Max Bär (archivist)
Max Bär (born October 21, 1855 in Groß-Tzschacksdorf ; † May 16, 1928 in Koblenz ) was a German historian and archivist in the Prussian civil service.
Life
Max Bär was born on October 21, 1855 in Groß-Tzschacksdorf as the son of pastor Anton Gottlieb Baer (1818–1864) and his wife Dorothea, née Dorothea. Bernstorff born. When he was nine years old, his father passed away. Due to financial problems, the mother moved with the son to Cottbus . Although she hoped he would become a pastor like his father, Bär studied history, philology and historical auxiliary sciences at the University of Leipzig and received his doctorate in 1880 from the University of Jena . During his studies in 1875 he became a member of the Leipzig fraternity Germania .
On August 1, 1880, he began his career in the Prussian archive administration: he held the position in Posen until 1883, the one in Koblenz until 1888, the one in Stettin until 1896 and the one in Hanover until 1897. In that year he became the acting head of the State Archives Osnabrück and soon afterwards finally appointed to its head. On August 15, 1901, he became head of the recently founded State Archives in Danzig . In autumn 1912 he was appointed director of the Koblenz State Archives and worked there for ten years until he retired .
Bär introduced a method of description in the archives that is still used today ( Bär's principle ). He also contributed eleven articles to the Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie .
On April 9, 1889, Max Bär married Margarete Zitelmann, who gave birth to a son and a daughter. He died on May 16, 1928 in Koblenz and was buried next to his wife. The Max-Bär-Strasse in Koblenz-Wallersheim reminds of him.
Publications
- The politics of Pomerania during the 30 years war. Hirzel, Leipzig 1896.
- The nobility and aristocratic property in Polish Prussia at the time of the Prussian occupation. Based on extracts from the vassal lists and land registers. Leipzig 1911 ( digitized version ).
- The administrative constitution of the Rhine Province since 1815 (= publications of the Society for Rhenish History , 35), Droste Verlag, Düsseldorf 1998 (second reprint of the Bonn 1919 edition), ISBN 3-7700-7600-1 , pp. 254, 292.
- From the history of the city of Koblenz: 1814–1914 . Koblenz 1922.
- Osnabrück Document Book. Edited together with Friedrich Philippi in the Association for History and Regional Studies of Osnabrück , Osnabrück 1892–1902.
literature
- Kurt Becker: Bär, Max. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1953, ISBN 3-428-00182-6 , p. 525 ( digitized version ).
- Wolfgang Leesch : The German archivists 1500–1945. Volume 2: Biographical Lexicon. Saur, Munich et al. 1992, ISBN 3-598-10605-X , p.?.
Individual evidence
- ^ Directory of the old men of the German fraternity. Überlingen am Bodensee 1920, p. 175.
Web links
- Literature by and about Max Bär in the catalog of the German National Library
- October 21, 1855. Max Bär, keeper of the past, archivist for Koblenz. in: State Main Archive Koblenz .
- Photography by Max Bär
- Publications by and about Max Bär in the Opac der Regesta Imperii
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bear, max |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German philologist, archivist and historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 21, 1855 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Groß-Tzschacksdorf |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 16, 1928 |
| Place of death | Koblenz |