Johannes Kretzschmar (archivist)

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Theodor Johannes Kretzschmar (born November 7, 1864 in Dresden , † February 18, 1947 in Lübeck ) was a German historian and archivist.

life and work

Kretzschmar came from Dresden, where his father Eduard Theodor Kretzschmar (1817–1900) had achieved prosperity as a businessman and entrepreneur. His mother Anna Helene, b. Richter (1837–1927), was a daughter of Ludwig Richter . He attended the Dresden Kreuzschule from 1876 to 1884 and, after completing his military service, studied history at the universities of Leipzig , Freiburg and Berlin . As early as 1888, he was awarded a doctorate degree from Harry Bresslau in Berlin with a dissertation on sources. phil. PhD. On behalf of the Province of Brandenburg, he conducted further source studies in the Vatican Archives in Rome . From 1891 he worked in the Prussian archive administration. After stints in Marburg , Osnabrück , Hanover and at the Prussian Secret State Archives in Berlin , he moved to the Free and Hanseatic City of Lübeck in 1907 as State Archivist and Senate Secretary. He stayed here until his retirement in 1932. On October 21, 1932, the University of Upsala awarded him an honorary doctorate.

As the successor to the historian Paul Ewald Hasse, Kretzschmar was the first specialist archivist at the archive of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck . He gave the source research new impulses, built close relationships with the Reichsarchiv in Stockholm and brought the Lübeck archive on its way to the modern age. He had a restoration and photo workshop set up and provided the necessary personnel. In 1911 a second research position was set up, which was filled first with Fritz Rörig and then in 1919 with Georg Fink . As chairman of the Lübeck History and Archeology Association (1911–1933) and the Hanseatic History Association (1928–1934), he ensured close cooperation with the archive. From 1919 to 1934 he was a member of the editorial committee of the Hanseatic History Papers .

Awards

Fonts

  • The form books from Rudolf von Habsburg's office. Wagner, Innsbruck 1889 OCLC 246459703 (Dissertation University of Berlin 1888, 33 pages).
  • The invasion projects of the Catholic powers against England in the time of Elizabeth. With files from the Vatican archive. Leipzig 1892
  • Gustav Adolf's plans and goals in Germany and the dukes of Braunschweig and Lüneburg. Hannover: Hahn 1904 (sources and representations on the history of Lower Saxony 17)
  • The Heilbronner Bund 1632–1635. Lübeck: Rahtgens 1922 (3 volumes)
  • Johann Friedrich Hach, Senator and Higher Appeal Council in Lübeck. Lübeck: Schmidt-Römhild 1926 (Pentecost sheets of the Hanseatic History Association 17)

For the ADB articles he wrote, see s: Category: ADB: Author: Johannes Kretzschmar

literature

Web links

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personal data
SURNAME Kretzschmar, Johannes
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kretzschmar Theodor Johannes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German historian and archivist
DATE OF BIRTH November 7, 1864
PLACE OF BIRTH Dresden
DATE OF DEATH February 18, 1947
Place of death Lübeck