Jens Friedhoff

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Jens Friedhoff (* 1967 ) is a historian and archivist ; German aristocratic and castle researcher; Late medieval and early modern historians.

Training and focus

Friedhoff studied history, art history and Catholic theology at the University of Siegen . His state paper on the subject of territory and city between the Ruhr and the Sieg was published in the 1998 Düsseldorf yearbook . With his dissertation on the von Hatzfeld family. Noble living culture and lifestyle between Renaissance and Baroque , with which he obtained his doctorate under Ulf Dirlmeier in 2003 , Friedhoff is primarily committed to classical aristocratic research, in addition to castle research.

The regional history of Hesse, the Rhineland and Westphalia primarily determines the geographical scope of his research work. Although archival records are the main source of his research for Friedhoff, he advocates interdisciplinarity with regard to castle research . In addition to the traditional building history, archaeological artefacts , building historical findings and documentation as well as more recent methods of building research - such as dendrochronological investigations - in the service of approaching historical authenticity and the preservation of traditional cultural assets are necessary for him in order to avoid misinterpretations due to a one-sided view.

Professional activities

Friedhoff is an employee of the European Castle Institute , an institution of the German Castle Association , where he is involved in the inventory of medieval castles in Europe.

From 2011 to 2013 he was a lecturer in Ancient History at the Wednesday Academy of the University - GH - Siegen.

Working as a freelance archivist since 2009, Friedhoff's work has since focused on the listing and maintenance of private archives and advising their owner families on the safekeeping, conservation and restoration of the valuable archive material. In 2012 he also took over the management of the city archive of the small former residence Hachenburg in the Westerwald. A series of publications in the Hachenburg City Archives that he initiated and published is intended - just like the permanent exhibition in the city's historic town hall curated by him - to convey their history to the people of the region in a lively manner in selected contributions on the city and regional history, as well as the hiking trails that are mostly encountered here. and give cycling tourists an overview of historically worthwhile excursion destinations. Under his leadership, the office of city archivist was expanded from a mere handover administration to a city historian, whom Friedhoff wants to see understood as a citizen-oriented service provider.

Memberships

  • Board member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the German Castle Association
  • Member of the board of trustees of the German Castle Association
  • Member of the Historical Commission for Nassau
  • Member of the Association for Castle and Local History Hatzfeld eV

Publications (selection)

Monographs and edited volumes

  • with Friedrich Graf von Hatzfeldt: The von Hatzfeldt-Wildenburg family on Crottorf and Schönstein. Crottorf 1998.
  • The von Hatzfeldt family. Noble living culture and lifestyle between Renaissance and Baroque (= United Adelsarchive im Rheinland eV, publication no. 1). Düsseldorf 2004.
  • The land reform in the Wildenburger Land 1945–1955. Wissen-Schönstein 2003 (manuscript in the Princely Hatzfeldt-Wildenburg archive at Schönstein Castle).
  • Hachenburg 1314–2014 - Forays into 700 years of city history (= writings from the Hachenburg City Archives, no. 2). Hachenburg 2014.
  • Kirburg 1215–2015 - Forays into 800 years of local history (= writings of the Hachenburg City Archives, no.3 ). Hachenburg 2015.
  • Molsberg 1116-2016. History of a Westerwald village. Hachenburg 2016.

Articles in trade journals and conference proceedings

  • Comments on the villa as a building task of the Venetian nobility from the 16th to 18th centuries. In: Burgen und Schlösser, 1997 / III, pp. 138–148.
  • Territory and city between the Ruhr and Sieg (1200–1350). Investigations into the city elevation and territorial policy of the Counts von Berg in the High and Late Middle Ages. In: Düsseldorfer Jahrbuch, 69 (1998), pp. 11–126.
  • Trachenberg Castle (Zmigrod) in Lower Silesia. Notes on the building history and equipment. In: Burgen und Schlösser, 2000 / II, pp. 66–83.
  • The furnishing of Nassau castles and palaces as reflected in early modern inventories. In: Nassauische Annalen, 113 (2002), pp. 97-150.
  • Lechenich Castle in the context of the late medieval residence development in the Archbishopric of Cologne. In: Annals of the historical association for the Lower Rhine, 204 (2003), pp. 125–155.
  • Carpenters, sawsmen and foremen. Notes and comments on wood and woodworking handicrafts in castle building in the late Middle Ages. In: Wood in the castle architecture (=  publications of the Dt. Burgenvereinigung eV Schriften Bd. 9). Edited by Barbara Schock-Werner. Braubach 2004, pp. 57-63.
  • The restoration of Lichtenfels Castle 1906–1914. Late historical castle renovation at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. In: Geschichtsblätter für Waldeck, 93 (2005), pp. 76–97.
  • The Lords of Summerau and their castles. Castle and rule in southeastern Upper Swabia and in the Allgäu. In: Burgen und Schlösser, 2007 / I, pp. 3–20.
  • Castle, territory and city on the Middle Rhine. An overview. In: Castle and City on the Middle Rhine (1000–1600). Edited by the General Directorate for Cultural Heritage Rhineland-Palatinate in conjunction with the State Main Archives Koblenz and the Historical Museum am Strom of the city of Bingen. Regensburg 2008, pp. 181-199.
  • Late medieval and early modern castle inventories. In: The castle. Scientific companion volume to the exhibitions "Castle and Lordship" and "Castle Myth". Edited by G. Ulrich Großmann and Hans Ottomeyer. Dresden 2010, pp. 188–196.
  • Kirchhof - municipal cemetery - rest forest. Evidence of the Sepulchral Culture of the Siegerland and neighboring regions from the Middle Ages to the present. In: Siegerland, 89 (2012), no. 1, pp. 28–44.
  • Lavatory facilities in Rhenish and Westphalian castles, monasteries and cities reflected in written sources as well as archaeological and architectural findings - an interim balance. In: Abortions in the Middle Ages and in the Early Modern Age. Building research - archeology - cultural history. Edited by Olaf Wagener. Petersberg 2014, pp. 140–153.
  • Eltz Castle near Moselkern. Notes on fire destruction and reconstruction 1920–1930. In: Yearbook for West German State History, 41 (2015), pp. 443–465.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Wednesday Academy
  2. ↑ For the listing of the Walderdorff archive see: Our Archives. Messages from archives in Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland. Special volume for the German Archive Day in Koblenz 2016 (vol. 61), p. 12.
  3. ↑ vacation.westerwald.info
  4. ↑ [1]

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personal data
SURNAME Friedhoff, Jens
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German historian and archivist
DATE OF BIRTH 1967