Hermann Flamm
Hermann Flamm (born September 7, 1871 in Günterstal , † January 17, 1915 in Freiburg im Breisgau ) was a German historian and archivist .
Born as the son of a master butcher, Hermann Flamm was severely disabled as a child as a result of a polio infection , his left leg was paralyzed and he could only move with difficulty. After graduating from high school in 1893, he studied law, history and economics at the University of Freiburg . In 1905 he received his doctorate at the law and political science faculty under Carl Johannes Fuchs .
While still a student, he began work on the Freiburg house book at the Freiburg City Archives in 1898 , which he was able to complete in 1903. In 1898, together with the Freiburg publisher Josef Waibel, he published two volumes of a new, expanded and illustrated edition of the Badisches Sagenbuch collection . From 1904 he worked as a laborer for the Freiburg City Archives. It was not until 1909 that he was employed as an “extraordinary unskilled worker” for the city archives under Peter Paul Albert and for the city curator Max Wingenroth . In 1914 there was a falling out with Albert, Flamm wanted to leave the city archives.
He was a member of the "Association for rural welfare in Baden" founded in 1902 and was one of the founding members of the " Badische Heimat " association when it merged with the "Association for Folklore" in 1909 and was its secretary from 1909 until his death. From 1908 he was editor of the magazine "Dorf und Hof", from 1913/14 editor of the magazine. "My home country".
He published in the field of Freiburg city history, Baden folklore and social and church-political issues.
Publications (selection)
- Number of houses 1400–1806 (= historical description of the city of Freiburg in Br. Volume 2). Freiburg 1903.
- The economic decline of Freiburg im Br. And the situation of urban real estate in the 14th and 15th centuries (= Economical Treatises of the Baden Universities. 8 Supplementary Vol. 3). Braun, Karlsruhe 1905 (= dissertation).
literature
- Gustav Münzel : Hermann Flamm. An appreciation of his performance and personality. In: Badische Heimat. 2, 1915, pp. 2-13.
- Gustav Münzel, Otto Hörth , Hermann Schwarzweber : Directory of the literary works of † Hermann Flamm. In: Alemannia . 43, 1916, pp. 47-61.
- Wolfgang Leesch : The German archivists 1500–1945. Volume 2: Biographical Lexicon. Saur, Munich a. a. 1992, ISBN 3-598-10605-X , pp. 157-158.
- Renate Liessem-Breinlinger: Hermann Flamm. In: Baden biographies. New series Volume 6, Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2011, ISBN 978-3-17-022290-8 , pp. 113–116 (digitized version ) .
Web links
- Publications by Hermann Flamm in the Opac of the Regesta Imperii
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Flamm, Hermann |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German historian and archivist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 7, 1871 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Günterstal |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 17, 1915 |
| Place of death | Freiburg in Breisgau |