Karl Bader (Librarian)

Karl August Bader (born June 27, 1868 in Darmstadt , † February 19, 1956 ) was a German historian and librarian .

Life

Bader's father Karl was the Grand Ducal Accountant. After attending the Ludwig-Georgs-Gymnasium in Darmstadt, Bader studied history and modern philology in Munich , Strasbourg and Gießen , where he received his doctorate in 1896. From 1895 to 1933 he worked at the State Library in Darmstadt , from 1925 as its deputy director. Bader wrote numerous writings on Hessian history. He became known nationwide, however, through his biographical reference work "Lexicon of German Librarians", which appeared in 1925.

Works

• Contributions to the history of the Kölner Verbundbrief from 1396 , Darmstadt: Bergstraesser 1896.
• On the history of the Grand Ducal Hessian volunteer hunter corps 1813-1814 . In: Archive for Hessian History and Archeology, Vol. 2, 1899, pp. 483-520.
• Darmstadt in festive garb and mourning dress , Darmstadt: Waitz 1901.
• About the fatal death and solenner burial of Rectoris Magnifici. In: Archive for Hessian History and Archeology, Vol. 5, 1907, pp. 375–389.
• Historical hiking book through Hessen , Friedberg: Selbstverl. published by the publisher in 1919 (Hessische Volksbücher; 40/43).
• Consecrated sites in Hessen , Friedberg: Selbstverl. published by the publisher 1923. (Hessische Volksbücher; 51).
• Lexicon of German Librarians , Leipzig: Harrassowitz 1925 (Central Journal for Libraries. Supplement; 55).
• Seligenstadt and Einhard . In: Volk und Scholle, Vol. 3, 1925, H. 8, pp. 234-238.
• Darmstadt . In: Volk und Scholle, Vol. 5, 1927, H. 5, pp. 129-134.
• Through beautiful Hessen . In: Volk und Scholle, Jg. 7, 1929, H. 10, S. 308-312.

literature

• Alexandra Habermann u. a .: Lexicon of German Scientific Librarians , Frankfurt am Main: Klostermann 2004 ISBN 9783465033431 , pp. 9-10.