Hermann Baier

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Hermann Baier (born May 18, 1881 in Reute near Meßkirch ; † April 27, 1938 in Karlsruhe ) was a German historian and archivist .

Life

Hermann Baier graduated as Dr. phil. After completing his studies, he worked as an unskilled worker at the Baden General State Archives in Karlsruhe from 1906. In 1909 he was appointed archive assistant and in 1920 he was promoted to the archive council. Four years later he was appointed senior archivist and in 1928 archives director. In this position, Hermann Baier headed the Baden General State Archives until his death in 1938. He was also a full member of the Upper Rhine Historical Commission . He published several articles on the history of Baden, specializing in the legal relationships between state and church and secularization in Baden as well as emigration from Baden to America, Russia and Poland.

Works (selection)

  • Papal commissions for minor benefices up to 1304 (= research on pre-Reformation history; 7), Münster i. W .: Aschendorff, 1911.
  • with others: Treatises from the field of middle and modern history and their auxiliary sciences. A celebration for the 70th birthday Go. Council Prof. Dr. Heinrich Finke, dedicated by students and admirers of the domestic and Abroad , Münster IW: Aschendorff, 1925.
  • For the Freiburg archbishop election of 1868 , 1935.
  • Studies on the history of emigration in 1712, 1737 and 1787 , 1936.
  • The holdings of the Baden Eenerallandesarchiv and their significance for family research , in: Mein Heimatland 37 (1937), pp. 276ff.

estate

Hermann Baier's scientific estate is now administered in the General State Archives in Karlsruhe.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Richard Baier's estate
personal data
SURNAME Baier, Hermann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German historian and archivist
DATE OF BIRTH May 18, 1881
PLACE OF BIRTH Reute near Messkirch
DATE OF DEATH April 27, 1938
Place of death Karlsruhe