Hartmut Broszinski

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Hartmut Broszinski (* 1935 in Fulda ) is a German librarian and old Germanist . From 1991 until his retirement in 1997 he was head of the Fulda State Library and head of the Princely Waldeck Court Library in Arolsen .

Life

Broszinski first studied music, then German and Old German, English and musicology in Heidelberg , where he worked in 1969 with the work An Alemannic version of the 'Chirurgia parva' attributed to Guy de Chauliac . Research and critical edition of the text was promoted. He then completed his training as a librarian, from 1980 to 1991 he was head of the manuscript and music department of the State Library and Murhard Library in Kassel, which is now part of the Kassel University Library .

In 1991 Broszinski became the leading library director in Fulda and in 1994 honorary professor, in 1997 he retired. For many years, with a grant from the German Research Foundation, he researched the extensive alchemical manuscripts of the Murhard library in Kassel and published an extensive catalog of the manuscripts in 2011. In 2011 the alchemical manuscripts were also presented in an exhibition in Kassel. The alchemical manuscripts in Kassel go back to the work of Landgrave Moritz von Hessen-Kassel , also called Moritz the Scholar, who himself undertook alchemical experiments.

Broszinski has been a scientific member of the Historical Commission for Hesse since 1983 .

Fonts (selection)

  • as ed. with Sven Dupré and Dedo von Kerssenbrock-Krosigk: Art and Alchemy. The secret of transformation [on the occasion of the exhibition “Art and Alchemy. The Secret of Metamorphosis ”, Museum Kunstpalast Foundation, Düsseldorf, April 5 to August 10, 2014] / Museum Kunstpalast. Hirmer, Munich 2014, ISBN 978-3-7774-2198-8 . (English edition entitled Art and alchemy. )
  • (Ed.): Manuscripta chemica in Quarto. (= The manuscripts of the Kassel University Library, State Library and Murhard Library. Volume 3). 2011, ISBN 978-3-447-06494-1 .
  • Introduction. In: The Hildebrand song. Facsimile of the Kassel manuscript. (= Kassel Semester Books. Volume 1). 3rd, revised edition. Kassel Univ. Press, Kassel 2004, ISBN 3-89958-008-7 .
  • Friedrich Murhard and Johannes von Müller: Seven letters from 1808 to 1809 and Ludwig Börne about Friedrich Murhard. In: The Murhard Brothers - Life for Human Rights and Citizenship. Kassel university press, Kassel 2003, ISBN 3-89958-037-0 , pp. 112–125, 164–169.
  • illiteratissima urbs? Kassel private libraries in the 18th century. In: Kassel in the 18th century. Residence and city. (= Kassel Semester Books. Volume 10). Euregio, Kassel 2000, pp. 47-70.
  • An overview of the music history of Kassel. In: Journal of the Association for Hessian History and Regional Studies. 101, 1996, pp. 1-24.
  • with Sirka Heyne: Fulda manuscripts from Hessen. With further loans from Basel, Oslo, the Vatican and Wolfenbüttel. Catalog for the exhibition on the occasion of the “1250 Years of Fulda” anniversary, Hessian State Library Fulda, April 19 to May 31, 1994. (= publications of the Hessian State Library Fulda. Volume 6). Hess. State Library, Fulda 1994.
  • Kassel manuscript treasures. Stauda, ​​Kassel 1985.
  • Manuscripta medica. (= The manuscripts of the Murhard Library of the City of Kassel and the State Library. Ed. By Dieter Hennig. Volume III, 1). Wiesbaden 1976.
  • An Alemannic adaptation of the 'Chirurgia parva' ascribed to Guy de Chauliac. Philosophical dissertation Heidelberg 1968.
  • The remedy glossary by Hans Suff von Göppingen. In: Centaurus. Volume 12, 1967, pp. 114-131.
  • Articles in the author's dictionary .

literature

  • Aleksandra Czajkowska: On a maiden parchment with the blood of a white dove. In: publik (magazine of the University of Kassel), May 2011 ( online ).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See part of the list of members of the Historical Commission .
personal data
SURNAME Broszinski, Hartmut
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German librarian and old Germanist
DATE OF BIRTH 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH Fulda