Jakob Wille

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Jakob Wille (1904), charcoal drawing by Guido Schmitt

Jakob Wille (born May 6, 1853 as Philipp Jakob Wille in Frankenthal (Pfalz) , † July 22, 1929 in Heidelberg ) was a German librarian and historian . He was head of the Heidelberg University Library from 1902 to 1922 and worked for the General German Biography (ADB).

Life

Wille studied history, classical philology and law in Heidelberg, Bonn, Leipzig and Munich. In 1876 he received his doctorate from the University of Heidelberg and in 1882 began a career as a librarian. In 1898 he was appointed honorary professor for regional history and historical auxiliary sciences at the University of Heidelberg.

In 1902, Wille succeeded the late Karl Zangemeister as head library director of Heidelberg University Library, an office that he held until 1922. He was thus the second professional librarian to head this institution. The new library building was also started during Zangemeister's tenure. His successor Wille planned the move, the building was opened on November 6, 1905 and is still in use today. The latter is responsible for the inscription on the west facade. He had the inscription proposed by his predecessor "Timor dei initium sapientiae" ( The fear of God is the beginning of wisdom ) replaced by "Inter folia fructus" ( Between the leaves [of the book] the fruits [of knowledge]).

In 1906 he was appointed Privy Councilor . Wille became a member of the Society for Rhenish History in 1890 , an extraordinary member in 1892 and a full member of the Baden Historical Commission in 1896, and an extraordinary member in 1909 and a full member in 1927 of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences . In 1905 the librarian became an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature .

family

Willes parents were Ludwig Wille and Apollonia Franz, the father was mayor of Frankenthal from 1868–1876, after him the Wille-Strasse of the city is named. The librarian married Rosalie Hedwig Blesch in 1882 and the couple had children.

Willes cousin is the Swiss General Ulrich Wille . The paternal ancestors Vuille came from La Sagne in today's canton of Neuchâtel . The great-great-grandfather Henry Vuille emigrated to Zweibrücken around 1740 . The ancestors went to Hamburg via Frankenthal . While the general's family moved to Switzerland, the librarian's father returned to Frankenthal.

Works (selection)

  • Town and fortress Frankenthal during the Thirty Years War, along with a history of its formation and development . Dissertation, Heidelberg 1876. archive.org
  • Philip the Magnanimous of Hessen and the restitution of Ulrich von Wirtemberg 1526–1535 , Tübingen 1882 archive.org .
  • Countess Palatine Elisabeth Charlotte, Duchess of Orléans . Heidelberg 1895.
  • Bruchsal. Images from a spiritual state in the 18th century. 2nd, presumably edition. Heidelberg 1900. archive.org
  • Karl Zangemeister . Memorial speech given at the academic memorial service . Heidelberg 1902. archive.org
  • The German Palatinate manuscripts of the XVI. and XVII. Century of the university library in Heidelberg. With an appendix: The manuscripts of the Batt'schen library . Heidelberg 1903 (catalog of the manuscripts of the university library in Heidelberg, 2). Digital copy, Heidelberg University Library ; archive.org
  • Friedrich the Victorious Elector of the Palatinate . Heidelberg 1904.
  • From the old and new times of the Heidelberg library. Speech to celebrate the completion of the new library building ... on December 9, 1905 . Heidelberg 1906. archive.org
  • Elisabeth Charlotte, Duchess of Orléans. A selection from her letters . Leipzig 1907 (German character heads, 1). archive.org
  • August Count of Limburg-Stirum, Prince-Bishop of Speier. Miniature pictures from a spiritual state in the 18th century . Heidelberg, Winter, 1913 (New Year's Papers of the Baden Historical Commission; NF 16). archive.org

Article in the Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie

literature

  • Alexandra Habermann, Rainer Klemmt, Frauke Siefkes: Lexicon of German Scientific Librarians 1925–1980 . Klostermann, Frankfurt 1985, ISBN 3-465-01664-5 , p. 385 f.
  • Collection of newspaper clippings with obituaries for the Heidelberg librarian and Palatinate historian Prof. Dr. Jakob Wille, 22. – 27. July 1929. Heidelberg University Library: Reserves .

Web links

Wikisource: Jakob Wille  - Sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Maria Effinger, Karin Zimmermann: The Heidelberg University Library. Fink, Lindenberg 2009, p. 9.
  2. ^ Rudolf H. Böttcher: The family ties of the Palatinate Revolution 1848/1849. A contribution to the social history of a bourgeois revolution. Special issue of the Association for Palatinate-Rhenish Family Studies. Volume 14. Issue 6. Ludwigshafen am Rhein 1999, p. 283.
  3. ^ German Biographical Archive (DBA): Wille, Jakob Philipp. Fiche II 1409
personal data
SURNAME Will, Jacob
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wille, Philipp Jakob
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German librarian and historian
DATE OF BIRTH May 6, 1853
PLACE OF BIRTH Frankenthal (Palatinate)
DATE OF DEATH July 22, 1929
Place of death Heidelberg