Hans Rott (historian)
Hans Adam Rott (born November 12, 1876 in Hunspach , Alsace ; † August 6, 1942 in Badenweiler ) was a German historian , above all an art historian . For many years he was director of the Badisches Landesmuseum Karlsruhe .
life and work
After attending grammar school in Weißenburg , Hans Rott first studied law at the University of Freiburg and was awarded a doctorate there in 1900 with a legal history thesis. jur. PhD. He then studied at the University of Heidelberg history, art history and church history and was there in 1904 with a thesis on Frederick II. Palatine Dr. phil. PhD. In 1906 he undertook a trip through Asia Minor to research the Christian monuments there. Since 1909, Rott was the successor of Max Wingenroth as assistant director at the Badisches Landesmuseum in Karlsruhe, where he a. a. worked for the inventory of the art monuments of Baden . From 1919 until his retirement in 1938 he was director of the state museum. For his services, he was awarded the title of professor. He was an honorary citizen of the Technical University of Karlsruhe .
He researched and published primarily in the field of art history in Baden and southwest Germany at the time of the upheaval from the late Gothic to the Renaissance , for which he mainly used archival sources .
Publications (selection)
- Friedrich II of the Palatinate and the Reformation , Heidelberg: Winter 1904 [Reprography: Nendeln (Liechtenstein): Kraus 1976].
- Asia Minor monuments from Pisidia, Pamphylia, Cappadocia and Lycia , Leipzig: Dietrich 1908 (= studies on Christian monuments, NF 5/6) digitized .
- New sources for a file revision of the trial of Sylvan and his comrades . In: New Archive for the History of the City of Heidelberg and the Rhenish Palatinate , Part 1 in Vol. VIII, Heidelberg 1910, pp. 184-259; Part 2 in Vol. IX, Heidelberg 1911, pp. 1-70.
- The art monuments of the district of Bretten , Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck 1913 (= The art monuments of the Grand Duchy of Baden , vol. 9.1).
- The art monuments of the district of Bruchsal , Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck 1913 (= The art monuments of the Grand Duchy of Baden, vol. 9.2).
- Bruchsal . Sources on the art history of the palace and the episcopal residence city , Heidelberg: Winter 1914.
- Castle and spots Obergrombach (Bad. District Bruchsal) , Karlsruhe 1914.
- Art and artists at the Baden-Durlacher Hof until the founding of Karlsruhe , Karlsruhe: Müller 1917.
- The church in Tiefenbronn near Pforzheim , Augsburg: Filser 1929.
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Sources and research on southwest German and Swiss art history in the 15th and 16th centuries , Stuttgart: Strecker & Schröder:
- Part I Lake Constance area in 2 volumes, 1933
- Part II Old Swabia and the Imperial Cities in 1 volume, 1934
- Part III The Upper Rhine in 3 volumes, 1936, 1938
Individual evidence
literature
- Jean Rott: Rott, Hans . In: Nouveau dictionnaire de biographie alsacienne , Faszikel 32, Strasbourg 1998, pp. 3304-3305.
- Martin Dennert: Hans Rott . In: Stefan Heid; Martin Dennert (Hrsg.): Person lexicon for Christian archeology . Researchers and personalities from the 16th to the 21st century , Regensburg: Schnell & Steiner 2012, ISBN 978-3-7954-2620-0 , Vol. 2, pp. 1095-1096.
- Friedrich Lautenschlager; Werner Schulz: Bibliography of Baden History , Vol. 6, Stuttgart: Kohlhammer 1973.
Web links
- Literature by and about Hans Rott in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by and about Hans Rott in the German Digital Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rott, Hans |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rott, Hans Adam (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German historian, especially art historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 12, 1876 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hunspach , Alsace |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 6, 1942 |
| Place of death | Badenweiler |