Luise von Winterfeld

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Anna Dorothea Luise von Winterfeld (born June 10, 1882 in Metz , German Empire , † July 21, 1967 in Dortmund ) was a German historian and from 1916 to 1950 head of the Dortmund City Archives .

Life

origin

The Protestant Luise von Winterfeld was the daughter of the Prussian Colonel Ludwig von Winterfeld (1853-1904) and his wife Cäcilie, née Krüger (1859-1926). Major General Ludwig von Winterfeld was her grandfather.

education

She received her schooling first from 1888 to 1895 at the municipal high school for girls in Minden and from 1895 to 1898 at Marie Boretius' private school in Berlin-Charlottenburg , before she spent a year in a pension of the Brethren in Montmirail near Thielle . Following this, she laid in November 1901 in the then the German Reich belonging Lorraine Metz teachers exam and taught subsequently at various schools in Berlin and Potsdam . In September 1906, she entered senior teacher courses in Göttingen , but soon afterwards decided to supplement her previous school education. After previous private lessons acquired from Winterfeld on 17 February 1908 in Hannover , the leaving certificate of a secondary school , which through a supplementary examination of 19 October 1908 in Berlin for the leaving certificate of a grammar school completed. Already in the meantime she had in the summer semester 1908 at the University of Heidelberg as one of the first women in Germany , a study of the medieval and modern history , the philosophy and German philology added. After three semesters she moved to Göttingen for the winter semester of 1909 , where she especially heard Karl Brandi and Edmund Husserl . Brandi was also her thesis supervisor , in which they work with the Hessian alliances by the year 1386 to Dr. phil. PhD (oral examination November 8, 1911).

Career

In 1912 von Winterfeld came to Cologne as a trainee to the city ​​archive, which is under the direction of Joseph Hansen , long-time chairman of the Society for Rhenish History . From there, von Winterfeld finally took over the management of the Dortmund City Archives in 1916, succeeding Karl Rübel . In 1927 she was appointed director, making her the first female director of a large city archive in Germany until she retired in 1950.

From 1932 to 1950 she acted as editor of the book series Contributions to the History of Dortmund and the Grafschaft Mark of the Historical Association for Dortmund and the Grafschaft Mark , of which she was appointed honorary chairman in 1950. In 1962, on her 80th birthday, she was also awarded an honorary doctorate from the Westphalian Wilhelms University in Münster.

Her grave is in Dortmund's main cemetery .

Memberships

Fonts

  • The Hessian alliances up to the year 1386. A contribution to the alliance system of the late Middle Ages. (also dissertation University of Göttingen), Göttingen 1912.
  • Reich people, heirs and real estate in Dortmund. Ruhfus , publishing house of the historical association for Dortmund and the Grafschaft Mark, Dortmund 1917.
  • The Dortmund wall cutter. Ruhfus, publishing house of the historical association for Dortmund and the Grafschaft Mark, Dortmund 1922.
  • Trade, capital and patriciate in Cologne until 1400. Hansischer Geschichtsverein , Lübeck 1925.
  • Tidemann Lemberg . Friesen-Verlag, Bremen 1927.
  • Hildebrand Veckinchusen . Friesen-Verlag, Bremen 1929.
  • Dortmund's position in the Hanseatic League (=  Pentecost papers of the Hanseatic History Association, p. 23). Self-published, Velen 1932.
  • History of the free imperial and Hanseatic city of Dortmund. Ruhfus, Dortmund 1934 (2nd edition 1956; 5th edition 1968, 7th edition 1981).
  • Hundred years of Stadtsparkasse in Dortmund. Self-published, Dortmund 1941.
  • Memorandum of the City of Dortmund regarding the cooperation of the German cities in the preparation of a peace statute. Dortmund 1947.

There are also other book contributions and numerous articles in specialist journals, in particular on the history of the city of Dortmund and the Hanseatic League .

literature

Web links

  • Luise von Winterfeld , biographical information on the website of the Historical Commission for Westphalia

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Luise von Winterfeld: The Hessian alliances up to the year 1386. A contribution to the alliances of the late Middle Ages. Resume.
  2. ↑ a b Willi Gorzny: Biographical Lexicon of the Ruhr Area. Born - knitted - died between Wesel and Hagen, Moers and Unna.
  3. ^ Genealogical handbook of the nobility. Volume 45, CA Starke Verlag, Limburg an der Lahn 1969, ISBN 3-7980-0745-4 , pp. 418-420.
  4. ↑ a b c Ruhr Nachrichten , No. 133 from 10./11. June 1982: First female director of a large city archive (from: Stadtarchiv Dortmund, inventory 500, von Winterfeld, Luise.)
  5. ↑ a b c d e f g h i Werner Schuder (Hrsg.): Kürschner's German Scholars Calendar 1961.
personal data
SURNAME Winterfeld, Luise von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Winterfeld, Anna Dorothea Luise von (full name); Winterfeld, Louise von (alternative spelling)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German historian, director of the Dortmund City Archives and specialist author
DATE OF BIRTH June 10, 1882
PLACE OF BIRTH Metz
DATE OF DEATH July 21, 1967
Place of death Dortmund