Karl Georg Dümge
Karl Georg Dümge , also Carl George Dümgé , (born May 23, 1772 in Heidelberg , † February 27, 1845 in Karlsruhe ) was a German historian, librarian and archivist.
Life
Dümge, who started studying at the University of Heidelberg in 1788/89 , completed his habilitation in 1805 with a regional study on the geography and history of the Grand Duchy of Baden , which was published in Heidelberg in 1809 under the title Geographiae et historiae ducatus magni Badensis primae lineae . Despite increasing deafness, he then taught as a private lecturer, in 1811 became assistant librarian at the university library and at the end of the same year an associate professor. In 1813 he failed for the first time with his efforts to obtain a full professorship, but in view of his difficult financial situation was given the post of Heidelberg university archivist, which was paid annually at 100 fl . In 1814 he was transferred to the General State Archives in Karlsruhe as an assessor . His efforts to return to Heidelberg, within the reach of the university library, were initially unsuccessful. Dümge, who was considered a difficult character and was reprimanded by his superiors for poor performance, did not return until 1819 when he was given a leave of absence for the work of the editor of the Society for Older German History , a forerunner of the Monumenta Germaniae Historica , founded by Baron von Stein Heidelberg. But here too there were soon problems again and so in 1822, now as archivist, he finally returned to the General State Archives in Karlsruhe. In addition to other mapping work that he carried out until his retirement (1845), the Regesta Badensia was created here, which, as it is said, “permanently linked the name Dümgé with Baden historical research”.
From 1820 he was a corresponding member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences .
literature
- Baden biographies. Edited by Friedrich von Weech. Part 1. Fr. Bassermann, Heidelberg 1875, p. 196 f. ( online )
- Friedrich von Weech : Dümge, Karl Georg . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 5, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, p. 459.
- Michael Klein: From the beginnings of the “ Monumenta Germaniae Historica ”: Karl Georg Dümgé (1772-1845) in reports and personal reports. In: Journal for the History of the Upper Rhine 140 (1992), pp. 221-265.
Web links
- Publications by Karl Georg Dümge in the RI-Opac of the Regesta Imperii (with links to digital copies)
- Entry by Karl Georg Dümge in the online database of the Baden-Württemberg State Bibliography
Individual evidence
- ^ Regesta Badensia. Documents from the Grand Ducal Baden General State Archives from the oldest to the end of the twelfth century. Karlsruhe 1836. ( online at Freiburg historical holdings - digital )
- ↑ Klein: From the beginnings (see literature), p. 227 with note 27.
- ^ Member entry of Karl Georg Dümge at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences , accessed on January 29, 2017.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dümge, Karl Georg |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Dümgé, Karl Georg |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 23, 1772 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Heidelberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 27, 1845 |
| Place of death | Karlsruhe |