Hermann Löscher

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Friedrich Hermann Löscher (born September 22, 1888 in Zwönitz , † December 25, 1967 in Dresden ) was a German lawyer and historian who became known for his research on the settlement history and customs of the Ore Mountains .

Life

Löscher was the son of the deacon of the same name, Friedrich Hermann Löscher, and was the first born to be named after his father. His mother was Martha Emilie, née Saitmacher. After completing his Abitur at the Schneeberger Gymnasium, Löscher began studying law at the universities of Jena and Leipzig, which he had to interrupt because of the draft and the First World War. His doctoral thesis on Dr. jur. dealt with the topic of school, church and government - a contribution to the history of the church school loan .

With his wife Erika geb. Meyfarth, whom he married in Leipzig in 1927, he moved to Dresden a year later. The marriage had four children. In addition to his freelance work as a legal expert and legal historian, Löscher published extensively on topics related to local, school and church history.

After his retirement in 1953, Dr. Löscher intensive source research on the Erzgebirge mining law of the Middle Ages. His publications on the history of settlements and towns in the Ore Mountains are still the basis for further research. In 1967 he was honored with the Leibniz Medal . His main work, the Erzgebirge mining law of the 15th and 16th centuries , remained unfinished. After his death, several of the handwritten manuscripts he left behind were edited and published by his daughter Erika (1927-2018).

Works (selection)

  • The Erzgebirge mining law of the 15th and 16th centuries.
    • Part I: The Erzgebirge mountain customs of the 16th century and their predecessors since around 1450, Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1958.
    • Part II: Ore Mountains Mountain Regulations and Mountain Freedoms as well as other documents relating to mining law and mining from the 15th century. Document book 1: 1400–1480, Freiberg 2003, ISBN 3-86012-201-0
    • Part II: Ore Mountains Mountain Regulations and Mountain Freedoms as well as other documents relating to mining law and mining from the 15th century. Document book 2: 1481–1500, Freiberg 2003, ISBN 3-86012-268-1
    • Part II: Erzgebirge Mountain Regulations and Mining Freedoms as well as other mining law and mining related documents from the 16th century. Document book 3, Freiberg 2009, ISBN 978-3-86012-369-0
  • Heimatgeschichte der Pflege Stollberg Vol. 1 1932–40, Reprint Verlag Heimatland 2005 ISBN 3-910186-55-6 ; Vol. 2 Verlag Heimatland 2007 ISBN 3-910186-61-0
  • The rural resettlement of the Ore Mountains around 1500 , in: Blätter für deutsche Landesgeschichte 91 (1954), pp. 130–157 Digitized in the Bavarian State Library in Munich

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SURNAME Löscher, Hermann
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Löscher, Friedrich Hermann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lawyer and historian
DATE OF BIRTH September 22, 1888
PLACE OF BIRTH Zwönitz
DATE OF DEATH December 25, 1967
Place of death Dresden