Karl-Hermann May
Karl-Hermann May (born November 28, 1903 in Weilburg an der Lahn, † September 25, 1990 in Wiesbaden ) was a German Protestant theologian and historian .
Life
Karl-Hermann May was born as the son of the railway chief secretary Richard May. After the family had moved several times because of the father's job, they settled in Gräveneck after his retirement in 1916 . From then on, Karl-Hermann May attended the Philippinum Weilburg grammar school until 1923 .
After studying theology and history in Tübingen , Gießen , Berlin and Marburg and briefly serving as assistant preacher in Griesheim , he was responsible for the Kemel parish in what was then Untertaunuskreis , Wiesbaden district , for 26 years from 1930 , where a street was named after him during his lifetime . His dissertation , written under the Marburg medievalist Edmund E. Stengel , he published in 1939 under the title Territorialgeschichte des Oberlahnkreises . In 1956 he accepted a pastor's position in Bad Schwalbach , where he also served as dean from 1959 to 1968 . After his retirement on December 1, 1968, he settled in Wiesbaden. There he is buried in the Sonnenberg cemetery.
May was a member of the historical commission for Nassau from 1933 and from 1968 to 1978 on the board of the association for Nassau antiquity and historical research , afterwards its honorary member. From 1951 to 1956 he was chairman of the Hessian Church History Association .
With his wife Friedel, geb. Hammes, May had two daughters.
Works (selection)
- 1939 Territorial history of the Oberlahnkreis, dissertation phil.
- 1943 Contributions to the history of the Lords of Lipporn and Counts of Laurenburg
- 1951 On the history of Konrad von Marburg
- 1952 Reichsbanneramt and right of litigation from a Hessian perspective
- 1952 Headquarters, legal successor and heir of the minstrel Friedrich von Hausen († 1190)
- 1955 The historical existence and significance of Volkers von Alzey
- 1967 The conquerors of the imperial city of Wiesbaden in spring 1242
- 1975 The county on the middle Lahn (Gießen-Wetzlar) and the heirs of their dying counts of Luxemburg-Gleiberg in the 12th century
- 1980 The Cologne fiefdom of the House of Nassau and the Lower Rhine origin of Ruperte von Laurenburg-Nassau
literature
- Nekrolog von Otto Renkhoff in: Annalen des Verein für Nassauische Altertumskunde und Geschichtsforschung (short: Nassauische Annalen) , Volume 102, 1991, p. 404
- Bibliography: Nassauische Annalen , Volume 95, 1984, pp. 309-315
Web links
- Bibliography in Regesta Imperii : May, Karl Hermann
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | May, Karl-Hermann |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Protestant theologian and historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 28, 1903 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Weilburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 25, 1990 |
| Place of death | Wiesbaden |