Karl Lohmeyer (historian)
Karl Heinrich Lohmeyer (born September 24, 1832 in Gumbinnen , † May 15, 1909 in Königsberg) was a Prussian historian .
Career
Lohmeyer came from a modest family background. His parents were Gustav Lohmeyer and Mathilde geb. Pale. He was born with no arms. By supporting the royal family , he received home schooling , 10-year-old came to the elementary school and attended the Frederick School , eventually studied from 1848 at the Albertus University in Königsberg and was 1857 Dr. phil. PhD. He taught since 1866 as a lecturer and in 1873 an associate professor .
He had been a corresponding member of the Society for History and Archeology of the Baltic Sea Provinces of Russia since 1862 , had rendered outstanding services to historical research in Old Prussia and was an employee of the General German Biography .
He wrote by taking the pen between his teeth. His teaching and approach represented a paradigm shift away from Johannes Voigt's romantic historiography towards a school critical of sources. To promote his goals, he founded the Association for the History of the Province of Prussia . His main fields of activity were document theory and palaeography .
Works
- East and West Prussia (= General State History. Section 3: German State Histories ; 1). Vol. 1: Until 1411. Perthes , Gotha 1880 [1] = Google Books ; 2nd edition 1881 Pomeranian digital library , Google Books ; 3rd, improved and expanded edition 1908 [2] = Google Books
- Duke Albrecht of Prussia . A biographical sketch . Festschrift for May 17, 1890. Kasemann, Danzig 1890 Google Books
- with Alfred Thomas : Auxiliary book for teaching German and Brandenburg-Prussian history from the beginning of the Middle Ages to the present day for the middle classes of higher educational institutions . 2nd edition, bookstore of the orphanage, Halle a. S. 1892 Google Books ; 4th edition 1894 gei digital
- Kaspars von Nostitz Housekeeping Book of the Principality of Prussia 1578. A source contribution to the political and economic history of Old Prussia. Duncker & Humblot , Leipzig 1893 IA = Google Books
- To old Prussian history. Articles and lectures. Perthes, Gotha 1907 IA = Google Books , Google Books
literature
- Christian Krollmann : Old Prussian biography . Volume 1, 1941
- Julius Nicolaus Weisfert : Biographical-literary lexicon for the capital and royal seat of Königsberg and East Prussia. Book printing company Georg Schadlowsky, 2nd edition, Königsberg / Pr. 1898
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Anton Bettelheim (ed.): Biographisches Jahrbuch and German Nekrolog. Volume 14, 1899, Reimer, Berlin 1909
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lohmeyer, Karl |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lohmeyer, Karl Heinrich (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prussian historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 24, 1832 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gumbinnen |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 15, 1909 |
| Place of death | Koenigsberg |