Hans Wegener (librarian)

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Hans Wegener (born May 27, 1896 in St. Avold , Lothringen , † December 27, 1980 in Bremen ) was a German librarian .

Life

Family and education

The Evangelical baptized, native Lorraine Hans Wegener, son of the forester Gustav Wegener and his Wife Caroline was born carpenter, turned after graduation at the Melanchthon School Steinatal , followed by participation in the First World War , the study of art history , philosophy and economics at at the universities of Strasbourg , Münster and Heidelberg as well as at the TH and the School of Applied Arts in Stuttgart . In 1924 he acquired the academic degree of Dr. phil. In 1929 he passed his library examination in Berlin .

Hans Wegener married Dorothee nee von Mengersen in 1924. From this marriage came the children Thomas and Cornelia. Wegener died in December 1980 five months before he would turn 85 in Bremen.

Professional background

Immediately after completing his doctorate at the Prussian State Library in Berlin, Hans Wegener joined the library service, and in 1942 he moved to Metz as head of the academic libraries . From 1942 to 1945 he was in charge of the Amerikahaus in Erlangen , in 1951 he was appointed director of the State Library in Bremen, and in 1961 he was officially retired.

Hans Wegener dealt in particular with the history of manuscripts , illuminated manuscripts and the history of book illustration .

Publications

  • Descriptive directory of the German illuminated manuscripts of the late Middle Ages in the Heidelberg University Library. JJ Weber, Leipzig, 1927, ( online ).
  • Descriptive index of the miniatures and the initial decorations in the German manuscripts up to 1500 (= descriptive indexes of the miniature manuscripts of the Prussian State Library in Berlin. Vol. 5). JJ Weber, Leipzig, 1928.
  • Johanna von Bocholt's prayer book. In: Westphalian Studies. Contributions to the history of science, art and literature in Westphalia. Dedicated to Alois Bömer on the occasion of his 60th birthday. Hiersemann, Leipzig 1928, pp. 228-232.
  • The history of the 3rd Upper Alsatian Infantry Regiment No. 172. Edited from the official war diaries and reports from fellow combatants. Sporn, Zeulenroda (Thuringia) 1934.
  • From the German cottage garden. Its shape and its history (= weaver shuttle library . 28). JJ Weber, Leipzig 1937
  • Introduction to: kitchen master craftsman. Printed in Nuremberg by Peter Wagner around 1490 (= publications of the society for typology of the 15th century. Series B: Rare early prints in replicas. 3, ZDB -ID 529484-8 ). Facsimile based on the copy in the Herzog-August-Bibliothek in Wolfenbüttel. With a glossary and a bibliography. Harrasowitz, Leipzig 1939.
  • as editor: Contributions to the history of the Bremen State Library. C. Schünemann, Bremen 1952.
  • Nice old Bremen in engravings and lithographs. F. Trüjen, Bremen 1957.

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g Wegener, Hans . In: Walther Killy , Rudolf Vierhaus (Hrsg.): Deutsche Biographische Enzyklopädie . tape 10 : Thibaut - Zycha. KG Saur Verlag GmbH & Co KG, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-598-23170-9 , p. 373 .
personal data
SURNAME Wegener, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German librarian
DATE OF BIRTH May 27, 1896
PLACE OF BIRTH St. Avold , Lorraine
DATE OF DEATH December 27, 1980
Place of death Bremen