Lotte Roth-Wölfle
Charlotte Roth-Wölfle (born March 18, 1912 in Freising ; † April 29, 2011 ) was a German antiquarian . She was considered one of the most influential German antiquarians after 1945.
Life
Charlotte Roth-Wölfle moved to Munich with her family in 1928. After completing her apprenticeship in her father's antiquarian bookshop, she began to study newspaper science, economics and history after passing a talent test. After previously working at the August Hase antiquarian bookshop in Frankfurt am Main from spring 1938 to the end of 1942 and at the University of Munich in 1943 with a paper on the history of newspapers on contributions to a history of German newspaper typography from 1609 to 1938. An attempt at a development history of upheaval with summa cum laude at Karl d'Ester had graduated, she took over in the succession of their 1943 late father Robert Wölfle as co-owner and -leiterin the oldest book and Kunstantiquariat the city in Munich Amalienstrasse 65, she led with her older sister Gertrud Wölfle . In February 1943 she married Anton Roth, who was a medical officer at the time, on his vacation from the Eastern Front.
From 1957 to 1992 she was on the board of directors and in committees for the "German Art and Antiques Fair" founded by Otto Bernheimer in the Haus der Kunst (later "Art Fair Munich"). From 1973 to 1978 she worked as an honorary member of the board of the Antiquariat Working Group in the German Book Trade Association . She headed the “Free Sociable Association Die Mappe” founded by Anton Maximilian Pachinger in 1926 until her death as president.
Honors
- 1982: Medal " Munich shines - The friends of Munich "
- 1983: Cross of Merit 1st Class of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 2005: Bavarian poet thaler
- Honorary member of the Association of German Antiquaries
Fonts (selection)
- Contributions to a history of German newspaper typography from 1609–1938. Attempt to develop a history of upheaval ; Inaugural dissertation 1943.
- Baroque newspapers . Development stages of newspaper typography in the 17th century. In: Contributions to newspaper science. Festival ceremony for Karl d'Ester on the 70th birthday of his friends and students ., Münster: Aschendorff 1952, pp. 173–181.
- Christine Pressler u. a. (Ed.): Books, sheets, libraries: writings of an antiquarian , Munich: R. Wölfle 1982.
- The Munich Free Society "The Mappe" 1926–1990 , Munich: Wölfle 1990.
- The "Musenhof" of Franziska von Hohenheim . In: Imprimatur: a yearbook for book lovers , Vol. NF 14 (1991), pp. 177-189.
- Alphons Woelfle: 1884-1951; Illustrator and book artist; Life and Work , Munich: Robert Wölfle 1998.
- Miracle books from Bavarian pilgrimage sites . In: Aus dem Antiquariat (1999), H. 6, S. A 327/332.
- BooksLife, Volume 1: Biographical and Professional: Memories of an Antiquarian . In: Aus dem Antiquariat (2002), no. 4, pp. A202 – A214.
Web links
- Literature by and about Lotte Roth-Wölfle in the catalog of the German National Library
- Obituary on boersenblatt.net
- Dr. Lotte Roth-Wölfle 1912 - 2011 , obituary of the International League of Antiquaries
- Homepage of the second-hand bookshop Woelfle with a detailed obituary
Individual evidence
- ^ Obituary notice in the Süddeutsche Zeitung
- ↑ Münchner Turmschreiber: Poetentaler 2005 Accessed on April 30, 2011.
- ↑ Honorary Members , Association of German Antiquaries. Retrieved April 30, 2011.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Roth-Wölfle, Lotte |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Roth-Wölfle, Charlotte |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German antiquarian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 18, 1912 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Freising |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 29, 2011 |