Karl Woldemar from Löwis of Menar
Karl Woldemar von Löwis of Menar (born September 7, 1855 at Gut Panten Salisburg ; † May 7, 1930 in Riga ) came from the Livonian knighthood and was a historian and cartographer .
Life
Karl Woldemar von Löwis of Menar came from a noble family from Livonia whose ancestors had emigrated from Scotland to the Baltic States. One of his ancestors was the Imperial Russian Lieutenant General Friedrich von Löwis of Menar . He studied mechanical engineering from 1876 to 1877 in Riga and from 1877 to 1881 in Stuttgart .
Löwis of Menar was assessor at the regulatory court in Riga from 1882 to 1884 , and from 1885 to 1919 librarian at the Livonian Knighthood Library in Riga. From the autumn of 1891 he gave German-language lectures at the University of Riga. In Riga he volunteered in the Cathedral Building Association and in the Society for History and Antiquity of the Baltic Sea Provinces of Russia .
family
On July 30, 1872, he married Vita Emilie Louise von Stjernhjelm on Gut Wassula near Dorpat , whose ancestors came from the Livonian knighthood . With her he had three daughters and three sons.
Honors
1921 awarded him the University of Freiburg , the honorary doctorate .
See also
Works
- Explanations of the map of Livonia in the Middle Ages. Reval: Franz Kluge, 1895 . Livonia in the Middle Ages (map digitized)
- The urban secular architecture of the Gothic, Renaissance and Barocco in Riga, Reval and Narva , Lübeck 1892
- The Düna from the Oger estuary to Riga and the seaside resort Baldohn , Riga 1910
- The pagan hill castles and prehistoric borders. 1910 .
- Troy castles. Yearbook of the Society for Local Studies in Livonia. Riga 1911/12.
- Guide through Livonian Switzerland as well as Wenden and Wolmar with the neighboring Aatal. , 3rd edition, Riga 1912. Together with Friedrich Bienemann.
- Riga , published by Joneck & Poliewsky, Riga 1918
- Castle Lexicon for Old Livonia , Riga 1922
Web links
- Baltic Historical Commission (Ed.): Entry on Karl Woldemar von Löwis of Menar. In: BBLD - Baltic Biographical Lexicon digital
- General information about the Löwis of Menar family
- Genealogical handbook of the Baltic knighthoods, part 1.1: Livonia, Görlitz, 1929
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Löwis of Menar, Karl Woldemar von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Löwis on Menar, Karl Woldemar von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Baltic German historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 7, 1855 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Salisburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 7, 1930 |
| Place of death | Riga |