Hermann Granier

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Hermann Granier (born December 8, 1857 in Breslau , † January 14, 1941 in Berlin ) was a German historian and archivist .

Life

As the son of a bookseller in Wroclaw, he initially decided to become an officer, but after eight years retired from military service for health reasons. He then completed a degree in history at the University of Berlin and was awarded a doctorate there in 1889. phil. PhD . In 1893 he started at the Secret State Archives (GStA) in Berlin as an archive volunteer, in 1895 as an archive assistant, and in 1898 he was hired as a royal archivist. In 1900 he moved to the State Archives in Breslau, but returned to the Secret State Archives in Berlin in 1903. From 1906 until his retirement in 1923 he worked as house archivist and secret archivist at the Royal House Archives in Charlottenburg . He mainly published and edited documents from the time of the Wars of Liberation and also wrote several résumés for the Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie .

He was married to Charlotte Parthey. The marriage had four children, including Friedrich Granier (1893-1946), who was also the Prussian state archivist.

Hermann Granier's final resting place is in the south-west cemetery in Stahnsdorf .

Fonts

  • The battle of Lobositz on October 1, 1756 , Breslau 1890. (Diss.)
  • Ernst Friedländer : Older registers of the University of Greifswald , Vol. 2, Leipzig 1893; ND Osnabrück 1965. (= publications from the Prussian state archives 57). (Participation)
  • The invasion of the German armies in August 1870 , Berlin 1896.
  • The campaign of 1864 , Berlin 1897.
  • Prussia and the Catholic Church since 1640 , parts 8–9 (1797–1807), Leipzig 1902; ND Osnabrück 1965 (= publications from the Prussian state archives 76/77).
  • Silesian war diaries from the French period 1806-1815 , Breslau 1904.
  • Reports from the Berlin French period 1807–1809 , Leipzig 1913. (= publications from the Prussian state archives 88).
  • Hohenzollern letters from the wars of freedom 1813–1815 , Leipzig 1913. (Editor)
  • From the correspondence between Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm and Prince Wilhelm to their cousin Pzn. Friederike von Prussia during the Wars of Liberation 1813–1815 , In: Hohenzollern-Jahrbuch 17 (1913), pp. 171–209; 18 (1914), pp. 28-37.
  • The campaign diary of Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Prussia from 1813 , In: Hohenzollern-Jahrbuch 17 (1913), p. 96ff.
  • War diary of the Silesian hussar Julius Berent : In: Journal of the Association for the History of Silesia , vol. 47 (1913), pp. 49–110.
  • On the history of Kaiser Wilhelm I , Berlin 1921. (with Paul Bailleu)
  • Princes' letters from the Wars of Liberation 1813–1815 , Stuttgart-Berlin 1922. (Editor)
  • Otto von Bismarck : Thoughts and Memories , Stuttgart 1927. (Editor)
  • Otto von Bismarck: Selected Works - Political Speeches , 2Bde., Stuttgart 1928. (Editor)
  • Letters from Prince Bismarck , 2 vol., Stuttgart 1929. (Editor)

literature

  • Announcements from the Prussian archive administration, No. 1/1941, pp. 3–4.
  • Eckart Henning / Christel Wegeleben: Archivists at the Secret State Archives I (1874-1924). In: Yearbook for Brandenburg State History 29 (1978), p. 46.
  • Wolfgang Leesch : The German archivists 1500–1945. Volume 2: Biographical Lexicon. Saur, Munich a. a. 1992, ISBN 3-598-10605-X , p. 196.

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personal data
SURNAME Granier, Hermann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German historian and archivist
DATE OF BIRTH December 8, 1857
PLACE OF BIRTH Wroclaw
DATE OF DEATH January 14, 1941
Place of death Berlin