Karl Menzel

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Karl Menzel (born November 3, 1835 in Speyer , † May 10, 1897 in Bonn ) was a German historian .

Life

Karl Menzel studied history in Munich . Since 1856 he was a member of the Isaria Corps . Menzel received his doctorate from Heinrich von Sybel in Munich in 1861 with a thesis on Friedrich I (Palatinate) . Shortly afterwards in 1862 Sybel moved to the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn . Menzel was therefore unable to complete his habilitation at Sybel in Munich. On the advice of Wilhelm von Giesebrecht, he wanted to do his habilitation with Julius Weizsäcker in Erlangen with a thesis on Diether von Isenburg, Archbishop of Mainz 1459–1463 , but failed. Sybel feared that the opposition of his Munich colleagues could be to Menzel's disadvantage. Nevertheless, the work appeared in print in 1868. In the same year he became archive secretary in Weimar on Sybel's recommendation.

Most recently he was full professor in Bonn since 1873 . He held the chair for historical auxiliary sciences. This chair was also established at the University of Bonn on Sybel's initiative. Menzel was a member of the Society for Rhenish History , in which he was a member of the board. In addition to him, that included Arnold Schaefer , Karl Lamprecht , Wilhelm Maurenbrecher and Moriz Ritter . That was practically the entire faculty of the History Department.

The Bonn Historical Seminar was not held in high esteem by Karl Lamprecht when he was a private lecturer there. In a letter to his brother from 1882, Lamprecht characterized his colleagues in Bonn as an intriguer (knight), a pedant (Menzel) and a beer genius (Maurenbrecher).

Menzel was close to his teacher Sybel not only in technical but also in political terms. Among other things, he appeared as an election speaker for the National Liberal Party . He was Otto von Bismarck's supporter of the Kulturkampf .

Works

  • Sources on the history of Frederick I the Victorious, Elector of the Palatinate. together with Mathias von Kemnat and Eikhart Artzt. Munich 1862.
  • History of Thuringia at the time of the first Landgrave house (1039–1247). together with Theodor Kniehauer. Gotha 1871.
  • History of Nassau from the mid 14th century to the present day. 1st volume, Wiesbaden 1879. (Continuation of the work by Theodor Schliephake )
  • Codex diplomaticus Nassoicus = Nassau document book. edited together with Wilhelm Sauer. Wiesbaden 1885 ff.
  • Wolfgang von Zweibrücken, Count Palatine near the Rhine, Duke in Baiern, Count von Veldenz - the progenitor of the Bavarian royal family (1526–1569). Munich 1893.

Web links

Wikisource: Karl Menzel  - Sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Kösener corps lists 1910, 173 , 380
  2. ^ Dissertation: Elector Friedrich the Victorious
  3. ↑ Magnus Ditsche: Karl Menzel 1835–1897. In: 150 Years of the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität zu Bonn 1818–1968. Bonn scholars: Contributions to the history of the sciences in Bonn, Volume 6: Geschichtswwissenschaften, Bonn 1968, pp. 225-230.
personal data
SURNAME Menzel, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German historian
DATE OF BIRTH November 3, 1835
PLACE OF BIRTH Speyer
DATE OF DEATH May 10, 1897
Place of death Bonn