Heinrich Heß (local history researcher)

Heinrich Heß (born September 2, 1844 in Liebenstein , † February 1, 1927 in Gotha ) was a German civil servant , local researcher and politician .

Life

family

Heinrich Hess was the son of a rent agent and his wife, née Thalmann, who came from Pößneck .

In 1874 he got engaged to Helene (née) Fischer from Pößneck, whom he married shortly afterwards; the marriage remained childless.

Career

After attending elementary school, he came to Gotha in 1857 to the illustrious grammar school (today: Ernestinum Gotha ) and initially lived with a shoemaker , later with the grammar school teacher Ernst Heinrich Giese (1817–1876). He left the grammar school on October 3, 1862 to start as an auditor at the Tenneberg Rent and Tax Office , where his father, meanwhile, had been transferred as a rent officer.

On January 31, 1866, he was transferred to the auditing office of the State Ministry in Gotha, where he became auditor in 1874. In 1880 he came back to Tenneberg as a rent and tax office assessor until he returned to Gotha permanently in 1885 as a rent office manager. As chairman of the ducal domain treasury , he had to temporarily merge it with the state treasury in 1888 and finally in 1898. From 1889 to 1899 he was employed in the State Ministry until he was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Herzogliche Landeskreditanstalt on December 25, 1899, while at the same time being awarded the title of Finance Councilor ; Retired.

During the First World War, he worked as a senator in Gotha from 1915 to 1919 and was a member of the advisory board of the Landeskreditanstalt from 1918 to 1923.

Local history

In 1897 Heinrich Heß published his first essays Der Freiwald bei Georgenthal and Eine Reise -rechnung from 1527 in the journal of the Association for Thuringian History and Archeology . In the same year he published in the first supplementary issue of the magazine Aus der Heimat his essay A forestry attempt by Ernsts des Pious . The second supplement, which appeared in 1898 under the title The Thuringian Forest in Old Times - Forest and Hunting Pictures , was contested by him alone. Also in 1898 in this magazine he drew attention to two finds in the Margaret Church in Gotha , which he added in 1904 with The Construction of the Margaret Church in Gotha in the years 1494–1543 . In 1899 he devoted himself to the history of the village of Oberhof , also in the magazine .

He published in 1903 The limits of Mark Lupnitz in the communications of the Association for Gothaische history and archeology and 1905 he exhibited in the home leaves his extensive knowledge about the life and activities in the Thuringian Forest in his historical narrative A ride through the Thuringian forest 300 years ago is .

In 1911 he published his essay The emergence of Gotha as a city and the Margaret Church as a city church in the communications of the Association for Gotha History and Antiquity Research , and in 1917 the treatise Prehistoric and early medieval mills in Thuringia .

In 1920 he dealt in the communications of the Association for Gotha History and Antiquity Research with the settlements and desolations in the former Duchy of Gotha and in 1922 with Did there was a Thuringian monastery Heida? as well as the origin and first time of the Döllstedt monastery

He participated in the Rennsteig research and published the essay The Origin of the Rennsteig in the association newspaper Mareile in 1923 and began in 1926 with the essay series Der Rennsteig originally a Limes .

He also dealt intensively with the monasteries of the Thuringian Forest, but especially with the Benedictine Abbey of Reinhardsbrunn .

His records and collections are in the Gotha State Archives .

honors and awards

In 1904 Heinrich Hess received the Knight's Cross, 2nd class of the Ernestine House Order .
In 1910 he was awarded the Knight's Cross First Class of the Ernestine House Order.

Memberships

On March 10, 1899, he joined the Rennsteig Association as the 97th member .
In 1922 he was made a member of the Academy of Charitable Sciences in Erfurt .
From 1924 Heinrich Hess was an honorary member of the Association for Gotha History and Archeology , which he himself had co-founded .

