Johannes Leipoldt (historian)
Johannes Leipoldt (born July 11, 1900 in Frohburg , † April 5, 1974 in Reichenbach im Vogtland ) was a German historian, museologist and field name researcher who made lasting merits, especially in the Vogtland .
Life
He was the son of a teacher from Frohburg, who soon moved to Plauen in the Saxon Vogtland, where Johannes Leipoldt grew up. From 1921 he studied history, German studies and geography at the University of Leipzig , where he received his doctorate in 1926 with the dissertation The History of East German Colonization in the Vogtland on the basis of settlement research under Rudolf Kötzschke . Walter Götz , Erich Brandenburg and Fritz Rörig were also among his teachers . At that time, Johannes Leipoldt was denied an academic career. He only received temporary work assignments, such as the redesign of the exhibition on the Reichenfels castle ruins , where he was already a member of the Vogtland antiquity research association in Hohenleuben . In 1928 he worked for twelve years as a freelancer at the “Sächsische Flurnamenstelle” and managing director of the “German Central Office for Field Name Research” at the main state archive in Dresden , where he worked closely with the director, the local director and cartographer Hans Beschorner . During this time there was, among other things, the "Nachrichtenblatt für deutsche Flurnamenforschung" and the publication series "Mitteldeutsche Heimat".
In 1939, for economic reasons, he moved from Dresden to head the museum and the city archive in Reichenbach in the Vogtland. Since he was not a member of the NSDAP, he was able to exercise this public function even after the Second World War. In addition, in 1956 he also took over the management of the Burg Mylau district museum . When he died in 1974 at the age of 74, he was still fully employed.
literature
- K. Gerlach: Dr. Johannes Leipoldt 65 years old . In: Sächsische Heimatblätter 12, 1966, no. 4, p. 372
- Peter Beyer : Dr. phil. Johannes Leipoldt in memory . In: Sächsische Heimatblätter 20, 1974, no. 4, p. 191f.
- Peter Beyer: A life for settlement history and the Vogtland homeland . In: Yearbook of the Reichsfels-Hohenleuben Museum 45, 2000, pp. 225–231.
- Peter Beyer, Manfred Unger : Johannes Leipoldt on the 100th birthday . In: Sächsische Heimatblätter 46, 2000, H. 6, S. 360–363.
Web links
- Konstantin Hermann: Johannes Leipoldt . In: Institute for Saxon History and Folklore (Ed.): Saxon Biography .
- Literature by and about Johannes Leipoldt in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature by and about Johannes Leipoldt in the Saxon Bibliography
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Leipoldt, Johannes |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German historian, museologist and field name researcher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 11, 1900 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Frohburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 5th 1974 |
| Place of death | Reichenbach in Vogtland |