Hermann Bächtold
Hermann Bächtold (born February 3, 1882 in Ramsen , † June 4, 1934 in Basel ) was a Swiss historian .
Life
The son of a police officer became a teacher first, then studied from 1904 to 1909 story in Neuchatel , Basel , Berlin and Freiburg , where he in 1909 with a thesis on the north German trading history in the Middle Ages doctorate was. From 1911 to 1912 he worked as a teacher in Basel. In 1912 he completed his habilitation in Basel, where he worked for two years at the Swiss Economic Archives . In 1915 Bächtold became associate professor at the University of Basel; from 1920 until his death he was a full professor, initially for medieval and modern history, from 1931 for general history.
In 1919 Bächtold co-founded the Evangelical People's Party , for which he wrote social policy guidelines, and was editor of the Evangelical People's Newspaper from 1920 to 1922 . In 1920 he was also one of the founders of the cooperative for the publication of the Swiss Monthly Issues for Politics and Culture . In his academic work he dealt primarily with economic history, with Jacob Burckhardt , but also with questions of contemporary history, and tried to create a universal religious history. Bächtold had been an extraordinary member of the historical commission at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences since 1923 and a full member since 1927 .
Fonts (selection)
- North German trade in the 12th and early 13th centuries. Walther Rothschild, Berlin 1910.
- The historical foundations of the world war. Rascher, Zurich 1915.
- On the judgment of the Prussian-German state: a political-geographical study. From Kober, Basel 1916.
- The national political crisis in Switzerland and our relationship with Germany. Schwabe, Basel 1916.
- Free school or state school? A question for Christian parents. Werner Riehm, Basel 1921.
- The Swiss economy in its relations with Germany, past and present. Huber, Frauenfeld 1927 ( Switzerland in German Spiritual Life . Vol. 45).
- How is world history possible? Rector's speech. Helbing and Lichtenhahn, Basel 1931 ( Basler Universitätsreden. H. 2).
- Collected Writings. Eduard Vischer. Sauerlander, Aarau 1939.
literature
- Max Ammann: The "Evangelical Politics" of the Basel historian Hermann Bächtold (1882–1934) (= Zurich Contributions to the Science of History. Vol. 19). J. Weiss, Affoltern am Albis 1954 (= dissertation , University of Zurich, 1954).
- Andreas Amiet, Anton Gössi (eds.): Hermann Bächtold, Emil Dürr and the Basel Historical Circle: A memorial. Historical circle, Basel 1984
- Paul Roth : Bächtold, Hermann. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1953, ISBN 3-428-00182-6 , p. 514 ( digitized version ).
- Ernst Staehelin et al .: Hermann Bächtold: Professor of History (1882-1934). Commemorative words spoken on the occasion of the funeral on June 7, 1934. Helbing and Lichtenhahn, Basel 1934 (memorial with a list of his writings).
- Niklaus Stettler: Bächtold, Hermann. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
Web links
- Publications by and about Hermann Bächtold in the Helveticat catalog of the Swiss National Library
- Literature by and about Hermann Bächtold in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Klaus Urner: The foundation of the “Swiss Monthly Issues for Politics and Culture”. In Swiss monthly issues. 50th year, issue 12, March 1971, pp. 1064-1078 ( online ).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bächtold, Hermann |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 3, 1882 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ramsen SH |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 4, 1934 |
| Place of death | Basel |