Heinrich Mack
Heinrich Mack (born January 27, 1867 in Braunschweig , † September 18, 1945 in Halberstadt ) was a German historian and director of the Braunschweig City Archives and the City Library .
Life
The son of the senior teacher Robert Mack, who came from an old Brunswick family, and his wife Elisabeth Grégoire attended the Martino-Katharineum until 1885 . He studied history, classical philology and geography at the Universities of Heidelberg and Berlin, where he was awarded a Dr. phil. received his doctorate.
From New Year 1891 he successfully completed the legally required probationary year at the Ducal New Gymnasium in Braunschweig and then taught there temporarily until August 16, 1892 to teach. Mack had been working on an inventory of the Hanseatic records of the 16th and 17th centuries in the Braunschweig city archive since 1890 and ended his teaching career at Easter 1895 to join the city as an assistant archivist. After being promoted to archivist in 1899, he succeeded Hänselmann in 1904 as director of the city archive and library. In 1910 the city archives and the city library moved to the new building on Steintorwall, which was built by the city master builder Osterloh . In the same year Mack received the title of professor from the regent Johann Albrecht zu Mecklenburg . In 1934 he retired.
Mack had been married to Elisabeth Wedde since 1912, with whom he had three children, including Dietrich Mack , long-time director of the Braunschweig Wilhelm-Gymnasium.
Heinrich-Mack-Straße in downtown Braunschweig has been named after him since 1968.
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Important publications are volumes 3 (1905) and 4 (1912) of the document book of the city of Braunschweig, also:
- Heinrich Mack (editor): Carl Friedrich Gauß and his family. Festschrift for his 150th birthday. Braunschweig: Appelhans, 1927.
Mack was active in various historical associations and bodies. In 1925 he was one of the founders of the "Braunschweiger Genealogical Evening".
literature
- Manfred Garzmann : Mack, Heinrich. In: Braunschweiger Stadtlexikon. Published on behalf of the city of Braunschweig by Luitgard Camerer, Manfred RW Garzmann and Wolf-Dieter Schuegraf with special assistance from Norman-Mathias Pingel, Braunschweig, 1992, ISBN 3-926701-14-5 , p. 150.
- Manfred Garzmann: Mack, Heinrich, Prof. Dr. In: Horst-Rüdiger Jarck , Günter Scheel (ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon - 19th and 20th centuries . Hahnsche Buchhandlung, Hannover 1996, ISBN 3-7752-5838-8 , p. 395 .
- Jürgen Hodemacher : Braunschweig's streets - their names and their stories. Volume 1: Inner City. Braunschweig 2001.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ducal New High School in Braunschweig: Annual report of the Ducal New High School in Braunschweig. From Easter 1890 to Easter 1891. Johann Heinrich Meyer Verlag, Braunschweig, 1891, p. 21.
- ↑ Ducal New High School in Braunschweig: Annual report of the Ducal New High School in Braunschweig. From Easter 1892 to Easter 1893. Johann Heinrich Meyer Verlag, Braunschweig, 1893, p. 24.
- ↑ Ducal New High School in Braunschweig: Annual report of the Ducal New High School in Braunschweig. From Easter 1893 to Easter 1894. Johann Heinrich Meyer Verlag, Braunschweig, 1894, p. 14.
- ↑ Ducal New High School in Braunschweig: Annual report of the Ducal New High School in Braunschweig. From Easter 1895 to Easter 1896. Johann Heinrich Meyer Verlag, Braunschweig, 1896, p. 15.
Web links
- Literature by and about Heinrich Mack in the catalog of the German National Library
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Mack, Heinrich |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mack, Franz Gustav Heinrich |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German historian and archivist for the city of Braunschweig |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 27, 1867 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Braunschweig |
DATE OF DEATH | September 18, 1945 |
Place of death | Halberstadt |