Hermann Traut

Hermann Traut (born March 1, 1866 in Altenkirchen (Westerwald) , † October 27, 1931 in Frankfurt am Main ) was a German librarian and historian.

Life

Traut attended high schools in Limburg adL and Wiesbaden . He studied history and geography in Bonn and made the acquaintance of Carl Schaarschmidt, the director of the Bonn University Library, during his studies . Traut continued his studies in Berlin , where he met Friedrich Althoff .

In 1892 he received his doctorate and from 1893 he was a research assistant in the Frankfurt a. In 1901 he became a librarian there, ten years later he was given the title of professor. During his service time the library reading room was rearranged and new printed directories were published. From 1924 to 1927 he headed the city library as deputy director.

Traut published mainly on Frankfurt library matters and the history of Frankfurt. He was chairman and later honorary chairman of the Association for Geography and Statistics. Together with the ethnologist Bernhard Hagen , he organized the Sunda expedition of the Geography and Statistics Association.

Publications (selection)

• Elector Joachim II of Brandenburg and the Turkish campaign of 1542 , Gummersbach: Luyken 1892 (Berlin, Univ., Diss., 1892).
• The Römer and the new town hall buildings in Frankfurt am Main , Frankfurt a. M .: Knauer 1908.
• Queen Luise and Frankfurt . In: Alt-Frankfurt , Vol. 1 (1909), 4, pp. 101-105.
• The crossing at Gutleuthof in front of the Reich Chamber of Commerce: an episode from the legal life of the old Reich . In: Alt-Frankfurt, Vol. 3 (1911), 1, pp. 6-14.
• Dr. Adolf von Glauburg and his library . In: Festgabe for Friedrich Clemens Ebrard: on the completion of his 70th year on June 26, 1920 , Frankfurt a. M. 1920, pp. 1-34.
• Two letters by Robert Blum from the time of the German Movement of 1847/48 , In: Alt-Frankfurt , 1928, 3, pp. 39–41.
• From the times of reaction in Germany . In: Alt-Frankfurt , Vol. 2 (1929), 7, pp. 77-81.
• Louis Liebmann, January 2, 1863 to May 18, 1929 [obituary] . In: Alt-Frankfurt, Vol. 2 (1929), 7, p. 88.
• Letters from a German fraternity from America 1848 . In: Alt-Frankfurt , Vol. 2 (1929), 9, pp. 120-122.
• The archives of the former German Confederation and the German constituent National Assembly and their transfer to the city of Frankfurt aM in 1867 . In: Archive for Frankfurt's History and Art , Vol. 4.F. (1929), 2, pp. 204-219.
• Friedrich Clemens Ebrard . In: Alt-Frankfurt , Vol. 3 (1930), 6, pp. 62-63.
• Gustav Adolf and Frankfurt a. M. In: Archive for Frankfurt's History and Art , Vol. 4.F. (1933), 4, pp. 13-48.

literature

• Richard Oehler: Hermann Traut † . In: Zentralblatt für Bibliothekswesen , Vol. 49 (1932), pp. 84–85.
• Richard Oehler: Hermann Traut in memory . In: Archive for Frankfurt's History and Art , Vol. 4.F. (1933), 4, pp. 11-12.