Hermann von Grauert
Hermann Heinrich Grauert , since 1914 Ritter von Grauert , (born September 7, 1850 in Pritzwalk , † March 12, 1924 in Munich ) was a German historian .
Life
After attending secondary school in Wittstock , Grauert initially worked in his father's manufactured goods store. In 1872 he went to Münster and in 1873 took the supplementary exams in Latin, Greek and history, so that he had a qualification equivalent to the Abitur in order to be able to study. From 1873 to 1876 he studied history in Göttingen , where he did his doctorate with Georg Waitz . He then expanded his historical and legal knowledge at the universities in Berlin , Munich and Strasbourg .
Grauert had been an enthusiastic KVer since his student days , in Göttingen with the KStV Winfridia, in Berlin with the Catholic Reading Association (now KStV Askania-Burgundia ) and in Munich with the KStV Ottonia. Later he became an honorary philistine with other KV connections, B. at Alemannia and Rheno-Bavaria in Munich. In their commemorative publication for the 25th anniversary of the association, Hermann von Grauert is shown as an honorary member in 1906.
From 1877 Grauert worked as an intern in the Reichsarchiv in Munich; He completed his habilitation in 1883, after a stay in Rome , at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich and became a full professor there in 1885. In 1915/16 he was rector of the university.
In 1884 Grauert became a board member and since 1885 editor of the historical yearbook of the Görres Society . Up until his death he worked significantly at the Görres Society.
In Germany and Europe he was highly regarded as a scientist. Grauert was a Privy Councilor and was appointed by King Ludwig III in 1914 . awarded the Knight's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Bavarian Crown . Associated with this was the elevation to the personal nobility and he was allowed to call himself Ritter von Grauert after his entry in the nobility register . In 1959, in Munich- Harlaching , “Grauertstrasse” was named after him.
tomb
The tomb of Hermann Grauert is on the old southern cemetery in Munich (burial ground 42 - number 12 - 6th place) Location .
Publications (selection)
- Dante in Germany. In: Historical-political papers for Catholic Germany. Volume 120, 1897, p. 802 f.
- The imperial tombs in Speyer Cathedral . 1901.
- Master Johann of Toledo . In: Session reports of the Royal Bavarian Academy of Sciences (1901), pp. 111–325.
- Dante and Houston Stewart Chamberlain. 1903.
- Görres in Strasbourg. 1910.
literature
- Siegfried Koß. In: Siegfried Koß, Wolfgang Löhr (Hrsg.): Biographisches Lexikon des KV. 5th part (= Revocatio historiae. Volume 6). SH-Verlag, Schernfeld 1998, ISBN 3-89498-055-9 , p. 59ff. mwN
- Ansgar Frenken: Hermann von Grauert. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 30, Bautz, Nordhausen 2009, ISBN 978-3-88309-478-6 , Sp. 518-522.
Web links
- Literature by and about Hermann von Grauert in the catalog of the German National Library
- Painting depicting Hermann von Grauert as rector of the University of Munich
- Online bibliography of the rector's speeches in the 19th and 20th centuries, Historical Commission at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences
- The LMU university archive on Grauert ( Memento from June 5, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
- The estate is in the Bavarian State Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bavarian State Statistical Office (ed.): Court and State Manual of the Kingdom of Bavaria for the year 1914. Munich 1914. P. 27.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Grauert, Hermann von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Grauert, Hermann Heinrich Ritter von (full name); Grauert, Hermann Heinrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 7, 1850 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pritzwalk |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 12, 1924 |
| Place of death | Munich |