized version ).
  • The Royal Albertus University of Königsberg i.Pr. in the nineteenth century, to celebrate its 350th anniversary , Königsberg 1894.
  • Prussian History , 4 vols., Stuttgart 1900–1902.
    • Volume 1: The 17th and 18th centuries and major themes in the history of Prussia . Stuttgart 1900 (e-copy, limited preview ).
  • The religious orders of knights, their position on the ecclesiastical, political, social and economic development of the Middle Ages , Berlin 1908 (e-copy Berlin 1977, limited preview ).
  • New Studies on the History of the Maid of Orléans . 1917 (e-copy, limited preview ).
  • The peace idea. Its origin, initial meaning and gradual change , Munich / Leipzig 1917.

literature

  • Julius Nicolaus Weisfert: Biographical-literary lexicon for the capital and royal seat of Königsberg and East Prussia , 2nd edition, Königsberg 1898, p. 180.
  • Who is who? , IV edition, Leipzig 1909, p. 1094.
  • Deutsche Biographische Enzyklopädie , Vol. 8, Munich 1998, pp. 82-83.
  • Edda Bergmann:  Prutz, Hans. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 20, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-428-00201-6 , p. 748 f. ( Digitized version ). (Mentioned in the father's article).
  • Christian Tilitzki : The Albertus University of Königsberg. The story from the founding of the empire to the fall of the province of East Prussia. Vol. 1: 1871-1918 , Munich 2012, p. 602.

Web links

Wikisource: Hans Prutz  - sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Gustav Heinrich Schneider : The fraternity Germania zu Jena. A commemorative publication. Jena 1897, p. 568.
  2. ↑ Habilitation thesis: Radewin's continuation of the Gesta Friderici imperatoris of Otto von Freising, its composition and its value.
  3. ^ Rector's speeches (HKM) .
personal data
SURNAME Prutz, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German historian and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH May 20, 1843
PLACE OF BIRTH Jena
DATE OF DEATH January 29, 1929
Place of death Stuttgart