Fonts (selection)

Heinrich Hess; Walter Schmidt-Ewald: Gotha in the Middle Ages . Gotha Engelhard-Reyher 1927.
The Reinhardsbrunn forgeries . Messages from the Society for Gotha History and Antiquity Research . 1927.

literature

Heinrich Hess . In: Communications of the Association for Gotha History and Antiquity Research . 1928.
Kurt Schmidt: The scientific life's work of a Gotha homeland researcher / A memorial sheet for Heinrich Heß . 1927.
Walter Schmidt-Ewald: Three Thuringian local researchers to remember (Max Berbig, Heinrich Heß, Luise Gerbing). Erfurt, Faith and Home; 4th year, issue no. 4th 1927.

Individual evidence

↑ The "Freiwald" near Georgenthal / von H [einrich] Hess - JPortal. Retrieved May 25, 2020 .
↑ A travel account from 1527 / by H [einrich] Heß - JPortal. Retrieved May 25, 2020 .
↑ The Thuringian Forest in olden times: Forest and hunting pictures / by H [einrich] Hess. - Gotha: Perthes, 1898 - JPortal. Retrieved May 25, 2020 .
^ The construction of the Margarethenkirche in Gotha in the years 1494-1543 / by H. Heß - JPortal. Retrieved May 25, 2020 .
^ History of the village of Oberhof: at the same time a contribution to the escort system / by H. Heß - JPortal. Retrieved May 25, 2020 .
↑ The limits of the Mark Lupnitz. In: Communications from the Association for Gotha History and Antiquity Research. Retrieved May 25, 2020 .
^ Prehistoric and early medieval mills in Thuringia / by Heinrich Heß - JPortal. Retrieved May 25, 2020 .
↑ Settlements and desolations in the former Duchy of Gotha / by Heinrich Hess, Geh. Finance Council in Gotha - JPortal. Retrieved May 25, 2020 .
↑ Was there a Heida monastery in Thuringia? / by H. Heß, go. Finance Council in Gotha - JPortal. Retrieved May 25, 2020 .
↑ Origin and first time of the Döllstedt Monastery / by Heinrich Heß, Geh. Finance Council in Gotha - JPortal. Retrieved May 25, 2020 .
^ Rennsteigverein 1896 eV Accessed on May 25, 2020 .
↑ Heß, Heinrich (Secret Finance Councilor and local researcher) - Thuringia archive portal. Retrieved May 25, 2020 .

personal data
SURNAME	Hess, Heinrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Hess, Heinrich; Hess, H .; Hess, H.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German civil servant, homeland researcher and politician
DATE OF BIRTH	September 2, 1844
PLACE OF BIRTH	Love stone
DATE OF DEATH	February 1, 1927
Place of death	Gotha

[1] The "Freiwald" near Georgenthal / von H [einrich] Hess - JPortal. Retrieved May 25, 2020 .

[2] A travel account from 1527 / by H [einrich] Heß - JPortal. Retrieved May 25, 2020 .

[3] The Thuringian Forest in olden times: Forest and hunting pictures / by H [einrich] Hess. - Gotha: Perthes, 1898 - JPortal. Retrieved May 25, 2020 .

[4] The construction of the Margarethenkirche in Gotha in the years 1494-1543 / by H. Heß - JPortal. Retrieved May 25, 2020 .

[5] History of the village of Oberhof: at the same time a contribution to the escort system / by H. Heß - JPortal. Retrieved May 25, 2020 .

[6] The limits of the Mark Lupnitz. In: Communications from the Association for Gotha History and Antiquity Research. Retrieved May 25, 2020 .

[7] Prehistoric and early medieval mills in Thuringia / by Heinrich Heß - JPortal. Retrieved May 25, 2020 .

[8] Settlements and desolations in the former Duchy of Gotha / by Heinrich Hess, Geh. Finance Council in Gotha - JPortal. Retrieved May 25, 2020 .

[9] Was there a Heida monastery in Thuringia? / by H. Heß, go. Finance Council in Gotha - JPortal. Retrieved May 25, 2020 .

[10] Origin and first time of the Döllstedt Monastery / by Heinrich Heß, Geh. Finance Council in Gotha - JPortal. Retrieved May 25, 2020 .

[11] Rennsteigverein 1896 eV Accessed on May 25, 2020 .

[12] Heß, Heinrich (Secret Finance Councilor and local researcher) - Thuringia archive portal. Retrieved May 25, 2020 .